The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate approved all eight of USG President Galen Foulke's executive cabinet nominations at last night's meeting.
The body approved former Senate President Erin Ferris as chief of staff.
Some senators questioned Foulke's nomination because Ferris worked on his campaign during election season.
Foulke told the senators he did not nominate Ferris as a personal favor. He said he nominated Ferris because she demonstrated extensive leadership qualities throughout his campaign.
After a lengthy debate, the Senate also approved Natalie Ricchuito, who also worked on Foulke's campaign, as the internal development director, a position designed to promote unity among USG members.
Ricchuito said she plans to organize more social events for USG members to build friendly relationships with each other, in addition to the typical professional relationships. However, many senators debated whether USG members should be friends.
"All that does is establish group think. Having little parties creates cliques, and it creates friendships," North Halls Sen. Isaac Bucher said.
The Senate also approved Mark Bagley and Merin Thomas as multicultural affairs directors. Foulke expanded the position to include two directors instead of the traditional one.
Bagley and Thomas said USG needs to do more to represent minority organizations on campus.
"The pressure should be on student government, and it should be on the administration to go to them and say, 'What can we do to help you?' " Bagley said.
The Senate also approved Andrew Reeve as treasurer, Justin Schorah as marketing director, Kelly Kennedy as community service director and Jennifer Jack as arts and cultural affairs director.
Foulke is still accepting applications for the following cabinet positions: business, women's affairs, athletic affairs, governmental relations, greek affairs and ethics and religious affairs, a position Foulke added to executive cabinet this year.
Foulke also created a cabinet position to promote USG's "We Are" public relations campaign, which was designed by the previous USG administration to foster respect on campus.
