SGA presidential candidate finds new running mate, senators receive anonymous backlash

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 elected to step down from the position of vice […]

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SGA President Candidate parts ways with vice president, fills position with another campaign member

Katie 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 good, I have a lot of pride in […]

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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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Brust & Weightman

Our 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 regardless of race, gender, religion, political […]

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