The Associated Student Government Senate swore in a new executive board and heard two legislation proposals Wednesday. Co-Presidents SESP sophomore Caleb Snead and Weinberg sophomore Ty’Shea Woods took ASG’s oath of office, along with appointed members of their executive board. “It feels fantastic, but nothing has changed,” Woods said. “We’ve been working since February 10,.
The Associated Student Government Senate elected Weinberg sophomore Grace Houren as speaker of the Senate and McCormick sophomore James La Fayette Jr. as parliamentarian at its Wednesday meeting. Houren, who previously served as parliamentarian, will succeed SESP senior Leah Ryzenman, who served as speaker for one year. Along with the newly elected co-presidents and Executive.
Five hundred seventy-seven students voted in ASG Senate elections over the weekend, with turnout approximately 35% higher than in last year’s elections. That was also more than triple the record-low turnout in ASG presidential elections last spring, when 175 students cast ballots. Weinberg senior Dylan Jost, ASG’s executive officer of democracy, said the heightened turnout.
When McCormick and Bienen freshman James La Fayette Jr. committed to Northwestern, he had four college credits under his belt. By the end of his senior year at his Florida public high school, he had taken seven Advanced Placement courses. But future Florida students may be coming to college having taken none. Florida Gov. Ron.