TCU Senate Update

In its first meeting of the semester Sunday night, the Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate held two replacement in-house elections and allocated $2040 in funding to two student groups.

Sophomore Stephen Ruggiero was elected by the Senate to an open seat on the Allocations Board. Ruggiero will replace junior Yulia Korovikov, who is abroad for the semester.

Freshmen Jessie Serrino and Darien Headen were elected to chair the Services Committee to replace junior Jeremy Zelinger, who is abroad this semester, and sophomore Lia Weintraub, who resigned from the position.

A proposal to allocate $1040 to the TCU Judiciary for a new computer passed, as did a funding request for $1000 from the New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP), part of the Institute for Global Leadership. NIMEP will use the grant toward financing their general interest meeting, speaker fees and publication of their yearly journal, which features student research.