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  | &lt;span class=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;Brent Heard&lt;/span&gt;
  
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      &lt;p&gt;With the academic year now in full swing, Carnegie Mellon&rsquo;s Undergraduate Student Senate hosted &ldquo;Student Senate Week,&rdquo; a series of events aimed to increase visibility and awareness of Senate within the student body.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Activities began last Tuesday with Senators greeting fellow students with free donuts and asking them to write down any suggestions or improvements they had for Senate or campus. The following day on the Cut, students who provided these sorts of comments or concerns were given the opportunity to pie a Senator. These activities led up to Thursday&rsquo;s event, where University President Jared Cohon gave a speech to a Senate session. The purpose behind these events was &ldquo;to get to know what the campus wants,&rdquo; said Nancy Brown, an H&amp;amp;SS Senator and junior in ethics, history, and public policy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Senators&rsquo; increased focus on student body awareness and visibility may be a response to past criticisms of the organization, which have included a lack of member dedication and tr...&lt;/p&gt;

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