This week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate was brief with little debate. During the report of the Campus Affairs Committee, Senator Ryan Menard spoke on the topic of student pay on holidays. Menard expressed that “[The University of Rhode Island] does not pay time and a half [to student employees] working…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting this week was brief, with little debate. The bill outlining changes to the constitution and bylaws of URI’s Student Senate was passed with no debate. After extensive debates last week, Finance Chair Zachary Taylor held the floor for several minutes to ensure members had no concerns. Taylor…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate elected three new officers to its executive board this fall following a wave of resignations before this semester started. Tristram Howard was named the new vice president, while Mark Gall was named campus affairs chair and Sara Straube was named External Chair. President Adriana Wilding is optimistic about…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting Wednesday night had lengthy debates over bills concerning monthly presidents’ meetings times and the funded/unfunded status of recognized student groups. Lexi Evers, chairwoman of the Student Organization Advisory and Review Committee set forth a bill that called for the removal of the 7 p.m. time constraint for…
In the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting last night, the committees discussed various advancements. President Adriana Wilding encouraged senators in the meeting to reach out to people to run for Senate, as there are 16 seats vacant and only 10 people running to fill them. Representatives from the College of Health Sciences as…
In the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting this week, elections were held for various committee positions as well as the position of Vice President. Senators Jennifer Kohl, Sara Straube and Mark Gall were all elected to the Elections Committee. Straube was later elected chairwoman of External Affairs, Gall chairman of Campus Committee and…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate gave recognition to a new student organization and co-sponsored an event in one of their shortest meetings of the year last night. Student Organization Advisory Review Committee Chairperson Andrew Bachilas presented a recognition bill for URI Undergraduate Research Society. The organization’s roots date back two years to when…
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…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate’s External Affairs Committee recently conducted a survey on the new housing ordinance that allows no more than four unrelated persons to live in one household in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Participants in the survey included the URI community, local residents and landlords to create a full sense of…
Multicultural Student Services Center Director Melvin Wade attended the Student Senate meeting to discuss the 20th Annual Diversity Week. Wade noted the change of the event over the last 20 years, which he credits to the student body and in particular, this generation. Although the event drew over 3,000 attendees last year, he stressed the…