The Tufts Community Union Senate passed a resolution Sunday in support of an increase in late-night service on the T. Junior senator Stephen Ruggiero, who submitted the resolution, cited a recent survey of 26,000 passengers conducted by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in which 85 percent of respondents said they would be willing to wait for 10 to 19 minutes and pay double the normal fare for late-night T service Friday and Saturday.
According to Ruggiero, similar resolutions are being considered in surrounding schools, and the passed resolutions are to be sent as a group to the Massachusetts State House.
The Senate allocated itself $3,500 to rent an ice cream truck for three hours, two days before Spring Fling. Students will be invited to write their concerns and suggestions for the Senate on index cards in exchange for free ice cream and sorbet.
The funds were passed after a lengthy debate over whether it was more valuable to collect seniors' suggestions this spring or to boost Senate visibility to new students in the fall. Others questioned whether the event was cost-effective, pointing out that last year's rental yielded only one suggestion per five dollars spent.
The Senate gave itself an additional $350 for web designer fees.
Tufts Mock Trial received $1,250 to go to a national championship competition. Seven senators objected, with some arguing the amount was too high and some too low.
The African Student Organization (ASO) was granted a total of $760 to allow all-female step group Envy to buy competition outfits and for all-male step group Blackout to cover the costs of a competition.
In addition, the Tufts chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine was allocated $500 to host speakers Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt, who co-authored "The Gaza Kitchen," a cookbook of regional cuisine. Tufts Voices for Choice (VOX) received $478 to send six members to a civil liberties and public policy conference at Hampshire College. Conversation, Action, Faith and Education (CAFE) was allocated $170.25 to co-host a speaking event with the Anime Brigade.
