Articles Tagged ‘ SGA ’
January 22, 20135:04 pm
Programs Board Hosts Welcome Back Weekend
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
From Thursday, Jan. 17 to Monday, Jan. 21, SGA Programs Board hosted a variety of events on campus to welcome students back from winter break. The events included spoken word artist Hidden Legacy, magician Jay Mattioli, comedians and college dating coaches Dave and Ethan, comedy duo Dakaboom and this week’s SGA weekly mo vie, The [...]
February 22, 20132:34 pm
SGA Looking Forward to Productive Spring
By Andrew Reighart, Class of 2013
Hi Seahawks! As promised, I would like to follow up on my last article in the Point News, which covered the numerous accomplishments of the Student Government Association (SGA) in the first semester, in order to outline the goals Vice President Becky White and I have for this semester, our last at St. Mary’s. Budget [...]
February 19, 20133:09 pm
SGA Senate Elections Results
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
On Feb. 12, the Student Government Association (SGA) opened its Senate elections for the spring semester. Open seats up for grabs included one seat in Caroline Hall, Prince George Hall (PG), and Townhouses, and two seats in Waring Commons (WC) and Lewis Quad (LQ). Elections closed on Feb. 15, and the winners were finalized over [...]
January 22, 20131:18 pm
SGA Update from President Reighart
By Andrew Reighart, Class of 2013
Welcome Back, St. Mary’s! Although the weather has been rather bleak lately, it is heartening to see that people’s enthusiasm for returning to our beautiful campus has not been diminished. I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the accomplishments of the Student Government Association thus far. In the next edition of the Point [...]
January 22, 201312:43 pm
Open Housing to be Implemented Next Year
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Arts & Entertainment Editor
In the upcoming semester, Fall 2013, the College will instate a new policy: open housing. This new policy states that members of different sexes or identified genders can live in the same room. This differs from the current policy, which allows different-gendered individuals to live in the same suite, apartment, or townhouse, but not in [...]
January 22, 201312:04 pm
Letter to the Editor: Meatless Mondays, Starting the Year Off Right
By Taylor Schafer, Managing Editor
By Kathryn Kullberg, (’03, B.A. in English) As an alumna of St. Mary’s, I was excited to learn that the SGA supported a resolution to implement Meatless Mondays. Why is Meatless Mondays so important? Since graduating from St. Mary’s, I’ve devoted my career to working for animals, helping creatures big and small, from captive to [...]
February 28, 201212:03 am
Students discuss online SGA Incident – Becky White Apologizes for “Impulsive Posts”
Dear St. Mary’s, Recently there was an incidence of incivility on Tumblr and Facebook involving some SGA members, and I wanted to apologize for the part that I played. I am sorry. My original Tumblr posts were hateful and inappropriate, and I should never have written them. I viewed Tumblr as somewhat of an online [...]
February 28, 201212:02 am
Students discuss online SGA Incident – Matt Pindell Qualifies Facebook Post
By Matt Pindell, Class of 2012
By now many of you will have heard about the events that took place over the past week in the SGA, which culminated in my forced (albeit temporary) resignation from the position of Club Coordinator. It is not my intention or purpose to reconstruct in this article the timeline leading up to those events. All [...]
February 14, 20121:11 am
Reighart and White Platform
By Andrew Reighart, Class of 2013 and Becky White, Class of 2013
We would like to announce our formal intention to run for the office of Student Government Association President and Vice President. We have both served in the SGA Senate with distinction, which has been recognized by the endorsements we have received from former SGA Presidents Justin Perry and Marlena Weiss and Vice Presidents Lisa Neu [...]
February 14, 20121:11 am
Perkins and Petersen Platform
By Shelby Perkins, Class of 2014 and Thor Petersen, Class of 2013
When most people think of government, they think of boring buildings, stuffy suits, and a lack of true representation. However, we are here to change your mind. In this platform, we, Shelby Perkins and Thor Petersen, would like to formally announce our candidacy for Student Government President and Vice President. The Student Government Association at [...]
January 31, 201212:17 am
Welcome Back Weekend for Students a Success
By Anna Agarunova, Editor-in-Chief
Welcome Back Weekend drew crowds of students to the three events organized by the Student Government Association (SGA) programs board. The events ran Jan. 20-22, and included the 2011 comedy-drama film “50/50″ in Cole Cinema, Hypnotist Tom Deluca, and the return of the band Pearl and the Beard to the campus. The film “50/50″ was [...]
