SGA

  • Freshman Caucus making impact on campus

    NATALIE SMITH NMSMITH1@BUTLER.EDU STAFF REPORTER Hundreds of little white flags covered the lawn in front of Starbucks last week. The Freshman Caucus used the white flags as a visual representation of its latest freshman service fundraiser for Gleaners Food Bank. Students could purchase a flag for $1 and that dollar would buy four meals for…

  • President James Danko announces Butler University’s opposition to HJR-6

    MELISSA IANNUZZI ASST. NEWS EDITOR President James Danko announced that Butler University will publicly oppose Indiana House Joint Resolution 6 in an email to Butler students, faculty and staff. The resolution would amend Indiana’s constitution to define marriage as strictly between one man and one woman, and states that a legal status similar to marriage,…

  • Shuttle bus, or struggle bus?

    MELISSA IANNUZZI ASST. NEWS EDITOR Three freshmen girls’ trip on the SGA-sponsored shuttle bus lasted two hours longer than it was supposed to after the shuttle dropped them off and never returned. Two weekends ago, freshman Lily Pickett decided to use the SGA shuttle with two of her friends to go to Glendale Town Center.…

  • Fairbanks, Gallahue users hope for key card access

    DONALD PERIN STAFF REPORTER The Fairbanks Building and Gallahue Hall are the only major academic buildings on Butler University’s campus without access via student ID cards. The Student Government Association, along with the Department of Maintenance Services, eventually hopes to install key card access to those buildings, with priority being put on Fairbanks. “Our goal…

  • Fisher releases proposed budget

    MELISSA IANNUZZI | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Butler University’s Student Government Association set a target maximum budget for the 2013-2014 academic year. SGA’s proposed budget is  slightly more than $763,000, according to documents from Craig Fisher, SGA president. SGA’s approved budget last academic year was just more than $748,000, according to The Collegian’s “SGA assembly approves…

  • SGA introduces recycling program

    In its attempts to make Butler University a greener campus, the Student Government Association’s Green Operations Committee has a found a way for Butler to protect the environment while making the university some extra cash on the side. The Green Operations Committee has become involved with a company called TerraCycle, which pays for hard-to-recycle items…

  • STAFF EDITORIAL | New Year, Same SGA

    Last week, Student Government Association assembly members voted to not release future election results. We at The Collegian think the benefits of releasing  the presidential election results outweigh the cons. Across the nation, many other campuses release detailed numbers and results of student association elections. Butler’s SGA argues that  releasing its election results could hurt…

  • Freshmen may be excluded from committee

    Student Government Association’s Election Oversight Committee proposed a resolution to permanently allow only members in at least their sophomore years onto the committee, going against last year’s temporary suspension of the rule to allow freshmen. This decision comes after a review in SGA, and the assembly will vote today on whether to make the rule…

  • OPINION | SGA right in deciding to stick to the rules

    Butler University’s Student Government Association is making the right decision to overturn the rule allowing freshmen to be on the Election Oversight Committee. Sophomore James Schubert was able to serve as the chairman of the EOC, and another freshman was allowed on the committee, last year because SGA suspended the rules, Schubert said. SGA holds…