SAC elects 8-member executive committee

The Student Activities Council elected eight members to its executive committee Wednesday night. SAC also voted on five amendments proposed by its executive committee at an October 29 meeting. However, only one of the proposals received the two-thirds majority necessary to amend the SAC constitution. The group voted overwhelmingly in favor of an amendment that will divide future elections. The council will choose four members to serve full-year terms on the executive committee beginning in January, and an additional four members to serve full-year terms beginning in October. Until now, all eight members have been elected in December. SAC Chairperson and Engineering senior Paul Wilder said the Executive Committee proposed the amendment to facilitate continuity on the committee. "It is an internal training mechanism to ensure that there are always at least four people who have been there before," Wilder said. SAC amended this year's elections to ensure that four of those selected on Wednesday will serve terms lasting through next October. The others will serve terms ending in February. SAC members nominated 13 people for positions on the executive committee. College junior Adena Galinsky, College sophomore Debbie Posner, College junior Keith Blackman and Wharton sophomore Sang Cha were chosen to serve until October, while Wharton sophomore Curtis Redding, Wharton senior Imani Dawson, College senior Joe Cruz and Wilder were elected to terms ending in February. The council also voted to recognize the Wharton Futures, Options and Hedging Strategies Club, a group which already has 60 members. In recognizing the group, the body went against a recommendation from the executive committee, which said the group overlaps with pre-existing clubs such as the Penn Investment Alliance. And in an unusual move, SAC did not allocate any money during the meeting because its $30,000 contigency fund for the fall term had already been depleted and the body voted not to use money from its spring term or emergency funds.