Shakour appointed graduate student Omar Woodard to the post, but the board did not change its rules about membership.
"The Trustees are leaders and they are selected to lead," said Woodard, a former SA president and current senator (CCAS-G). "If they want to know what students think, they got the SA president. If anything, the SA president should be on the board."
The board permits a student representative to some of its committees including academic affairs and student life. The body also allows the SA president to address the board in each of its quarterly meetings. Neither the SA president nor the student representatives have voting power on the committees.
Thorpe is also sitting on the presidential Search Committee, made up mostly of board members.
SA members present talked about sitting down with administrators for an open discussion before taking any action.
"Let's start with programs that bring the two (factions) together," Woodard said. "Let's have a conversation about what is going on here."
The Hatchet reported in November 2005 that several universities including Cornell University, Howard University, St. Mary's College in Maryland and the University of Massachusetts have students on their Boards of Trustees - all of which reported that they welcomed and supported a student's presence on their boards.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has said on several occasions that he does not support additional student representation on the Board.
"The board is not hostile to the wisdom of students - there is just no formal role for that input in front of the whole board. It is heard in committee," Trachtenberg said in a November 2005 interview.
"The Trustees are leaders and they are selected to lead," said Woodard, a former SA president and current senator (CCAS-G). "If they want to know what students think, they got the SA president. If anything, the SA president should be on the board."
The board permits a student representative to some of its committees including academic affairs and student life. The body also allows the SA president to address the board in each of its quarterly meetings. Neither the SA president nor the student representatives have voting power on the committees.
Thorpe is also sitting on the presidential Search Committee, made up mostly of board members.
SA members present talked about sitting down with administrators for an open discussion before taking any action.
"Let's start with programs that bring the two (factions) together," Woodard said. "Let's have a conversation about what is going on here."
The Hatchet reported in November 2005 that several universities including Cornell University, Howard University, St. Mary's College in Maryland and the University of Massachusetts have students on their Boards of Trustees - all of which reported that they welcomed and supported a student's presence on their boards.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has said on several occasions that he does not support additional student representation on the Board.
"The board is not hostile to the wisdom of students - there is just no formal role for that input in front of the whole board. It is heard in committee," Trachtenberg said in a November 2005 interview.
