The Senate approved
all executive Cabinet members of the Student Government Association
(SGA) last night with the exception of one.
Paul A. Funderburk, Director of State and National Affairs, will
be voted on next week.
Each cabinet member had to go through a screening process, that
Rules Chair Dorothy M. Andrews said would take into account more
than just resumes.
“This is the first year that I know of that we have required
our cabinet members turn in resumes and a letter of intent, as well
as a class schedule,” SGA Director of Rules Dorothy M. Andrews
said.
The committee is responsible for screening all members of the Cabinet
before the Senate votes to approve or dismiss them.
The letter serves the purpose of giving the senate a better feel
for the cabinet members, and how they can expect the year to progress,
she said. The letter is informal and won’t be looked at as
closely was class schedules, she said.
Off-campus senator Justin R. Pittman and Newland senator Hunter
B. Palmer suggested requiring more of the applicants.
“I feel it’s the obligation of the Rules Committee …
to say that we’ve done as thorough a job as we could with the
time we had,” Palmer said.
“I recommended … anything the committee felt was necessary,”
Pittman said. “I was attempting to rebuild the rules committee’s
reputation.”
Andrews said the committee’s reputation suffered last fall
after a controversy over whether the Senate should approve last
year’s Director of Student Affairs, Amy E. Greer.
The committee had given Greer an “unfavorable” recommendation
after screening her. The Senate did not give her the two-thirds
vote needed to stay in office, which sparked debate among senators.
The Senate eventually reconsidered her, and Greer received the vote
she needed to remain on the cabinet.
All cabinet members are appointed by the SGA president, and then
are approved by the Senate the fall of the next academic year. |
