The vast majority of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting this Wednesday was spent debating tiebreaker elections for three positions: the College of Business Representative, College of Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS) Representative and Off-Campus Representatives. External Chair Allison Lantagne stated that she reached out to people who won their seat and they…
Two bills were passed during the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. RhodyTHON, an organization whose mission statement is “[to] raise money through peer to peer fundraising to donate to Hasbro Children’s Hospital,” was officially recognized as an organization by Student Senate. Men’s Club Soccer was recognized by the Senate as well….
Safie Sagna, Food and Housing Security Coordinator from the Dean of Students Office, spoke during public forum about the “Share a Swipe for Hope” campaign during this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate. The campaign is a meal swipe sharing program where students can donate their guest swipes to students with…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed a bill to implement the Student Senate bylaws during this week’s meeting. Student Senate has been working for months to pass these bylaws. John Bagley, chair of Instruments Committee, which is in charge of modifying the bylaws, thanked the members of Student Senate for their assistance. Work…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed bills to recognize nine clubs and elected seven senators to the Summer Student Senate. Bills calling for the recognition of URI Amnesty International, Landscape Architecture and Design Studio, Japanese Club, Society of Latinx in Computing, Active Minds, HER Campus URI, Exercise is Medicine, American Nuclear Society and…
Student Senate revised their constitution and bylaws to better serve the student body. |Photo by Anna Meassick. The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate created a new constitution and bylaws on April 3, which includes various new positions and the disbandment of some committees. The new constitution and bylaws are intended to better serve the…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed a bill for re-recognition of student organizations, as well as a bill concerning bylaws for Student Senate. The bill calling for re-recognition of all clubs that completed the re-recognition process was passed unanimously. The bill concerning bylaws as a whole was passed and clarified some of the…
New committee chairs and executive board positions were elected and sworn into office during the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting on April 10. The position of the Cultural Affairs Committee chair was the only chair position that was run with any opposition. Senator Lulu Alryati was elected to be chair of Cultural Affairs…
The budget for recognized student organizations for the fiscal year of 2019-2020 was approved during the University of Rhode Island’s general meeting on April 3. The bill calling for the approval of the budget was passed unanimously. Some funds for different recognized student organizations, including Student Senate, were adjusted within the budget. The Electronic Music…
Students line up to vote on important topics relating to the university, including one on increased funding for the Club Sports Intramural Council. Photo by Anna Meassick. University of Rhode Island students voted in favor of a referendum that will add an additional $192,000 to the Club Sports Intramural Council funding, according to Joseph Wilbur,…