The 86th session of the Student Senate held its final meeting last night. The next Senate meeting held on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center will be made up of a new group of leaders as well as some re-elected students.

Zach Adams, Student Senate president, said the biggest accomplishment of the session regards the number of student issues the Senate focused on. Items such as moving back the drop date back from six weeks to 10 weeks, extending tailgating five hours and expanding the course repeat policy are issues that Adams cited.

“The Senate I had the honor of working with have surpassed every expectation I set when I published my platform one year ago,” Adams, a senior in industrial engineering, said.

Amber Musick, a senator for CALS, echoed Adams’ statement.

“The best thing about this session was the amount of bills that we passed that dealt with students,” Musick, a senior in animal science, said.

Musick said this session the Student Senate has been able to provide new insight for administration.

“[The] administration has taken us seriously,” she said.

The hour and a half meeting was Adams’ last as Student Senate president.

Adams said if he has learned anything this semester it is that a Senate president cannot be successful if he is only concerned with glory and glamour.

“Only when you are passionate about making a change will you ever be able to fight through the lack of recognition,” he said.

At the next meeting, Greg Doucette will be presiding as Senate president in succession of Adams.

John Mickey, a senator for CHASS sophomores, said Doucette will need to work on controlling his opinions. He said learning patience will give Doucette a chance to grow as a leader.

“As Student Senate president you can’t really let your opinion fly in the Senate chambers,” Mickey, a sophomore in business management, said.

Adams said Doucette’s biggest advantage is his knowledge of Senate. But he said Doucette will definitely need to work on controlling his emotions.

“He is miles ahead of the point that I started at as Student Senate president,” he said.

David Foxx, a senator for Lifelong Education and a junior in political science, will be replacing Adam Compton as student body treasurer during the next Senate meeting.

Foxx said he hopes he will be able to fill Compton’s shoes.

“Even though I won it feels like my right arm is going to be gone,” Foxx said.

Compton was one of the final Student Government members to address the audience during the meeting.

He said even the senators and Student Government officials who did not get reelected can make a difference for the student body.

“Even if you’re not in this room here, there’s still something that can be done,” Compton said.