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The Student Senate of Ouachita Baptist University
began with the writing of the original constitution in 1949. Since then, many significant
changes have been made, even recently. In the fall of 1999
amendments were made to the constitution, and the Student Senate
almost doubled in size when class officers became voting members of
the organization. In January of 2000 the bylaws were updated
to match the current activities of the organization. Within
subcommittee meetings, duties of each representative constantly
change with the changing needs of the student body.
Dr. Hal Bass has been regularly attending Student
Senate meetings since the fall of 1980 when he was
first elected as the faculty advisor. Since then, he has been
extremely valuable to the ever-changing body of representatives
keeping the meeting in line with parliamentary procedure, school
policy, and his vast political wisdom.
As has been from day one, the Student Senate meets
once a week to report the activities that have been accomplished
during the week and to keep informed of current events effecting the
school. In the last few years, the Student Senate has had an
increase in activity. What use to be a weekly meeting has
become the constant upkeep of an organization. A subcommittee
of the Senate meets almost every day of the school year, and the
Student Senate Office is open daily. |
