Student Union President Jacob Edelman ’18 came to the Senate meeting on Sunday to nominate the Constitutional Review Committee. The Senate voted to approve the nominees. 

Executive Senator Aaron Finkel ’20 reported that the Executive Board reviewed the Club Member Expulsion Policy. Student Union Vice President Hannah Brown ’19 stated that “there have been problems with people being kicked off e-boards and coming to the Union” with complaints.

Finkel met with Assistant Director of Annual Giving Benjamin Niles to work on the upcoming “Giving Tuesday” event.

Brown stated that the Union will speak with the University’s External Relations and Communications Department about the misleading coverage about “Buyer Beware” by the external press.

Sustainability Committee chair Benedikt Reynolds, the Class of 2019 senator, stated that the committee partnered with Brandeis Climate Justice to garner support for a petition encouraging Brandeis to divest from fossil fuel companies. The petition received over 500 signatures and will be delivered to University President Ron Liebowitz soon.

Club Support Committee chair and Class of 2020 Senator Tal Richtman thanked the senators who attended the committee’s workshop last Thursday.

Dining Committee chair and Class of 2020 Senator Jonathan Chen reported that the committee’s sponsored trip to New England Coffee was extremely successful. 

The Senate voted to approve the Senate Money Resolution allocating Senate funds for a Turkey Shuttle extension. The Senate also voted to approve the SMR allocating Senate funds to pay for a television in the Student Union conference room. Reynolds, however, was concerned that the purchase was unnecessary because the Union could buy a projector for a fraction of the price or rent one from the Getz Multimedia Lab for the year.Brown stated that the Senate would discuss costs and possible alternatives before making large purchases in the future.

Chen brought up the fact that “eduroam” Wi-Fi has been spotty recently. Brown replied that Brandeis had installed a new network security certificate for the network and that users needed to agree to its new terms and conditions. She stated that if that did not resolve the network issue, users should contact Library and Technology Services. Brown also said that she will talk to LTS about sending an email to the student body addressing the issue.

Racial Minority Senator Hangil Ryu ’20 will meet with the Brandeis Labor Coalition to work with them on becoming a probationary club. He also met with Senator-at-Large Shaquan McDowell ’18 about students affected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The two set up a Google document to compile stories of those impacted by DACA. Ryu also met with an employee from the Stein to discuss gas leaks and the resulting forced shut-downs of the dining location. 

International Student Senator Linfei Yang ’20 stated that there has been a problem with students leaving copious amounts of trash in the Farber Mezzanine, which Yang said is disrespectful to the library workers.

Richtman reminded the Senate that Nov. 22 is the application deadline for the Community Emergency and Enhancement Fund, which can be used for student-run projects to improve the University. 

—Emily Blumenthal

—Editor’s note: Leigh Salomon ’19 is a Features writer for the Justice.