For the first time in four years, the Student Government Association revised its constitution last fall.
The vote to change the constitution passed, and it went under the advisement of the Court of Review.
A couple of weeks later, the Court of Review decided that the referendum had not been conducted properly due to the lack of an available roster for Feb. 24.
The Court of Review and all of SGA was called into executive session and censured.
According to a former SGA member, the Court of Review decided to let the constitution stay because meetings about the new SGA offices had began.
If the Court of Review had ruled that the constitution had been illegally passed, then SGA would have had to go through the intention of candidacy process and primary again.
The constitution can be revised every year, especially the election code. This past year the GPA requirements for president and vice-president were slightly altered.
The president and vice-president need at least a 3.000 GPA at the time of filing the Intention of Candidacy Form. They must maintain at least a 2.500 GPA throughout their term of office. Prior to the adoption of the new constitution, the original GPA requirements to run were 2.500 and to maintain a 2.000 for both executive positions.
Other changes were made in Article IV: Membership, Article VI: Composition of Branches, Article VII: Powers, Article XI: Vacancies, Article XII: Resignation, Impeachment, and Removal from Office and Article XV: Amendments.
For a constitution to be revised, the Loyola student body must vote on it, and the president must call a referendum.
The student vote was held February 24 and 25 of this year.
But on the first day there was no list of student names. Ballots were cast even though there was no record of which students voted.
By the second day SGA finally had a list of all the students’ names, and the voting procedure continued. Approximately, thirty students came out to vote.
Some students complained about the lack of advertisement about the vote while others say there was enough.
Nathan Gaudet, Court of Review Chief Justice and history and political science senior, said SGA sent out campus e-mails.
“We did some campus mail and put out a banner in front of Danna Center,” he said.
“I remember receiving e-mails about an upcoming vote,”said Stephanie Smith, music business sophomore. “I also remember a banner outside the Danna Center with a big yes or no.”
