February 11th, 2020353Katie Brust, Student Government Association president candidate and Erin Weightman, Brust’s vice president, parted ways on Tuesday evening. Brust said the two parted after Weightman expressed interest in merging their campaign with other candidates. “While I respect the other candidates and I think that their platforms are...
February 4th, 202084 At Tuesday's meeting, the Student Government Association introduced a new bill to allocate funding 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,...
February 3rd, 202080Our campaign stands out. Retention is a complicated topic involving several steps and each of these steps contributes to our platforms: advocacy, accessibility and affordability. We believe there's more to student government than student representation. One must also be active in their leadership role and support the student body...
February 2nd, 202047We want to thank The Volante for giving us this opportunity to share more about our campaign for Student Government Association President and Vice President. Our campaign is passionate about the student body and we would be humbled by the opportunity to advocate for students and bring positive change for our campus. Our three pillars...
February 2nd, 2020108Over the last few years, the Student Government Association has become a broken organization that has failed to represent the student body. What was once an organization devoted to students has now become a hollow place of resumé building and empty promises. But we believe SGA can be so much more. SGA could be a place for real change...
January 28th, 2020248 For the second year in a row, students have three running teams to choose from for Student Government Association president and vice president. The teams are Katie Brust and Erin Weightman, Abuk Jiel and Carter Larson and Carrissa Occhipinto and Blake Brown. The three competing teams were announced at the first SGA meeting...
January 28th, 202059Make your voice heard. The importance of being active in politics is making sure your opinion matters. No matter what role you play in society, this is a fundamental right everyone in America should be guaranteed. You can get involved in politics on multiple levels. In college, there are student government organizations, like...
January 27th, 2020297The Patriots Plaza cleared one hurdle for USD's Student Government, but it has quickly ran into another. The Student Government Association passed a bill supporting the Patriots Plaza and USD student veterans at their meeting on Jan. 21, but SGA President Carson Zubke vetoed the bill three days later. In his veto, Zubke wrote,...
December 19th, 2019193The student governments of South Dakota's six regental universities passed a resolution in support of the Dakota’s Promise Need-Based scholarship on Dec. 10. This scholarship would move the Board of Regents one step closer to their post-secondary education goal. According to the resolution from the South Dakota Student Federation,...
