Twelve students were elected to serve as quad senators, off-campus senator, first-year class senators and Transitional Year Program senator as the Student Union Fall 2008 Elections came to a close on the evening of Sept. 25.In an e-mail to the Justice, Student Union Director of Communications Jamie Ansorge '09 wrote, "The Executive Board is very excited to work with the Senate on many pressing issues, including campus sustainability projects, supporting the Student Bill of Rights, and pushing for potential changes at the Health Center."

Nathan Goldstein '09, newly elected senator for off-campus students, hopes to continue the database of information about off-campus housing that he started last year. Goldstein said that he would also like to continue to improve the off-campus commuter lounge that he created last year for off-campus students.

In an e-mail to the Justice, Chenchao Lu '09, senator for Charles River, wrote, "As a sustainability advocate, I would like to help start a free bike-rental program across campus, create a composting area for Charles River, and advocate for a hybrid/natural gas campus shuttle."

Senator for Ziv Quad Andrew Brooks '09 plans on working to address flooding issues in F-Lot, as well as working to get more outdoor furniture for the Quad area. He would like to lessen the financial burden of overdue books and extend library hours.

Senator for Rosenthal Quad Philips Loh '11 hopes to address issues such as why the Usdan soda machines no longer have tap water and the leaks that top-floor Rosenthal residents have encountered.

As Senator for East Quad, Sara Enan '11 plans on addressing her constituents' requests to get a pool table, fix the Ping-Pong table and to get more food in the quad office. Enan will also continue her efforts to have new screens installed in the windows in order to reduce the number of insects in East bathrooms, which she began working on before she was elected.

Senator for North Quad Andrew Hogan '11 hopes to bring better cell phone reception to campus. He explained that ultimately to improve cell phone reception on campus, cell phone companies would need to build a booster, a device to help improve the range and strength of a cell phone signal.

Nipun Marwaha '12, senator for Massell Quad, said, "Most of my platform involves extending Sherman hours and fixing some amenities that have been brought to my attention. For example, there's mold in some of the Shapiro [Residence Hall] bathrooms, which is unsanitary and unhealthy."

Terrence Johnson (TYP) wants to help everyone at Brandeis gain a better understanding of what the Transitional Year Program really is, as well as to get TYP students "more involved with Brandeis social life," especially since it is the 40th anniversary of TYP. Johnson hopes to plan and host a great celebration event for the anniversary.

Other elected senators include Senator for Castle Quad Nathan Robinson '11, Senator for Foster Mods Jonathan Freed '09 and Senators for the Class of 2012 Akash Vadalia and Supreetha Gubbala.

The position of Village Quad Senator will be left vacant until winter elections because no one ran for the position, according to Ansorge. He said, "The needs of those quad residents will not be ignored" because the Union represents every student.

Stephen Robinson '11 submitted a complaint against Chief of Elections Tia Chatterjee '09, which the Union Judiciary decided not to grant certiorari, judicial review, according to an e-mail sent to Robinson and Chatterjee by Chief Justice of the Union Judiciary Rachel Graham Kagan '09.

In an e-mail to the Justice, Chatterjee explained that Robinson expressed interest in running for the Rosenthal Quad senator position, which was vacant at the time. She extended the deadline for candidates to run for this and other vacant positions. Two of her commissioners were supposed to meet with Robinson, but because of miscommunication neither of them met with him before the deadline passed.

In Robinson's complaint, he wrote, "At this point, [Chatterjee] insisted that I run as a write-in candidate because another member of Rosenthal had caucused for the position, apparently at a time that exceeded the caucus deadline. I confronted her about this point and finally convinced her to place me on the regular ballot. This act, however, was in vain considering the fact that she failed to include my endorsements on the ballot."

Chatterjee explained that his complaint about the endorsements not being added had no validity because the complaint wasn't submitted on time.