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• thursday, april 28, 2011 • arizona daily wildcat
ASUA details plans for next semester By Bethany Barnes Arizona Daily Wildcat ASUA approved a strategic plan consisting of six objectives, one of which involves an overhaul of the senate makeup. The plan proposes a senate composition that would base seats off of college affiliation, totaling to what the plan estimates would be 16 seats. The Associated Students of the University of Arizona President Emily Fritze noted that the new senate composition, as with everything in the strategic plan, is something to consider, not a concrete change. “Most student governments do it based off the college. We’re very rare in doing general seats,” Fritze said. Sen. Chad Travis said he liked the idea of more opinions but expressed concern about students who have majors that are more time consuming not being able to devote enough time to ASUA. “The reality is we don’t have very
diverse senates, and there is a reason for that,” Fritze said, noting that this would allow students interested in policy to voice their opinion. “It’s (the senate) not supposed to be a project board … to be quite frank.” Other suggestions in the plan include phasing out the ASUA logo by adding slight changes during the next few years. “We all sort of had the conclusion that our logo is really ‘80s,” Fritze said. Fritze stressed examining areas where ASUA can be more efficient in order to eliminate unnecessary programs or positions. On adjusting the elections, Fritze said she thought it was apparent that ASUA needs to address the elections code and procedures, noting that “it’s a really reactive policy.” The senate passed ASUA Presidentelect James Allen’s changes to the presidential bylaws to incorporate two new positions, leadership development coordinator and a communications director.
Ginny Polin/Arizona Daily Wildcat
Emily Fritze, the Associated Students of the University of Arizona president, looks back at the accomplishments within ASUA during the final meeting of the current ASUA leadership on Wednesday. Addressing future issues, Fritze discussed the need to examine issues within the Elections Code and procedures.
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