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Graduate Student Senate asked the Student Senate to amend its constitution to make the body represent only undergraduate students in a resolution passed yesterday.

According to its current constitution, Student Senate represents both graduate and undergraduate students. With this resolution, a formal separation would be made.

“This is a change we’ve thought about for a couple of years,” said senator Drew Pusateri, who explained that the resolution is more of a formalization. Each senate represents different constituencies, he said, and has been doing so for many years.

Student Senate President Tim Vonville said his body would need to approve changes to its constitution with a 2/3 vote of its general body. The changes would then go to the Board of Trustees and finally to student voters in the spring.

Pusateri said administrators have spoken only to Student Senate about an issue in the past but claimed they consulted all students.

This change would assure that Graduate Student Senate is addressed specifically by administrators and that graduate students have adequate input, Pusateri said.

Student Senate has two graduate students who are representatives on Senate, one for Black Affairs and another for the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vonville said. The College of Osteopathic Medicine only has graduate students, Vonville said.

Vonville added that Student Senate is charged with representing all students and that graduate students have representation — often appointed by Graduate Student Senate — on several campus committees.

“When there are universitywide issues, there is going to be some type of graduate representation,” Vonville said.