The OU Undergraduate Student Congress passed bills creating a primary application for three branches of the Student Government Association and allocating funds to campus organizations during its Tuesday evening meeting.
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OU students will host a forum to inform community members about the ongoing protests against a nationwide tax bill reform in Colombia at 5 p.m. May 5 at Reaves Park.Â
Iván Duque, the president of Colombia, announced a tax overhaul to fill a fiscal hole related to the impacts of COVID-19 in April 2021, which led to nationwide demonstrations against poverty, unemployment and inequality. More than 800 people were injured, and 19 were killed during the strikes.Â
Sergio Pineda-Castillo, an OU Ph.D. biomedical engineering student, wrote in an email to The Daily the purpose of the forum is to unite Colombian international students at OU who support the national levelâ large mobilization, called The National Strike Committee of Colombia. The main worries of those participating in the strike are police brutality, tax and health reforms increasing the countryâs inequality and the implementation of a peace treaty with the Revolutionary Arm Forces of Colombia .
The Student Government Association Undergraduate Student Congress passed two bills relating to student organizationsâ funding that generated debate on the amount of funding multicultural organizations received, and they nominated members for numerous administrative positions Tuesday.
Budget Committee Chair Lauren Patton presented a bill appropriating SGA funds to governmental student organizations at OU, including Campus Activities Council, SGA Undergraduate Student Congress, SGA Graduate Student Senate, the SGA Executive Branch and Student Bar Association.
Some congress members questioned why CAC received an increase in funding this year. Patton explained CAC had âunfairlyâ received a cut last year due to budget restrictions.
âWe were able to work with them â they knew (they would be) going into primary (funding)Â last year and supplemented during auxiliary (funding) at the beginning of this year, but we wanted to return them more to what they were supp
The Student Government Association Undergraduate Student Congress passed two bills relating to student organizationsâ funding that generated debate on the amount of funding multicultural organizations received, and they nominated members for numerous administrative positions Tuesday.
Budget Committee Chair Lauren Patton presented a bill appropriating SGA funds to governmental student organizations at OU, including Campus Activities Council, SGA Undergraduate Student Congress, SGA Graduate Student Senate, the SGA Executive Branch and Student Bar Association.
Some congress members questioned why CAC received an increase in funding this year. Patton explained CAC had âunfairlyâ received a cut last year due to budget restrictions.
âWe were able to work with them â they knew (they would be) going into primary (funding)Â last year and supplemented during auxiliary (funding) at the beginning of this year, but we wanted to return them more to what they were supp