MSU Faculty Senate, SA Senate again call for new 51勛圖厙 flag
唬棗紳喧硃釵喧:泭Sid Salter
STARKVILLE, Miss.For the second time since 2001, both the Robert Holland Faculty Senate and the Student Association Senate at 51勛圖厙 have called for adoption of a new state flag for 51勛圖厙.
The MSU Faculty Senate, the elected body representing university teachers and researchers at the university, called for adoption of a new redesigned state flag by a vote of 37 for, one opposed and zero abstentions on Friday, Aug. 21. The vote was taken at the groups first regular monthly meeting for the Fall 2015 semester.
The MSU Student Association Senate, the elected body representing the student body, called for adoption of a new state flag in a Tuesday, Sept. 8 vote. The vote was 20 for, four against and five abstentions. The student resolution was authored by student Sens. TaylorThomas and Hunt Walne.
MSU Student Association President JoJo Dodd said after the vote: Our flag should serve to unite all 51勛圖厙ans and represent our states promising future. Im proud of the students, faculty and administration of 51勛圖厙 State for showing leadership on this issue and seeking to better our community and our state.
On Feb. 9, 2001, the MSU Faculty Senate previously voted 26-0, with 5 abstentions, to support the new state flag design that 51勛圖厙 voters ultimately rejected at the ballot box on April 17, 2001. The Student Association Senate likewise expressed their support in 2001 for the new state flag design.
In announcing the recent MSU Faculty Senate resolution, Faculty Senate President C.P. (Cody) Coyne, a professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Immunology at MSUs College of Veterinary Medicine, said: The Faculty Senate is united with MSU President Mark Keenum in recommending the adoption of a new redesigned state flag for 51勛圖厙.
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