exception of being an inactive member. C. Advisory members to the Student Association shall be the Dean of Students & Campus Life and some number of faculty advisors to be specified by the Executive Council each year. The duties of the advisory members to the Student Association shall be to attend committee meetings upon invitation, clarify questions when called upon, assist in the promotion of the McMurry Student Government and its resolutions, and to attend McMurry Student Government Senate sessions when possible. They shall exercise no vote and have no veto power. Article II. Classes Section 1. Membership A. Class membership shall be defined according to class of entry. A student desiring to become a candidate for a student government office will apply for class council according to their class of entry, as specified by official Registrar records. B. “Class of Entry” shall be defined as 4 plus the year of entry. For example, a student entering in the fall of 2009 would be a member of the Class of 2013. C. A student may vote and be a candidate for office in that class of which the student is a member, or, in the case of spring elections, a member of the class in which the student will be by the following fall semester. D. Exceptions are as follows: a. If a candidate is classified higher than their entry class and their entry class senate is full, the president may appoint them to the senate of their classification with the approval of the whole senate (as long as there are no other candidates willing to take the position). Section 2. Class Council A. Each class council shall consist of a class president and five senators. B. A member of a class council who advances in classification at the beginning of the spring semester shall retain his/her office for the remainder of the term of office. Article III. McMurry Student Government Section 1. Definition The McMurry Student Government shall consist of an executive body, a legislative body, and a judiciary body. A. The executive body shall consist of an Executive Council consisting of a president, a vice president, a treasurer, a secretary who does not have voting privileges, and an attorney general who does not have voting privileges. B. The legislative body shall consist of a Senate consisting of five senators from each class, the four class presidents and the Executive Council. The Attorney General shall serve on the Senate as a special advisor with no voting power. C. The judiciary body shall consist of the attorney general and a Student Supreme Court of four justices and one chief justice. Section 2. Qualifications A. A candidate seeking office in the McMurry Student Government must be a bona fide member of the McMurry Student Association at least one complete semester prior to their holding office, with the exception of freshman senator and freshman class president candidates. The candidate must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better on hours taken at McMurry University and must maintain a 2.0 or better grade point average on McMurry course work throughout the respective term of office. B. Any officer mentioned in Article III, Section 1 failing to meet and to maintain any of the qualifications related to that officer’s position shall be subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion from McMurry Student Government, as determined by the Executive Council. Section 3. Presidential Vacancies In the event that a vacancy occurs in the office of the president, the vice president shall assume the president’s office.
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