Duke Student Government tabled several agenda items due to the semester's approaching end at its meeting Wednesday night.
Decisions concerning the Duke Chinese Students and Scholars Association's recognized status and the Student Organization Finance Committee's Annual Budget were both postponed.
Academic Affairs Senator Gregory Morrison, a freshman, raised a motion to suspend the recognized status of DCSSA because of the release of personal information about freshman Grace Wang on the DCSSA listserv.
"I feel that these actions do not hold to the standard that we would expect of an organization recognized by Duke," Morrison said.
Several senators said they were nervous about suspending the group. They said DSG needs to anticipate how their actions will be perceived at Duke and on a larger level. President Paul Slattery, a senior, was particularly vocal on this issue and said a decision could not be made presently by DSG.
"Of all the random things we've done this year, this could literally be seen as an international issue," Slattery said. "We must act rationally."
Executive Chief of Staff Kevin Troy, a junior, encouraged senators to consider the significance of suspending the recognized status of DCSSA, suggesting instead the creation of a committee next fall to further investigate the situation surrounding the DCSSA listserv.
"I think that suspension is quite rash," he said. "We don't know enough about who exactly did this and the extent of the group's involvement to suspend their recognition. The best course of action is to reject this movement and to appoint a committee to look into the situation."
The SOFC Annual Budget was not approved either because some senators said they needed more time to look over it.
SOFC Chair Alex Crable, a junior, said the committee had met with each of the groups funded in the budget. He said the one significant change from last year's budget was that SOFC would provide a grant to the Sports Club Council-which encompasses all club teams-instead of funding the teams individually.
Some senators said they were reluctant to approve SOFC's budget because they felt that clubs were not given any warning of the size of the new budget or an opportunity to oppose their current budgets.
Members said they were similarly hesitant about The Chanticleer's $134,850 current annual budget.
Senators will vote on the SOFC budget as well as two other agenda items-the bylaws of SOFC and the Intercommunity Council-through e-mail by Tuesday.
In other business:
Representatives elected sophomore Sam Halls to the position of next year's SOFC chair.
They also chose Student Affairs Senator Isaac Mizrahi, a freshman, to be incoming president pro tempore.
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