Senate focused on students, improving student government

Last year, Pritesh Gandhi introduced a resolution to the TCU Senate that he wanted passed concerning politics in the Middle East. Now, Mr. Gandhi, from somewhere in the United Kingdom where he is abroad, is criticizing the TCU Senate for not paying attention to the students.

Personally, I know that this TCU Senate is not only focused on the students, but is also focused on how to improve student government so that every person feels represented and knows what goes on in their student government. Mr. Gandhi is making his conclusions based on word of mouth and nothing that he has tangibly seen, and certainly not on the TCU constitution.

The TCU Senate is not granted implied powers by the TCU Constitution, its governing document. And while Mr. Gandhi was a good senator, he many times toed the line of extending the TCU Senate's power despite the TCU Constitution. Speaking personally but not for the whole senate, I agree that the Senate should be able to vote members they internally elect out of office, but the TCU Constitution does not grant that power to the TCU Senate. While the Constitution may need to be changed in some ways, the Senate cannot simply go ahead and make up what it can and cannot do.

Finally, Mr. Gandhi claimed that this year's senate, especially the leaders, are not fully devoted to the student body, and that statement is false. This year's senate is not only working to represent every student in the Tufts Community but also to improve Student Government at Tufts, especially the TCU Senate. And from what I have seen, they are doing this as a much more humble and united body than the past few Senates of which Mr. Gandhi served on and was huge influence on, I just wish he was here to see it.





Randy Newsom LA '04

TCU Senator