The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate spent a substantial amount of time this week working on their constitution again. Student Senate failed to pass the bill calling for the implementation of a new constitution because numerous senators were absent, required to abstain, or simply abstained from voting and failed to reach quorum. A motion…
In this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, three and a half hours were spent to pass four bills. Finance Committee Chair Zachary Taylor announced that he would be running for Student Senate President with Senator John Bagley as his running mate. During his speech, Taylor expressed that it has been…
The resolution calling for “the protection of transgender, gender queer and intersex people” was passed during the meeting, with 10 senators abstaining from the vote. Senator Jay Rumas motioned to vote on this resolution by roll call on the grounds that “student governments have been playing a big role in pushing this issue.” A resolution…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Student Senate made the decision to change terms of student organization funding. Cigarlight story by Andrew Main and Julia Moro The University of Rhode Island Student Senate has altered their policy on how student organizations receive funding following claims that their funding policies violated the First Amendment. Several groups that…
At this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, several representatives were elected and the bill calling for the annual re-recognition of student organizations was passed. Student Senate President Adriana Wilding presented a tuition increase of 2.8 percent for in-state students and 2.5 percent for out-of-state students approved for fiscal year 2020…
In this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, the Finance Committee Chair Zachary Taylor had much to say during public forum regarding the resignation of Senate members and the atmosphere in the Senate chambers. During this term, there have been 13 general Senate member resignations and five executive member resignations. This…
Yesterday’s Student Senate meeting had a public forum from a climate change lobbyist, voted on critical bills, and a number of nominations and elections for empty seats. Sharon Gold, a lobbyist for the grassroots Citizens’ Climate Lobby, spoke to the Student Senate about getting the University involved in their mission of supporting Carbon Fee and…
Student Senate voted Wednesday night to table a resolution calling for all student employees at the University of Rhode Island to be paid time-and-a-half on holidays and Sundays. The resolution was introduced by Student Senator Ryan Menard, who is a member of the Student Affairs Committee. Rhode Island state statute, law 25-3-3, generally requires employees…
This week’s University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting consisted of heavy debate on student pay and nominations of representatives for Senate. A bill was proposed by Senator Ryan Menard calling for all University student employees be paid time-and-a-half on all work completed on Rhode Island state holidays and Sundays. All mentions of “Sunday” in…
Photo by Anna Meassick | A large crowd gathered on Oct. 20 to hear from Robert Flanders and Sheldon Whitehouse who are running for a spot in Senate. United States Senate candidates for the state of Rhode Island sparred over issues including health care, immigration, climate change and President Donald Trump in the University of…