By Jordan Green, Editor-in-Chief
Fifteen Rangers became new senators during the Student Government Association’s meeting Monday, the first official session of the semester and one of the most highly attended meetings in recent history.
Forty students were at the meeting, which included discussion of upcoming events, a report from the student body treasurer and the election of senators.
“This is one of the biggest meetings that we’ve had in years,” Vice President Austin Rankin said.
The meeting began at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.
Students participated in an ice-breaking activity before officers were introduced, including President Erika Hernandez, Rankin, Secretary Cora Beth Taylor and Treasurer Tyler Blankenship.
Students also had ice cream floats during the meeting.
In the treasurer’s report, Blankenship said the organization has $8,917.93 in its Title IX account, which is revenue collected from student fees, and $2,569.30 in its Red Book account, which includes revenue from fundraisers.
Under new business, senators approved all senatorial applications by unanimous votes. Senatorial applicants spoke about their ambitions and reasons for applying before votes were cast. New senators for the school year are: Hannah Appleton, Kannin Koehn, Edna Garcia, Kyra Hussey, Sam Sharkey, Chloe Lehr, Mikayla Webb, Addie Hoeme, Mackenzie Mashak, Aaron Mason, Madeline Long, Brenner Clark, Harlie Altland, K.D. McCleary and Jadyn Budig.
Past senators who returned to the organization are: Aliyah Bidwell, Archer Bohlen, Josie Gibson, Draven Hidalgo, Delaney Lambert and Merin McDaniel, bringing the total number of senators to 21 for the new school year.
The organization also discussed a number of upcoming events. These include:
• Speed-Friendshipping, Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.
• Freshmen Frenzy, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. on Ranger Field.
• A Sept. 9 concert on the intramural field. Northwest Oklahoma native Kaitlyn Killian and her band will perform for 90 minutes.
Rankin also encouraged students to attend the Wednesday soccer game and Saturday’s first home football game of the year.
The next student body meeting will be Sept. 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Senate chambers, which adjoin the ballroom.