The Hatchet’s editorial board notes how the new Student Association Senate bill that pairs individual senators with student organizations will hopefully prove beneficial to the student organizations, especially if senators remember their role as liaisons for the orgs.

Though the Student Association Senate is tasked with representing the interests of students, for years the relationship was plagued by inefficiency and bureaucracy. But with the passage of the Student Organization Outreach Bill Tuesday night, the SA demonstrated a promising sense of responsibility for senators. But progress from this bill will only occur if senators remember that they are liaisons, not lobbyists, for student organizations, and if there is an appeals process for organizations to change their assigned senator if that senator neglects his or her role as a voice for the campus group.

The bill, which mandates that senators regularly communicate with student organizations to discuss campus issues and solve problems, gives organizations a personal contact point and a more salient voice within the senate.

We find this a promising move on the part of the SA, as it demonstrates a self-awareness and willingness to rectify what had previously plagued the relationship between the senate and student organizations, and we hope that student organizations will be better represented by the individual senators assigned to them.