The student government has no new business on its agenda for Wednesday’s meeting.

Anna Nasinska, a student senate member, said she expects to discuss committees and who will head the committees.

“I hope to have less paper legislation and more action,” Student Senate Speaker Jason Sandidge said.

During the start of the school year, Sandidge’s position entails making appointments for those who are interested in filling the nine open Senate seats along with overseeing the Senate.

Both Sandidge and Student Body President Michelle Murphy have expectations regarding this semester’s student senate.

“I want to see senators out there with small goals so they can better accomplish those goals,” Sandidge said.

Murphy agreed.

“It is easy to make change when ideas are simple instead of complicated,” Murphy said. Both Murphy and Sandidge said they hope to lead by example and have a professional year.

One of the main concerns of the members of student government is to involve the participation of outside students.

“(Student government) is very enjoyable if you are interested in the subject matter and of the mechanics that make the machine work,” says Murphy.

Nasinska said more campus members should address the student government members during the meetings.

“I want questions,” Nasinska said. “The meetings are such a good place to voice your opinions and problems.”

Sandidge agreed.

“We want them (the audience) to talk to us, if we don’t know, then we can’t fix the problem,” Sandidge said. “A closed mouth doesn’t get fed. We are not going to leave anybody out, even if it takes an extra hour to accommodate the audience’s concerns.”

The second student government meeting of the year is at 7 p.m on Wednesday in the Tuscola-Arcola room located in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Rachel Rodgers can be reached at 581-7942 or rjrodgers@eiu.edu.