The Student Association Senate, in one of the quickest meetings of this year, rejected a proposed organization that advocates free speech.

FreeSpeech Spot, which originally had come up for recognition in November, is an organization based solely on opening the free speech bulletin boards to the students.

Anna Schaber, a second-year history graduate student, spoke on behalf of the group. She expressed her concern over the requirements for posting on the board.

Schaber said that University Programming and Activities only allows student organizations to post messages on bulletin boards.

“The individuals are not just there for the organization,” Schaber said. “They’re self-interested.”

Schaber said she thought the students should have the ability to post whatever they wanted, within UP&A guidelines, on the boards.

Some senators expressed concern over potential problems rising from the proposal.

Senator Eric Youngquist said he thought Schaber’s group was “opening a Pandora’s Box” by allowing students to post whatever they wanted.

The senators failed to pass the motion to recognize the new organization.

A last-minute addition to the senate agenda by Senator Jeff Meyer was the inclusion of SA Supreme Court nominations.

He said that according to the SA constitution, the senate can open the floor to nominations for justices.

During the open nominations, Meyer nominated Senator Andrew Nelms, to which he declined the nomination. Meyer later nominated Joshua Blakemore, a junior political science major and, which Meyer pointed out, his former running mate in the recent SA executive elections.

Senator Phillip Stroud nominated Senator Billy Nickol, to which Meyer seconded. Senator R.J. Gravel nominated Erik Benbennick, a junior political science major, who attended the meeting.