Short and sweet was the order of the day at Wednesday night’s meeting.

The weekly Government of the Student Body Senate session had an unusually short agenda that became even shorter when Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator Katherine Lundberg, sophomore in English, withdrew a bill she had co-authored.

The resolution would have expressed the Senate’s support for lowering the legal age to enter bars in Ames. Had it passed, the resolution would have expressed GSB’s support for the lower age since “many minors are frustrated with the lack of opportunities for leisurely activities within safe venues.”

Lundberg offered an understandable reason for withdrawing the bill before it could be read.

“It came down to politics,” she said.

The Senate found the time to seat a senator from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Timothy Reineke, junior in political science, was unanimously approved to fill the final LAS Senate position.

Representatives from Dance Marathon also made a presentation on their organization’s activities.

Christopher Deal, senior in mechanical engineering, and Julie Hunt, junior in accounting, gave an upbeat pitch for participating in Dance Marathon, an annual event held by the student organization of the same name.

“[Dance Marathon] is Iowa State’s largest philanthropic organization,” Deal said.

He said last year more than 400 ISU students participated in the event.

Senate Speaker Jonathan Richardson, senior in chemical engineering, closed the meeting on a reproachful note.

He blamed the short meeting time on a lack of useful legislation to address.

“There’s a lot going on on this campus that we are not addressing,” Richardson said.

He called upon his fellow senators to find issues that were important to ISU students and bring them before the Senate.

“You need to go talk to your constituents,” Richardson said.

His words were reinforced by the lack of non-Senate constituents at the meeting.