The Mississippi State University Student Association met Tuesday to discuss new appointments and a new act. Following the brief meeting, the Senate left to convene with the other branches of SA for the second SA General Body Meeting.
First, SA Vice President Jake Manning nominated candidates for an appointed seat in the Senate. According to Manning, these candidates were either from the runner-up pool in the last election or students who have specifically reached out to Manning expressing interest.
For this meeting, Manning presented four appointees: Hadley Brennan, Sarah Abbott Martinson, Noah Methvin and Shayla Nelson. These appointees were then voted upon by the Senate, and all of them were voted into office. However, they first must be sworn in by SA President Mayah Emerson, which will occur the next time she is available for a Senate meeting.
Following the appointments, the Senate discussed Act 3, which appropriated funds for several organizations on campus.
The two largest appropriations went to the Society for the Advancement of Creation Science, which received a total of $2,000 for their Ravi Zacharias Lecture Series, and to the Latino Student Association, which received a total of $1,300 for its Hispanic Heritage Month events. Notably, the Black Student Association is the first organization to be denied funding for already reaching their cap of $2,000 dollars per semester.
Lastly, the Senate went to meet with the rest of the SA for the second General Body Meeting. This month’s meeting was comprised of the separate branches discussing shared projects, then sharing those projects with the room.
Some significant ideas from the meeting included a sporting event music playlist in which students vote on the songs they would like to hear at sporting events, a new system for dealing with game day trash on the Junction and a waiting list for classes that notifies students when a spot has opened in a class.