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December 12, 2020 – Posted in Opinion
By Lexey Burns, Editor in Chief
As Lambda’s editor-in-chief, it’s my job to continuously watch the transparency of the Students’ General Association. In 2020, this has been particularly difficult.
To my knowledge, the SGA has not advertised any of their meetings this year. They have also neglected to post any minutes from prior meetings, dating back to 2019.
My first email from the SGA in September was for “frosh kits.”
Minutes can be found on the SGA’s website “Governance” and “Meeting Minutes”. There, the records from meetings since 2015 have been published in both French and English.
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December 11, 2020 – Posted in News
By Lexey Burns, Editor in Chief
Laurentian’s Students’ General Association has invited students to attend their December general meeting. This is the first time they have advertised a meeting in the 2020/2021 school year.
But the SGA has not published board meeting minutes since their January meeting in 2019.
This means that they have not shared the content of their meetings in a year and a half.
They did, however, live-stream an SGA meeting on their Facebook page in April of 2019.
Eric Chappell, President of the SGA, is in his second year as president, after a controversial election this past spring. He runs the SGA office with other executive members, Benjamin Mackenzie, Vice President of Student Life, and Malek Abou-Rabia, Vice President of Education.
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December 10, 2020 – Posted in News
By Lexey Burns, Editor in Chief
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced students to adapt to an entirely new style of learning for the 2020/2021 school year, resulting in some students’ grades to suffer.
In the spring, Laurentian’s senate permitted students to opt for a pass/fail grade. Rather than receiving a letter grade on their transcript, students who decided to opt into the pass/fail would receive an S instead.
Malek Abou-Rabia, SGA Vice President of Education, presented the option of pass/fail grading to Senate for the 2020 Fall, 2020-2021 Fall/Winter, and 2021 Winter semesters.