Student Association Senate Speaker Joe Annunzio tried to remove “dead weight” from the senate by motioning for a roll-call vote during the SA meeting Sunday night.

Annunzio said the purpose of his motion was to take a roll-call vote so those senators who left the meeting early would miss roll call.

SA bylaws state that any senator who misses six roll calls is automatically removed from the senate. All missed roll calls, however, can be appealed to the SA Internal Affairs Committee, Annunzio said.

A roll-call vote was taken on a motion for a one-minute recess, but it failed by a vote of 5 to 11 after being debated for about 25 minutes. A total of 23 senators abstained from voting, and 10 senators missed the vote.

Annunzio removed an original motion for a roll call because SA President Pro-Tempore Jamie Pennington said a roll-call vote cannot be taken without a motion to vote on.

Because of this, Annunzio amended his motion so that senators would have an issue to take a roll-call vote on. He decided to motion for a vote to end the meeting at midnight.

Pennington disallowed the motion because it was “frivolous.”

Sen. Gary Stittgen challenged Pennington’s ruling, but before a decision could be reached on the validity of the challenge, Sen. John Martin made the motion to take a one-minute recess.

The debate on the motion to recess lasted 25 minutes because some senators objected to the logic of the motion.

Sen. Jim Ruzicka said, “This motion is not a good idea. It is a non-discriminatory way of saying ‘screw you.’

“This is going to make the senate look like a bunch of assholes,” he said.

Sen. Steve Coloia said, “This is really stupid. Waiting until after they (senators) leave and taking a secret vote is bullshit.”

“I think this roll-call vote was very unprofessional and immature,” he said.

Sen. Foria Younis said she agreed on the logic of the roll-call vote, but the vote should have been taken while the senate was voting on “legitimate issues.”

Annunzio said he waited to call for a roll-call vote until “a certain senator left after new business” was completed. Annunzio then alluded to Sen. Bill Kraemer when he referred to The Northern Star’s report of Kraemer’s sleeping during last week’s senate meeting.

In other business, Diane Dravillas, Campus Activity Board concert coordinator, asked the senate for help in publicizing the UB40 concert scheduled for Nov. 15 in the Chick Evans Field House.

Dravillas said there are about 3,000 tickets available for the concert.

Annunzio said CAB faces a net loss of about $11,000 if the available tickets are not sold.

“A couple of thousands of dollars isn’t bad to spend on a field house show,” Dravillas said.

CAB Concert Coordinator Michelle Czernik said CAB’s goal is to break even. The concert needs to sell about 1,700 tickets to make a profit.