Student Association Senator Ryan Billedo informed the senate that fliers from University Plaza addressed to students were publicly available at Stevenson Towers at Sunday’s meeting.

Billedo said he came about the information from an unidentified person who is a member of the residence hall operations personnel.

“They keep them at the front desk instead of putting them in the mail boxes,” Billedo said. Billedo said they were stacked in alphabetical order and were placed on the front desk of Stevenson Tower, apparently available for all to take.

Billedo added he had contacted the Post Master General and is looking at the possibility of a federal offense.

“Our intention for them was to be put in the mail boxes,” said Michele Sotak, senior staff at University Plaza. “I don’t think it is our fault.”

Both Sotak and Dave Pasquale, a sales associate with University Plaza, said they did not know Stevenson’s policy when it came to mail.

“They were out on the table for a period of time,” said Anthony Williams, an RHOP supervisor at Stevenson. He confirmed the fliers were placed in a public location, where they could have been taken by anyone.

Williams said that once he found out about them, he had placed them in the appropriate mail boxes.

During the meeting, the Student Association Senate approved the suspension of its own rules in order to change the resolution to a bill.

During discussion of a resolution to amend the SA election policy, the point was raised that the senate cannot amend the bylaws with a resolution.

A bill is required to change the senate bylaws.

“The best thing to do … is suspend the rules and parliamentary procedure,” Senator Kevin Rumbaugh said.

Senators Andrew Nelms, R.J. Gravel and Jeff Meyer and Kevin O’Kelly, SA chief of staff, debated whether or not it was legal to suspend the rules.

“We’ve broken our own rules 30 times,” Senator Andrew Nelms said in a raised voice to the assembled senators. “We are going about this entirely wrong. I move to send this to IAC [Internal Affairs Committee].”

The senate also moved a petition to call for the extension of parking hours in the Greek Row area to the Internal Affairs Committee.

“I believe we should be in full support of the bill,” Senator Philip Stroud said.

Stroud’s comment echoed the words of many other senators.

“I don’t understand why parking ever was suspended,” Meyer said.

The petition calls for the elimination of the current restriction of parking in Greek Row. Currently, parking is restricted from 2 to 7 a.m. This area includes Hillcrest Drive between Greenbrier Road and Normal Road, and Normal Road between Hillcrest Drive and Ridge Drive.

The senate failed to approve the petition and moved it to the Internal Affairs Committee for further review.

The senate also approved graduate law student Bob Morgan to the SA Supreme Court, and recognized March 20 as Meet the Senate night.

Meet the Senate will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Stevenson North’s New Orleans Room.