Finding direction will be the focus of the Student Senate meeting this Wednesday, as it prepares for the tasks of the school year and attempts to fill its empty positions.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

During the summer, two senate members resigned their positions, leaving a total of 10 positions to be filled for the senate to operate at full capacity.

“We have a third of the senate missing,” said Speaker of the Senate Joe Robbins. “It would be nice to see if enough people are interested in filling those positions before the senate gets too far into its business for the year.”

Also, this meeting will serve as an introduction for new senate members to grasp the concept behind their responsibilities in office.

“A meeting with a light agenda is good for all the new senators to get their feet wet, so they don’t have to be grasping concepts while they are in the middle of business or discussion,” he said.

The senate will hear a presentation by Reed Benedict about getting the students and the student government involved in Oktoberfest on the Square in Charleston.

Local business owners will have a meeting tomorrow at 5 p.m. in Marianne’s Deli on the Square, and representatives of the senate will be there.

The senate only has one bill on the agenda for Wednesday and several approvals including the appointment of a secretary, an off-campus senate member and an at-large senate member.

Afterward, the individual committees will report on their activities and bring any business they may have to the senate floor.