The LSU Senate, a group comprised of over 50 students, representing every college from Agriculture to Zoology, meets every Wednesday night in the Union to discuss various topics that affect LSU students.  The Senate just announced that one of the most important proposals in the Senate’s history, which was made last semester, was finally approved last week.

     The 2002 Senate Pizza Party will supposedly be hosted by and for Senate members on March 14 during one of the regular meetings.  The party, arguably the greatest idea ever squeezed out of the Senate’s hundreds of fruitless and wasted hours, was first suggested by Ricky Fronz, an Arts & Sciences senator.

	Above: A picture of a pizza.

     “I was sitting in a Senate meeting last semester and I started to fall asleep as usual,” said Fronz. “I guess I was hungry because I had a dream about food.  When I woke up, I looked at my watch and it was only 7:30, which told me that we still had two and a half hours left ‘til the end.  So I started writing down my favorite things on a piece of paper and pizza parties was one of them!”

      Fronz then pleaded with Senate leaders to allow him to present his pizza party bill in front of the other senators. 

      Once the bill was passed with a 54% majority of the vote, the room was abuzz concerning the crust style and toppings for the pizzas.  That debate continued throughout the semester, the two predominate and disagreeing factions of cheese and pepperoni creating a nasty gridlock in the decision-making process.      

	Above: The most exciting picture from last year's pizza party.

      “I really hope we get Poppy John’s because I hate Domingos,” commented Biological Sciences senator Jessica Dowl. “If they get Domingos, I’m either going to quit the Senate, write some mean letters about the Senate, or secretly spread some spiteful rumors about other senators through our e-mail list.  I am ready and willing to do all of these things.”

      Dowl is not the only senator with mixed feelings about the upcoming Pizza Party.  Every Foreign Languages senator feels that the party will waste valuable time that could be spent on more pressing issues, such as placing a recycling bin inside the second bathroom stall on the third floor of Middleton Library, creating and hiring a Vice Associate Vice Chancellor’s Aid of Honor, or impeaching everyone on the Senate except for themselves.

      Speaker of the House Gregory Johnston feels that the Senate Pizza Party will not only promote more social interaction among the senators, but will also eliminate the need to eat supper after the meeting is finally adjourned.

      “I am currently hard at work filing all the necessary papers to make the gathering a success,” Johnston proudly proclaimed.  “Only a few more hours left.”

      When questioned about how the 2002 Senate Pizza Party will benefit the other 28,000 LSU students who do not participate in the Senate, Johnston mumbled something under his breath and then screamed “Geaux Tigers!”  After a few evasive maneuvers, he escaped the interview and ran to the Athletic Building to wait in line for next year’s football tickets.