Two students who were kicked off Eastern’s shuttle bus brought the issue up at last week’s Student Senate meeting.

Elizabeth Brown, one of the students who took the matter to the Student Government, said she heard one of the shuttle bus drivers complaining about a student.

“The bus driver just started talking about a student, and I happened to know the girl,” Brown said.

The driver had been talking about Brown’s friend, Kayla Blue. Brown said she felt that it was wrong for the bus drivers to bad-mouth the students.

Brown said it all started when Blue got on the bus to go to class and asked the driver to be more punctual. She said the bus had been at least 10 minutes late the past few times, and she was having trouble getting to class on time. The driver threatened to ban Blue from the bus and Brown did not think that was right.

“It seemed (the driver) had no reason to ban her from the bus,” Brown said.

The students took the issue to the Student Government because they wanted to know if it was possible for drivers to ban students from the buses. Brown also wanted to know if it was right to ban people because of their attitude.

Student Senate member Shawn Ready said this is the first complaint the Student Government has heard concerning this issue this semester.

“(Blue) thought she could not get kicked off the bus because (her tuition money) helps pay the drivers’ salaries,” Ready said. “She can, in fact, get kicked off the bus.”

The issue remains unresolved because the Student Government had other issues to attend to.

Ready is waiting for responses from the girls before the issue can be taken any further.