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SGA debates UPD disarmament, funding for College Democrats Campus

SGA debates UPD disarmament, funding for College Democrats

November 10th, 202084 USD's Student Government Association introduced special appropriation bills for the campus College Democrats and the Orthopedic Interest Group, and also discussed a proposal to vote on disarming the University Police Department at Tuesday's meeting. Senators raised concerns about the College Democrats' eligibility for university...
SGA approves funding for Yotes for Life, discusses student organization audit Campus

SGA approves funding for Yotes for Life, discusses student organization audit

November 3rd, 2020125 USD's Student Government Association hosted Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, the new director of Native Student Services on campus. SGA also passed a special appropriations bill for Yotes for Life and discussed the result of a Student Affairs Committee audit of student organizations on campus. Red Shirt-Shaw started in her position on Oct. 26...
SGA passes resolution to encourage time off for voting Campus

SGA passes resolution to encourage time off for voting

October 20th, 202098 The USD Student Government Association (SGA) hosted Jessica Preister and Jared Heiden of university financial services at this Tuesday's meeting. SGA also passed a resolution encouraging the South Dakota Board of Regents to cancel classes on future federal election days and introduced a resolution regarding the Green Initiative...
UPD plans walk to assess nighttime campus safety Campus

UPD plans walk to assess nighttime campus safety

October 10th, 202025 While on campus, safety is a top priority for students and faculty, as well as for the university itself. To maintain the safety of all, the Student Government Association (SGA) is partnering with the University Police Department (UPD) in holding a campus safety walk to address unsafe areas on campus. The walk around campus will be...
SGA implements election transparency, debates ranked-choice voting Campus

SGA implements election transparency, debates ranked-choice voting

September 22nd, 2020231 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...
SGA passes appeals, approves Senate Bill 01 Campus

SGA passes appeals, approves Senate Bill 01

April 21st, 2020127 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...
SGA discusses large organization petitions, tables SB 01 Campus

SGA discusses large organization petitions, tables SB 01

April 14th, 202061 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...
Student Government President and VP reflect on year Campus

Student Government President and VP reflect on year

April 6th, 202053 For 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...
SGA swears in new officers over zoom conference meeting Campus

SGA swears in new officers over zoom conference meeting

March 24th, 2020170 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...
"SGA Sucks" email prompts student feedback, reflection on Student Government's image Campus

"SGA Sucks" email prompts student feedback, reflection on Student Government's image

March 3rd, 2020333 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...
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