Though Student Government President Taylor Cox’s term doesn’t end until the spring semester, he told the SG Senate on Wednesday he plans to complete his initiatives well before then.

“The plan is by Christmas, we’re getting them done,” Cox said.

Cox also told the students about online co-curricular transcripts that list leadership experiences they’ve held on campus.

“It’s something for you to keep track of all the leadership experience you had since freshman year,” he said.

Another upcoming SG plan could bring the upcoming elections closer to the University.

Deputy Chief Justice T. Graham Howell said he would like to host a debate for the Baton Rouge mayoral candidates on campus this year.

Clayton Tuffs, director of transportation, said SG is trying to institute a new shuttle program for school breaks. Tuffs said the program would be free for students.

Thomas Rodgers, director of Academic Affairs for SG, told the senators that the plus/minus grading system would not be in place any time this year. He said the system won’t be implemented until 2015.

The Senate appointed several new officers during the meeting, as well.

The senators approved a legislative order to appoint mechanical engineering sophomore Carlin Donart as the new secretary of the Senate and chemical engineering sophomore Kelly Yates became the undersecretary of Senate.

Meghan McGahee, nutrition and food sciences senior, was appointed as parliamentarian of student Senate, and mass communication junior Allison Sage was selected as director of communications.

The Senate approved human resource education major Melanie Love and biological engineering major Joseph Zerkus to the PSIF committee. Eric Garcia, a marketing senior, and political science junior Derek Reed were approved to be on the ORF committee.

The senators also met their new adviser, Michael Smith, who was a member of SG during his time as an undergraduate. Smith works for Student Advocacy and Accountability.