SGA promotes sexual violence awareness, approves funding for Cultural Wellness Coalition

The Student Government Association hosted Jordan Bonstrom of I CARE and Saeed Dabbour of the Center for Diversity and Community at Tuesday’s meeting. The organization also introduced three resolutions and passed a bill to approve special appropriations for the Cultural Wellness Coalition. Bonstrom said that the role of I CARE is split into two parts. […]

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SGA implements election transparency, debates ranked-choice voting

The Student Government Association hosted Kevin O’Kelley of the USD COVID-19 task force at Tuesday’s meeting. The body also passed a bill to implement election transparency and introduced a bill to implement ranked-choice voting in SGA presidential elections. O’Kelley said starting next week, USD will begin testing for asymptomatic COVID-19 cases by selecting a sample […]

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SGA passes campaign bill, commemorates student leader

The Student Government Association passed a bill to allow senate campaigning, a group of bills to correct clerical errors in SGA governing documents and passed a resolution commemorating USD student Marcus Destin. Senator Armand Khan reported that the Student Affairs Committee is scheduling a walk with UPD to check dark spots on campus, and will […]

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SGA swears in senators, questions President Gestring

In its first in-person meeting of the semester, the USD Student Government Association swore in two new senators — Carter Linke and Caleb Weiland. The body also hosted University President Sheila Gestring and USD COVID-19 task force head Kevin O’Kelley. President Gestring spoke about the completion of the DakotaDome renovation and the continuing renovation of […]

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SGA moves to the MUC, holds office hours online

With new guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, student organizations that typically require large in-person gatherings have been forced to adapt. USD’s Student Government Association is among the organizations that have had to make changes.  Carter Larson, SGA Vice President, said the organization is working to adapt to the new guidelines which limit venues […]

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Final SGA meeting of semester sees emergency legislation, approval of budget allocations

The final Student Government Association meeting of the semester saw the emergency passing of a bill that would provide financial help to students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting also saw the ending of budget season with the approval of large and small student organization budgets. SGA President Abuk Jiel introduced Senate Bill 51, […]

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SGA discusses large organization petitions, tables SB 01

The Student Government Association deliberated the approval of large organization status for eight student groups at Tuesday’s meeting. SGA also discussed changes to Senate Bill 1, a bill to establish Campus Leaders Mixers in SGA governing documents. The eight student organizations petitioning for large organization status included the African Student Association, the Asian American Student […]

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SGA swears in senators, amends first senate bill

The USD Student Government Association swore in 10 new senators over Zoom conferencing on Tuesday night. The body also discussed the updating of the first Senate bill of the new session and the impact it would have on the current administration. The new senators are Ashley Charlie, Tallon Everson, Logan Johnson, Jennifer Kennedy, Reagan Kolberg, […]

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“SGA Sucks” email prompts student feedback, reflection on Student Government’s image

After the Occhipinto-Specht campaign sent an email titled “SGA Sucks” to the student body on Tuesday, the Student Government Association received feedback, criticizing the email at that night’s meeting. The email urged students to vote for Carissa Occhipinto and running mate Shelby Specht in the current SGA presidential election. The campus-wide email contained four campaign […]

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SGA introduces Patriots Plaza funding plan, discusses new campus meal proposal

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Student Government Association introduced a new bill to allocate funding with cash advances for the ongoing Patriot’s Plaza project, discussed a new university meal plan proposal and passed a bill requiring student organizations to attend campus leadership mixers. Senator Macy Halverson and Sophia Lima, Director of Finance, introduced a bill that […]

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