SGA

  • OPINION | Coons a good pick for VP

    Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller made a bold move by choosing to have UnoBlessed Coons serve another year as the vice president of diversity programming, but it is a decision that I believe will benefit R.E.A.C.H. and Butler University. This appointment seemed to me, at first, contrary to what Keller said during his campaign…

  • SGA budgets for next year

    The remaining portion of the Butler University Student Government Association’s 2012-13 budget will most likely be approved today at assembly, said Dan Schramm, vice president of finance.  SGA approved almost half of its budget at the last meeting. “Only some of the smaller boards remain,” Schramm said. “If it isn’t approved this week, it will…

  • Assembly to vote on U.S. housing act

    A resolution to allow tax deductible contributions for non-profit, non-university-owned housing will be voted on today in Student Government Association assembly. The resolution is the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act. If passed, SGA would throw its support behind this federal policy proposal. Senior Ginnye Cubel brought up the resolution last week as new business. Cubel…

  • OPINION | It’s the passion that counts

    The recent struggle for Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller to find nominees for the position of vice president of diversity programming has shed some light on the issue of filling SGA vacancies—and how best to push and represent diversity on Butler University’s campus. SGA usually requires that applicants for vice president of diversity programming…

  • Part 5 | National SGA advises Butler to release election data

    RELATED STORIES: PART 1 | Vote details will not be released PART 2 | SGA to release election vote numbers PART 3 | Despite assembly vote, election data not released STAFF EDITORIAL | SGA, show us the numbers Part 4 | SGA kills motion to release election results The American Student Government Association is weighing…

  • Spot open on SGA exec board

    Next year’s team of seven executives in Student Government Association is almost complete, but President-elect Mike Keller is still looking for one more. The SGA  vice president of diversity position, one of six vice presidential positions, remains vacant because no one has applied. While the position remains empty, the remaining vice presidential positions and parliamentarian…

  • BU College Democrats, political organizations denied SGA grants

    Butler University’s College Democrats was denied a grant from the Student Government Association due to the  organization’s political involvement. This has caused some people to question a long-standing policy in the SGA grants requirements and has led to confusion within many organizations. On Dec. 15, 2011, the SGA grants committee informed College Democrats that the…

  • OPINION | Yes, we have a parking problem

    Even in the midst of midterm- exam season, mumbled curses and nervous breakdowns on Butler University’s campus are likely to occur when someone has a parking drama.

  • OPINION | Diversity groups need fewer fund restrictions

    As part of the Butler University Student Government Association’s Mardi Gras festivities, at least ten diversity groups made appearances. It may not have been entirely willing, however. SGA mandated that Asian Students Intercultural Demia, along with several others, participated in Mardi Gras in return for their grants. That participation carried a price tag: $200,  if…