Joint Senate President and member of the Dialectic Society Katrina Smith, a senior English major, watches as Sergeant-at-Arms Maggie Pollard, a sophomore political science and public policy double major, takes attendance of Di Phi senators at the society's weekly Monday meeting in New West on Monday, April 8, 2019. Smith wears a top hat and carries a cane as she officiates the meetings and debates. As president of the joint senate, she also wields the power to break ties as in Monday's debate over whether the society would support a motion to ban homeschooling in the country. After an 11-11 tie between both societies, the motion failed with Smith's tiebreaker.