By G. Brady Selhorst
g-selhorst@onu.edu
Student Senate met in the upstairs Ball Room of the McIntosh Center for their weekly General Assembly meeting on Wednesday Oct. 15.
The meeting began with a recommendation for a new student organization to be formed on campus.  This new organization is called Beta Alpha Psi and was represented by Sarah McDicken, a senior accounting major at ONU. Beta Alpha Psi promised to represent academic excellence in the business field while volunteering community service hours and personal income assistance to students. The organization was approved when twenty-eight student senate members voted yes and zero against. 
The position of sorority housing representative was filled at the meeting. This was also voted on by the senate and they decided that Natalyn Giverson was best suited for the job. Giverson, a junior communication arts major, was inaugurated towards the end of the meeting and is now part of the student senate herself.  One of the issues she will be dealing with immediately is that of bringing the students living in Affinity Commons closer to campus.
After this, each committee member of the student senate said a few words about what their department is doing at this time. The Senate Activities Committee reiterating the first Coffee House with President Baker in Affinity Commons on Monday Oct. 27. Also this committee was excited to announce the kickoff for the Senate Olympics on Friday Oct. 24. Another announcement was from the Security Committee who said that the distribution of more bike racks around campus is currently in progress.
After these reports were given the senate was adjourned until next week on Wednesday Oct. 22.