The Student Referendum awaits your vote! Please click here to cast your ballot!

The green fund poll is completed. In the fall semester students voted to support a waivable green fund. The Senate then polled the student body to determine the amount of the fund.

Amount	Vote	Votes Supporting This Amount	Percentage Supporting This Amount
$0	41	588	100.00%
$5	53	547	93.03%
$10	107	494	84.01%
$15	79	387	65.82%
$20	108	308	52.38%
$25	200	200	34.01%

The fund will be $20 a semester because more than 50% of the voters supported that amount.

The student senate has published the first issue of the Informer! You can read it here!

Meet your new Senate for Spring, 2008. The Student Senate has also, on behalf of the student body, written a condolence letter to the Northern Illinois University community.

The results of the Spring 2008 Student Senate election are posted here.

Vote now to elect your Student Senators! You can read the candidates' statements here.

Make Oberlin a better place: run for Student Senate.

Student Senate is the elected voice of the Student Body. Nominations are now open to fill 4 of the 15 Senate Seats. Nominate yourself, your friends, your enemies, and anyone else you'd like to see on Student Senate by e-mailing senate.elections@gmail.com with the names of students you'd like to nominate by Wednesday, February 13. To learn more about being a Senator, check out our candidate guide.

Voting in the Fall 2007 referendum has now been closed; ballots have been verified and tallied. The results are available here. Thank you to all those who participated and helped us reach quorum by the end of the semester!

Vote on student government compensation, Senate oversight of SFC, re-instating Credit/No Entry for ExCos, Latin Honors, and more!You can cast your vote here. Read the Review's coverage of the referendum or learn more about the questions on the referendum: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

At its Plenary Session on Sunday, October 7, Student Senate agreed to draft a letter in support of students involved in an incident with the Oberlin Police on Saturday, September 29. The Senate's letter was sent to President Marvin Krislov last week.

The Student Senate of Oberlin College is greatly alarmed by the arrests of three Oberlin College students on Saturday September 29. Although we recognize that the details of the incident are still under investigation, Senate condemns even the possibility of the use of excessive force, especially if discriminatory.

We are encouraged by the prompt actions of both the College and the City to investigate this incident. We hope that the promised mediation and investigations occur as swiftly, thoroughly, and transparently as possible. We will closely watch the ongoing proceedings and continue to promote the privacy and rights of our fellow students.

- The Student Senate

Meet the new Student Senate! - The Senators page has been updated. We also recently passed a resolution in support of the people of Burma.

Updated documents and minutes can be found here. Agendas will be made available by the Thursday before that week's Plenary Session and posted on the documents page (see the navigation bar on the left). Senate meetings are held in Wilder 215 at 7 pm on Sundays and are open to students and faculty.

The Senate run-off election has concluded; congratulations to the winner, Marc Shinn-Krantz! Results can be found here. Thank you for your participation; congratulations to all the winners of the Fall 2007 Senate elections!

Two candidates, Matthew O'Connell and Marc Shinn-Krantz tied in last place in this week's election. To decide upon a winner, we will be having a special runoff election starting Thursday, 12:01AM and ending Sunday 12:01AM or once 20% quorum is reached, whichever is longer. Students will have only one vote and will not be able to write in candidates. You can vote here. Thank you for your participation.

Student Senate elections are now closed. Results for candidates are now available here. We are in the process of contacting candidates for the 11 open seats to confirm that they will serve. There is a tie for 11th place that we will be sorting out soon. We will post further details as they become available.

Please vote now in the Student Senate election. Voting is open until noon on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Want to change ResEd policy, broaden Oberlin's commitment to diversity, strengthen our environmental sustainability, ensure student participation in decision-making?

Make Oberlin a better place: run for Student Senate.

Nominations are now open. Email senate@oberlin.edu with the names of students you'd like to nominate by Tuesday, Sept. 17. You may nominate yourself, you may nominate as many students as you like, and your nominations will be kept anonymous. Once this nomination period is complete you will receive another email announcing the beginning of the election, which will fill 11 of the 15 Student Senate seats.

At least one student senator must be a Conservatory or double degree student, so we especially encourage such students to run.

If you have any questions, please let us know by emailing senate@oberlin.edu.

We have also created a candidate guide that contains more information about the election.

The presidential search committee has selected a finalist. Come get involved!

Hear Marvin Krislov speak, ask him questions, and discuss Oberlin's future.

• Today, Wed. at 9:30-10:30pm at First Church
• Thursday, 9-10pm in West Lecture Hall
• Friday, 12:15-1:15pm in West Lecture Hall

More information about Mr. Krislov on the Presidential Search Committee website

Help Us Make a Guide to Educate the President

Can't make the forums? Have more to say?

We're compiling a guide about Oberlin students and student issues so that Mr. Krislov can better understand who we are, what we stand for, and what changes Oberlin should, and shouldn't, make.

Please submit material to help us make this guide: submissions@oberlinsenate.org

Organizations can send descriptions of who they are and what they do, students working to change Oberlin can send briefings on what they've been doing, individuals can send stories of their experiences (both good and bad) at Oberlin. Anything that will help Mr. Krislov understand us and our odd Obieness.

Submissions Deadline: June 30 - submissions@oberlinsenate.org

Interested in shaping Oberlin's future? Want to influence how our next president will support students and improve our school. There are two upcoming opportunities to participate in the presidential search:

1. Interview Top Candidates as a Student Rep.

Three students will participate in the next round of presidential candidate interviews. There is one open seat (students nominated for the Search Committee last fall fill the other two seats). If selected, you will meet the candidates, help them understand Oberlin, and provide feedback to the Search Committee.

You Must Be:
A first year, sophomore, or junior; available Wed. & Thur. (Apr. 18-19) morning & afternoon; and willing to sign & abide by the Code of Conduct

Interested? Student Senate is holding open interviews in Wilder 222 on Fri. 5:30-7:30pm & Sat. 2-4pm (Apr. 13 & 14). Please stop by.

Have questions or can't make those times? Email senate@oberlin.edu.

2. Voice Your Opinion: Open Forum on Monday

Want to make sure your hopes, suggestions, and concerns for Oberlin's future are considered in the selection of our next president? Share your thoughts at Student Senate's Presidential Search Open Forum. We will distribute your comments to the candidates and the Search Committee./p>

Presidential Search Open Forum
Monday, April 16 at 7:30pm
West Lecture Hall

Want to share your thoughts but can't attend? Email senate@oberlin.edu.

Please visit our new documents and minutes page for information about what Senate has been up to this semester.