The Senate meeting this week opened up with the president of Delta Delta Delta voicing her concerns over the lack of security in the alley way behind Sorority Row which runs by Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Alpha Gamma Delta.

During the year several cars have been broken into. Delta Delta Delta got a $1,500 grant to put toward buying equipment to help make the area safer, but it is not enough money, according to the president.

The sorority has asked the school and Campus Safety to make the area safer but so far nothing has been done, she said.

The sorority would like cameras, better lighting, and blue phones to make the area safer. There is a complication with the private property along the alley that needs to be worked out before certain actions can be taken, she said.

Sen. Abbas Jaffer brought up the issue of the inadequacy of the study abroad orientation sessions. He called the orientation “sub-par” and voiced the concern of students who walked away feeling like the sessions were a waste of time.

A great deal of time was spent discussing the results of an emergency meeting held earlier in the week. The emergency meeting was held in order to discuss the complications which arose in the election for the presidency of the AUSA Senate.

When Sen. Aaron Schwarzberg was disqualified for misconduct in the election, he contested the disqualification by saying the committee which disqualified him was illegal. The emergency meeting was convened in order to decide what should be done.

The emergency meeting decided that a third party will be used to resolve the situation and make a decision as to what should be done. This decision will not dictate what the senate decides to do with the election but will be taken into serious consideration.

AUSA President Kelley stated that “We cannot have an external body make rules for us. We are a sovereign body.”

The last Senate meeting of the quarter will take place this week.