The Associated Student Government Senate held a town hall meeting Wednesday featuring a presentation from the Office of the Ombudsperson’s program coordinator Carrie Thomas. The town hall — part of a four-week trial run announced during the Jan. 25 Senate meeting — was open to any student to attend. The meeting model hosted a speaker.
Associated Student Government announced Wednesday a four-week trial run of a newly proposed Senate order that could eventually end weekly meetings. ASG Senate leadership will hold a town-hall style meeting the week of Feb. 8, inviting students to voice concerns and comment on legislation, according to Senate Parliamentarian and SESP junior Dalia Segal-Miller. During Wednesday’s.
The Associated Student Government Senate passed two resolutions Wednesday calling on the University to grant department status to two Council of Race and Ethnic Studies programs and shift Peer-Guided Study Group registration times. The Senate leadership also proposed legislation to eliminate weekly meetings. The first resolution, authored by Alianza Senator and Weinberg sophomore Nicole Aguilar-Medina.
The Associated Student Government introduced two pieces of legislation Wednesday: one granting department status to two Council for Race and Ethnic Studies programs and the other on reforming Peer-Guided Study Group registration times. The first piece of legislation called on the University to grant department status to the Latinx Studies and Asian American Studies programs..
The Associated Student Government Senate passed changes to the body’s Code and Constitution Wednesday, removing clauses that limited media access to meetings. Medill freshman and senator Luis Castaneda proposed removing the two clauses from the Code Review that allowed a two-thirds Senate majority to close portions of meetings to journalists and other non-ASG individuals. The.