Dust and tumbleweeds may have to be ordered from a ghost town by Student Senate executives to act as filler for the lack of applicants for Student Senate membership.

Margie Tucker, a member of the Student Elections Commission, tallied applications for Student Senate membership and executive positions after Wednesday afternoon’s deadline.

The number of senate membership applications, which are those positions below the executive level, currently show no contested positions in on-campus, off-campus or at-large branches and tell a tale of a rather low application rate.

The position of student dean currently has two applicants both applying for the College of Finances position. There are five student dean positions to represent each of the five colleges at Eastern.

Tucker said positions that go unfilled after the elections will be appointed next fall through an application and interview process overseen by the speaker of the senate.

Applications for the vice presidential positions for academic, financial and public affairs show small signs of competition, with a maximum of only two competitors per seat and with the vice president of student affairs position unchallenged and waiting for Lisa Flam, a sophomore speech communication major.

Also unchallenged in the executive branch is the student body president position, currently held by Hugh O’Hara, who may be warming the seat for the sole applicant and senior political science major Alison Mormino.