Editor’s Note: Michael Onysko is a former deputy news editor for the Daily. Onysko was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.
On Sunday, the Tufts Community Union Senate convened for the first time in the 2026-27 academic year. On the docket for discussion was a range of updates to the Senate’s bylaws, ongoing projects, funding dispersal practices and a closed-door meeting to discuss a recent Boston Globe op-ed criticizing TCU’s structure.
Sophomore Kirthi Vengat was elected to the sole open seat on the Allocations Board, which manages both supplementary funding and bookmark requests for student clubs and organizations on campus.
“Last year, as the assistant diversity officer, I was able to see how the committees were structured,” Vengat said in a speech to the Senate. “It helps to understand that we’re also all students, we all have our own backgrounds and it’s kind of interesting to see how our perspectives have brought us to the decisions that we made.”
The Senate’s five primary committees — Administration and Policy, Services, Community and Diversity, Education and Outreach — each announced a number of potential upcoming projects, including expansion of campus ...