With an air of informality, this week’s Student Government Association meeting opened with a guest speaker from ArtCarved, the company which handles and sells ETSU’s class ring.
After hearing about the significance and importance of the class ring as a symbol of the university and academic accomplishment, the Senate turned its ear to President Chad Reed for the appointment of Daniel Kane to the position of attorney general.
Kane, a senior and political science major, said, “I have a long history of service, and I [believe] attorney general to be an excellent opportunity.” He was confirmed on a vote of 15-0-0.
Also confirmed were the vice president’s selections for senators to serve on the 606, Senate Review and Legislative committees.
Vice President Jennifer Berry also said that ETSU President Stanton would be the guest speaker for next week’s meeting and that on Oct. 16 representatives from the administration would be at the meeting to answer questions on university finances.
Senator Chris Ziegler made a motion to table both the Ziegler Bill on 606 and the Lane Bill, introduced by Sen. David Lane, dealing with removal of the senate clerk until the next meeting.
After dealing with the business of the day, Chief Justice Adam Moore made an announcement to the Senate that Associate Justice Amber Hunt, who had been appointed at the first meeting of this semester, was his girlfriend.
Moore said that a senator had voiced “a concern about their relationship.” He said that he did not believe this relationship to be relevant to their job.
As chief justice, he and four of the eight associate justices sit at each session of student court together and hear cases concerning student violations of university policy and other matters.
Lane, who brought this issue to Moore’s attention, said in an interview, “I have a degree in human resource management and matters such as this are of great concern in human resources due to the fact that such issues can lead to lawsuits against the organization.
He also said, “The Senate had a right to know about their relationship beforehand, and I think at the very least this [situation] creates the idea of impropriety.”
Reed, who actually made the appointment, said that “I did not see the relevance, and I did not base my interview (of Amber) on the relationship.”
Moore also said that the relationship would have no impact on his or Hunt’s professional relationship on the court.

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