Senate Chair Brian Orser's Opening Day speech or online

Senate Vice Chair Paul Waters- Smith's Opening Day speech or online

New Constitutional Proposal (pdf) or online

This proposal was sponsored by Senators Jerzy Kaufman '11, Jasper Kosokoff '10 and Liana Schecter '10.

Existing Constitution of Pitzer College Student Senate (pdf) or online

This Constitution of Student Senate, written in Fall 2008 by your humble blogger in her capacity as Exec Board Communication Secretary, sets out a more ambitious mission, organizes senator positions more clearly, clarifies operating procedures, and edits text that had become obsolete or inaccurate.  No huge changes were made in the way Senate does business.

Revision Process to the Current Constitution

I wrote this post after the current proposal was introduced, when students began asking how we arrived at our current document.

Previous Constitution of Pitzer College Student Senate

I'm including the previous Constitution, which had been previously updated in 2006, not to gloat over how much I improved on it, but instead to emphasize how the new Constitution largely preserves the spirit of the old document.

Governance Structure

For the first time ever, you can actually see how our governance and senate committees are composed and how they interact!  Unlike in most American schools, Pitzer has students serving on every major functioning committee.  Students are directly involved in nearly every area of decision making.  See how!

Pitzer College Course Catalog 2009-2010

Getting Started Brochure

A Cliffs Notes of how to start a club or organization at Pitzer. Slightly out of date but still a helpful starting point.