The Student Senate tonight will hold elections for the new speaker of the senate and discuss a constitutional amendment regarding qualifications for the City Council Liaison.

Student Senate bylaws mandate that the speaker of the senate elections be held each semester. The speaker of the senate is the presiding officer of the senate, the chairperson of the Legislative Leadership Committee, delivers a State of the Senate address each semester and appoints committee chairs.

Qualifications for the City Council Liaison were discussed at last week’s meeting, but senate bylaws required it to be tabled before it could be voted on, Speaker of the Senate Joe Robbins said.

The amendment states the candidate must be a sophomore with a minimum 2.5 grade point average and have a demonstrated knowledge of student government and Charleston government.

A resolution concerning credit card solicitation has been on the senate agenda for several weeks but has not been voted on because of confusion about rules already in existence.

A requirement is already in place for any credit card applications given out in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union to have a financial responsibility pamphlet given along with it, Robbins said.

The proposed resolution would make the same stipulation for applications given out in the residence halls, but there has been confusion on the issue because housing policy prohibits credit card solicitation in the first place.

The senate will meet at 7 p.m. tonight in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the Union.

In other business, the senate will discuss a bill allocating Student Government funds for a hotel room and car for those attending the Illinois Board of Higher Education Student Advisory Committee meeting at Western Illinois University this weekend.

The senate will also choose a senator of the semester and the spring 2001 senate, which was elected last week, will be seated.