Student Senate report: 3/29

The URI Student Senate approved three internal policy bills, elected chair members, selected a commencement speaker and said goodbye to outgoing senators of the Anderson-Montecalvo administration on Wednesday night. The Senate heard commencement speeches from Frank DiPalama, Vasiliki N. Panteleakis and Colin Rumbel. After a vote, Rumbel was selected as the commencement speaker. The three…

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Student senate report: 10/14

Student Senate began its meeting Wednesday night by introducing the newly elected senators for the coming term. Before Senate could start cheering over their aversion of the election crisis, they had to discuss the two disqualifications and one tie. The two disqualifications were the result of two individuals running for freshman representative who had campaign…

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Student Senate report: 10/7

The University of Rhode Island Student Senate began its meeting in an unconventional way with a 15-minute recess. After reorganizing, the Senate made headway by reviewing the financial funding of The Photography Club. The Photography Club is a recognized student organization and has seen a stable increase in membership and activity, therefore it has been…

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