The Student Union’s failure to get enough senate volunteers to regulate the Terrier Track bus service’s operations demonstrates a “lack of unity” within the Union, Vice President of Student Affairs Erik Dawson said during Monday night’s weekly Senate meeting.

Dawson left the meeting after making the statement, but said his departure was not because of his aggravation.

The bus service, which will take students from West Campus and Warren Towers to Logan International Airport for $5, is scheduled to begin today even though only a few senators agreed to volunteer to collect money and control lines.

As of last night, several of the one-hour shifts were open, especially with the buses departing from West Campus. However, Sen. Deon Provost (Myles Standish Hall) said the bus will still be able to run because of the “the few dedicated people concerned with action as opposed to flamboyant speech.”

“Advocacy is not just something that we preach – it is something that we have to enact,” Provost said.

Provost also said the Union showed its lack of unity Monday night because Union President Carl Woog, Executive Vice President Dave Bresler, VP of Academic Affairs Rebecca Schultz and VP of Residence Life Mike Myers were not present at the meeting. Dawson and VP of Financial Affairs Joe Rollin left the meeting early.

VP of Public Relations Giovanna Loiotile, the only Executive Board member to stay for the entire meeting, apologized to the Senate for the “low visibility” of the board.

“I think this is an exception because it is a day before everyone leaves for Thanksgiving and people have obligations to see their family and go home at a certain time,” Loiotile said after the meeting.

But Tribunal member Nayan Ranchhod was not so forgiving. Given a provision in the Union Constitution, Woog could face “impeachable charges.”

According to Article 2, Sections 2e and 3e of last year’s Union Constitution, the Union president and executive vice president are supposed to be at all Union meetings. The Union’s new constitution, which was ratified at the end of last year, has not been used this year.

“The president will be present at all meetings of Senate or face sanctions equal to those of senators,” Article 2E reads. Section 3E says the same for the EVP.

“[Woog] is technically not allowed to miss one meeting, since it says the ‘President will be present at all meetings,'” Ranchhod said after the meeting.

Monday’s meeting was the third Woog has missed this semester.

Despite the constitution, Woog said he had good reason to be absent – the BU orchestra.

“I was not at the meeting because I was at a BU orchestral event to see BU students,” Woog said. “I was watching what our students can do and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

Woog said he “would have loved to see every senator” at the orchestra’s performance instead of the meeting because it would have “enriched their understanding of the university.”

“Those [senators who brought up impeachment] can go back to the by-laws and take what action they see fit, because I wanted to see talented BU students perform,” he said.

Provost said despite whatever personal opinion he may have about Woog missing the meeting, he does not think any action will be taken.

“I personally think that Carl indefinitely has a ‘get out of jail free’ card,” Provost said.

Bresler was not available for comment Monday night.

SOAP AND TOWEL UPDATE

Sen. Jon Marker (Warren Towers) said more progress has been made in the Union’s project to get soap and towels for residence hall restrooms.

“This week the administration said that, ‘yes, we should have minimal health requirements,” Marker said.

The soap machines and hand dryers installed at Towers are no longer being tested and will now “permanently have them,” while Warren Towers and West Campus restrooms will begin testing over the summer, Marker said.

A resolution to form a committee about environmental affairs and to look into using recycled paper for Union documents while also encouraging other BU groups to do the same, was also passed.

Sen. Yonatan Matus (University Professors Program), who spoke on behalf of the committee, said he was “very happy” about the Senate’s approval because a similar resolution was passed last year, but was ineffective.

“There was a similar resolution last year but there was no call for action,” Matus said. “We are calling for action.”