The SGA Executive Council took matters into its own hands Thursday night, closing a loophole in the SGA Constitution regarding office hours.

Executive Action No. 1, written by Vice President Beau Pemberton, explicitly requires all SGA senators, senators-at-large, Freshman Council members and executive assistants to serve two office hours each week. The executive action also states that the penalty for not completing these office hours is one-half absence per each two missed hours.

This action follows last semester's failed attempt to impeach Sen. Kevin Teets for exceeding the allowable absences, most of which were incurred from failure to perform office hours.

In other business: Votes on two bills concerning internal affairs were tabled until the next Senate meeting.

Senate Bill No. 3, sponsored by Sen. Landon Loveall, Sen. Matt Maxey and Sen. Elizabeth Reynolds, deals with elections reform, making the penalty for violating election rules and regulations more severe.

Senate Bill No. 4, sponsored by Sen. Beth Parnell, requires that "a bill being brought forth to Senate for a vote must be sent out by campus e-mail … no later that [sic] 24 hours" in advance.

Beginning 4p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, SGA will air a radio show on WUTM 90.3 FM The Hawk to discuss SGA business and campus concerns.

Next weekend, UTM will host representatives from other UT system campuses during the SGA Networking Weekend. The representatives will take part in roundtable discussions on topics such as communicating with the student body and relations with faculty and administration.

The weekend will end with a keynote address by Tennessee Higher Education Commissioner Kevin Teets.

President Jennifer Ogg informed the SGA Senate that a proposal to change UTM's calendar will be brought up during the Feb. 10 meeting of the Faculty Senate.