SG Report: 10/30/17
Comet Clash Debate On Nov. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Pub, the Legislative Affairs Committee is hosting a debate over health care. The debate will be held Oxford-Style, a debate format characteristically defined by a round of questions taken from the audience. UTD students Christian Briggs and...
SG Report: 9/18/17
UTD App After multiple years of development, the university’s in-house app developer created the UTD app that entered the beta-testing phase toward the beginning of the summer. Student Government President JW Van Der Schans, as well as the bulk of SG members, are part of the beta testing. The majority...
SG Report: February 20th
Net ID System SG senator Rahul Sonwalkar of the Technology Committee has finalized the creation of a new Net ID system. Passwords will expire every year instead of every six months. The new password will go into effect immediately, rather than after the 15-minute window it currently takes to update....
SG Report: January 23rd
ELECTIONS AND TAO COUNSELING Elections for Student Government senators will be the week after spring break. Those who are interested must sign up by Feb. 20. “Contact someone from Student Government as well as the Election Board’s Chair Casey Sublett and they will try to get them paired with a...
SG Report: January 9th
During the last senate meeting of the fall semester, Student Government members addressed new proposals and projects that are now complete. SG President Akshitha Padigela spoke with John Ferguson, associate head of the geosciences department, concerning the possibility of engraving rocks in the reflection pools with names of individuals who...
SG Report: November 14th
Student Government Vice President Joey Campain said SG is in the process of adding a bus route to the closest Indian grocery store, Patel Brothers. Based on feedback SG received from the Texas Party and the Pub event, it realized the need for access to a store with Indian groceries...
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Student Government voiced its support for the Collegiate Housing Infrastructure Act, which gives tax deductions on charitable donations made to non-profit student housing, at its meeting on April 7. SG President Brooke Knudtson said she spoke to UTD President David Daniel, who is going to write a letter supporting CHIA,...
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Student government spring election results will be announced at 6 p.m. on March 11. after online voting takes place from March 9 to 11. Grant Branam, an arts and technology freshman and Caitlynn Fortner, an international political economy junior, are running for vice president and president, respectively. Fortner said she...
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Student government rejected a proposal given to it by Dean of Students Gene Fitch to amend the school’s drug and alcohol policy. The proposed amendment would add notification of parents of students under the age of 21 who are found using drugs or alcohol to the university’s existing list of...
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