ASUW senate passes yearbook resolution

A year beginning with a resolution to enjoy cake ended with a motion to eat it, and enjoy it, during the final ASUW senate meeting yesterday.

Enjoy it they did, for during yesterday's meeting, the final senate meeting of the year, a resolution creating a task force to look into creating a UW yearbook passed.

Every year the first resolution passed by the ASUW senate is "A resolution in support of cake," and every year at its last meeting, the senate eats the cake.

Rene Singleton, an adviser to the ASUW, provided the cake but before senators enjoyed it, Singleton said a few words.

"The senate has had really good discussion this year," said Singleton. This year's ASUW has been an improvement over previous years,' she said.

Though much of the meeting was enveloped by a lighthearted air, senators did get some serious business done.

The new yearbook task force's mission will be to research the feasibility of creating a campus yearbook.

The Daily managed a yearbook named the TYEE until the late 70s, when it was cut because of budget concerns, according to the bill.

Supporters of the bill hope a yearbook will be more financially feasible now because of current technologies. The bill instructs the task force to look into the possibility new distribution technologies, such as CDs.

The task force will need to make a report and a recommendation to the senate and Board of Directors by the end of fall quarter next year regarding the yearbook.

The senate also passed a bill changing quorum requirements. The senate has lost quorum, the minimum number of members in attendance needed to hold a meeting, at least 3 times this year.

The senate also used the last meeting to give out four awards to its members

Three of the four awards were Rene Singleton awards for leadership, special projects and perfect attendance. Eric Stride, Board of Directors at-large, and Sam Castic, senate vice chair, received the special projects and leadership awards respectively.