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The Student Government Association discussed the Student Health Care’s insurance policy and the SGA budget along with many other topics during Monday night’s meeting in the University Center Magnolia Room. To keep the student health fee from rising, the Student Health Center requests for students to file their insurance information. The policy, which started last semester, will allow students to ...

The Student Government Association discussed the Student Health Center’s new policy of requiring insurance along with other issues during Monday night’s meeting in Powell Hall. Beginning this semester, the Student Health Center has implemented a new system that allows it to collect student insurance policy information. This is an attempt to minimize the cost of services not covered by the ...

During Monday night’s meeting in Powell Hall, SGA covered funding approvals, several committee reports from the senate, the annual blood drive and the organization’s representation on faculty senate committees. In new business, both the Honors Student Association and the Film and Video Society were approved to receive funding for sponsoring events. According to SGA Comptroller John McCall junior health and ...

The Student Government Association briefly discussed the recent senate retreat, briefed last week’s town hall meeting, and covered several other miscellaneous announcements during Tuesday night’s meeting in Powell Hall. Derika Powers, SGA vice president, noted that the senators progressed last week. “Last week was one of the first times that our senators could exercise their knowledge of making motions, debating, ...

All VSU students were invited to attend SGA’s first official town hall meeting which was held Tuesday night in the Jennett Lecture Hall Room. The meeting was an informal one, created with the purpose of encouraging VSU students to come out and talk to the members of SGA about any thoughts, concerns or ideas to help improve VSU. “It’s supposed ...

SGA met this Monday at 8 p.m. in its new meeting spot in Powell Hall where they voted on new senators, elected a sergeant of arms and discussed upcoming events on campus. After Chief Justice Katie Wagnon swore in all senators, visitors and candidates were asked to step outside for speeches and voting. Yannick Gill, Candace Brown and Jamaica Hill ...

The Student Government Association discussed the freshmen election results, senate seat nominations, as well as a sergeant at arms nomination, and mentioned a senate retreat scheduled in October as well as homecoming committee activities planned for that week during Monday night’s meeting in the Student Union. SGA president Graham Davis was pleased with the meeting’s turnout of newly welcomed freshmen ...

During its second meeting of the year, SGA discussed the requested senate reelections, justice board nominees and freshman elections. Reelections for At-Large senate seat 20 will be held on Sep. 8th as requested by members of the NAACP. Last year’s senate elections ended in a tie among four VSU students, each student receiving 30 votes. Zackary Stanaland was then appointed ...

SGA held its first meeting of the semester at the University Center on Monday evening. Among topics discussed were suggestions from Dean Russell Mast about student safety, freshman elections, and the voting results from last semester’s election. Mast greeted the senate and suggested that the senate focus on issues that have be affecting students including the jay walking tickets that ...

A special “Ad Hoc Committee” was approved Monday at the final Student Government Association meeting to investigate voting practices during the recent SGA Elections, which were held last week. An ad hoc committee is a committee created on an emergency notice in order to deal with an issue. “I came from a country that was full of corruption and I ...