April 21st, 2020111 As the budget season continues, the Student Government Association saw two financial appeals from large student organizations. The body also discussed and passed Senate Bill 1, which has seen multiple amendments since its introduction. Dakotathon, which was denied large organization status at last week’s meeting, appealed to SGA to...
April 14th, 202054 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...
April 6th, 202031For Student Government Association President Carson Zubke and Vice President Hannah Booth, their term was a learning experience. While Zubke and Booth saw the creation of Charlie’s Cupboard and the approval of an SGA donation to the Patriots Plaza throughout their term, they said learned quickly not every project is easy. One of the...
March 24th, 2020135 The Student Government Association met remotely through USD Zoom conferencing to swear in Abuk Jiel and Carter Larson as president and vice president of the organization on Tuesday. President Jiel and Vice President Larson appointed Carson Sehr as Director of Operations, Aaron Mallinger as Director of Finance and senator Katie Brust...
March 3rd, 2020303 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...
March 1st, 202087As a senior who is more than ready to graduate, I've seen four years of SGA administrations. To be blunt, I've been more than disappointed. Indeed, I’ve come to the harsh conclusion that SGA hurts student life on campus. And I’m not the first to be critical of SGA. The current SGA administration, headed by President Zubke and Vice...
February 18th, 2020252 Last week, Student Government Association (SGA) presidential candidate Katie Brust announced Tallon Everson as her new running mate. At Tuesday's meeting, SGA officially announced another candidate, Carissa Occhipinto, has a new running mate, Shelby Specht. Occhipinto replaced former running mate Blake Brown with Specht after Brown...
February 11th, 2020527Katie 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, 2020101 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, 2020104Our 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...
