The Student Senate appointed new subcommittee chairpersons Wednesday.

The 26 members in senate help to make up the 10 committees that each serve a different function related to the senate meeting.

Optimism was expressed by all the new committee chairs as they introduced themselves to the other student senate members and student executives.

“I’m really excited about this year,” said Nancy Zegler, chair of the Diversity Affairs Committee. “I’m going to be working a lot with Lisa Flam.”

Flam is student vice president for student affairs.

“I’m ready to get started,” said Ryan Berger, chair of the Student Relations Committee. “We’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Nicole Kull, chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, agreed with Berger, saying “I hope to jump in and get my feet wet pretty fast.”

Kyle Donash, chair of the External Relations Committee that works with the Charleston community, said he planned to get started on homecoming issues next week.

Several behavioral problems on behalf of Eastern students occurred at last year’s homecoming parade. The senate External Relations Committee will continue to work with city administrators to make sure the same problems do not exist at this year’s parade.

Ryan Herdes, chair of the University Development and Recycling Committee, enthusiastically responded when it was his turn to speak.

“Prepare to recycle,” Herdes proclaimed.

“We’re going to have a lot of good projects going on real soon,” senate Speaker Mike Walsh said.

Student government editor Niki Jensen can be reached at [email protected].