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Wanted: peanut butter, jelly and hard workers. Students that want to get involved in the community will have a chance to do so during “Bulls Giving Back” on Saturday, March 24. The event offers students a variety of opportunities to give back by taking part in a cleanup of Spa Beach; “Sweep Central,” a trash
After days of schedule conflicts and finger-pointing, the candidates for the student government election met Wednesday night for a last-minute debate. The two presidential candidates, James Scott, a current senator and former student president, and Mark Lombardi-Nelson, the current vice president, reiterated their different visions for the role of the government on campus. Lombardi-Nelson said
The call for an emergency assembly was sealed by the knock of a gavel for a Student Government Senate meeting that was described by an SG member as a “bloody mess of statute disorganization” on Feb. 8. Senators met two days later to correct a misstep when it came to appropriating club grant proposals. In
The attached documents were distributed students by Tampa’s Student Government on the Nov. 9 bus trip to the Board of Governors meeting at Florida Atlantic University. Board of Governors Meeting Talking Points Board Of Governors Letter From Matt Diaz
The midterm Student Government Senate elections have been delayed due to an oversight in the executive branch, an SG candidate said. The original bill authorizing a $2,000 payment to Votenet Solutions, the company that operates the election software, was passed unanimously earlier this year in the Senate, but was never signed by President Courtney Parish,
As people pass him on the sidewalk, James Scott, SG senator, nods and says a quick but clear hello. He asks how they are doing and tells them to have a good day. He’s a little more relaxed than he sometimes appears when he’s on campus, speaking at a General Assembly Senate meeting or leading
The Student Government website is still incomplete eight weeks into the semester due to contract delays and unfinished projects. Caitlin Greene, SG director of marketing and communications, came into her position in June. During her first week, SG President Courtney Parrish told Greene the website redesign was one of her major projects, the other being
Student Government is helping students cut through red tape with its new form templates, making club and event organization a little less daunting. “We wanted to make it easier for any student to make things happen on campus,” said Reuben Pressman, creative director for Student Government. “The right questions would be answered, everyone would have
Student Government passed the 2011-2012 Activities and Services fee budget on April 6. SG’s budget decreased about $4,000 between the current year and next year, after increasing almost $30,000 from the 2009-2010 school year. In 2009-2010, paid SG members made a combined $30,532. That number increased to $56,250 for the 2010-2011 year. Next year’s budget
