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DeKALB – SGA Senate confirmed Elliot Weiskopf, first-year pre-law student, as an SGA Supreme Court justice with a vote count of 14 in favor, zero against and three abstentions.
The SGA Supreme Court now has two out of five justices. The first confirmed was Brenna McConnell, sophomore finance major with a marketing minor, according to a March 2 Northern Star article. For the Supreme Court to start hearing cases, there need to be three justices.
Weiskopf said he wanted to join SGA Supreme Court because of the experience it will bring him and also to build connections.
“I believe the Supreme Court is the best fit for me than all the other branches [of SGA] because, as of right now, I really want real-world experience,” Weiskopf said. “I think that doing mock trials as well as judging on bills and decisions for elections gives me a really good feel for what I want to do in the future.”
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DeKALB – There were a total of 889 votes in the SGA elections this year, compared to last year’s 259. This is a 630 vote count increase largely due to the efforts of the Election Commission.
Coupled with large competition in the elections, the Election Commission reached out to many students through word-of-mouth, sending out mass emails to different entities such as the colleges and through the Dean of Students and outreach through social media.
A lot of attention was brought to the elections because of the increase in competition, chair of the Election Commission Michael Verlinsky said.
“One of the big factors that played into this election that was different from the past was that we had more than just four candidates who were applying for those executive seats,” Verlinsky said. “We had attention from a large number of groups on campus and from students that hadn’t even lived on campus or were transfer students who wanted to get involved and wanted to
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DeKALB – In honor of National Volunteer Month in April, American Red Cross of Illinois is automatically entering any person who donates blood in an e-gift card giveaway until April 30.
There is a chance to win one of five $1,000 e-gift cards to a merchant of choice, according to the American Red Cross website.
American Red Cross is also partnering with Indy Car, an auto racing body that features racing at a combination of superspeedways, short ovals, road courses and temporary street circuits, to send one donor and three friends to the 2022 Indianapolis 500, a 500-mile autobody race, from May 27 to May 30, according to Red Cross’s website. This giveaway is going on until April 15.
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