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The Student Association Senate meets Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. The Senate had a redo of last week’s senator-at-large candidates after it was discovered the Senate disobeyed SA Bylaws. In order to adhere to the bylaws, senator-at-large candidates were voted on to the Senate by a two-thirds majority and were not allowed to vote on other business matters until every senator-at-large candidate at the meeting had been voted on. 

Senate full after redo of last week

By Margaret Maka | October 19, 2014

Following last Sunday’s breach of the Student Association bylaws, eight senator-at-large candidates went before the SA Senate Sunday for another vote.Senate Speaker Dillon Domke and the Rules and Procedures committee decided to redo the vote after the...

Junior marketing major Taras Lesyk gives a speech on why he should be appointed a senator at large at the Student Association meeting Sunday in the Holmes Student Center, Sky Room. The Student Association appointed nine senators-at-large as well as two Supreme Court justices.

SA Senate full after meeting

By Margaret Maka | October 12, 2014

The Student Association Senate appointed nine senators-at-large to establish a full Senate, as well as two Supreme Court justices Sunday.Elections in September failed to fill the Senate.“This is one of the earliest times that I’ve seen that the Senate...

Student Senate, DeKalb police chief connect

By Shaz Sheikhali | October 28, 2013

Police Chief Gene Lowery addressed the DeKalb Police Department’s relationship with students at the Student Association Senate meeting Sunday.Lowery, a guest speaker at the meeting, commended senators on the efforts they put in creating a connection...