The Student Government Association (SGA) at UT Tyler has announced that it will hold its annual spring elections on April 19 and 20, according to the organization’s Blackboard page. Bell Tower Press attempted to discover more information, but SGA had not yet responded to requests for more information by the time of this publication. Spring…
Sen. Lindsey Bell announced to the student government on Feb. 16 that she plans to pursue private parking for Pharmacy students. “Parking has always been a big issue,” she said. “And our college kind of needs designated parking.” Bell, the senator for the College of Pharmacy, said some Pharmacy students have clinical rotations as far…
Sodexo treated Student Government Association (SGA) members to cookies and bottled water Thursday during SGA’s general assembly meeting, prompting some–including this article’s author–to cry foul. Senators accept bottled water and cookies provided by Sodexo @SodexoUTT @UTTylerSGA pic.twitter.com/t4wr4gmrhI — Patriot Talon (@PatriotTalon) March 2, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Sodexo provides bribe – oops I mean snacks to @UTTylerSGA…
*Editor’s Note: Updated for flow. The Student Government Appropriations Committee (SGAC) at UT Tyler denied funding to a Christian student group in February on the grounds that its event contained religious and political elements, according SGAC’s Sen. Katie Hicken, who announced the committee’s decision in general assembly on Feb. 16.
Sodexo representatives briefed The Student Government Association (SGA) Thursday on a host of food service issues, saying they came to respond to a Patriot Talon article printed last week that explicitly named Sodexo’s manager as an object of much of SGA members’ dissatisfaction with the company.
The Student Government Association (SGA) at UT Tyler unanimously endorsed a proposal from Muslim Student Association President Manahil Erikin this month that the University create a dedicated space for students of all religions to have a quiet space to pray or meditate on campus. In the following week, SGA made an attempt to clarify its…
*Editor’s note: Updated for flow throughout. An original version did not include a clarifying statement from Hicken or identify Jawad as co-sponsor of the Interfaith resolution. The Student Government Association (SGA) tried to find ways to keep offensive literature out of its Interfaith room Thursday during its weekly meeting. Some members suggested SGA ban…
The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously endorsed a proposal on Thursday to create an “Interfaith room” for students who would like a quiet space for prayer and mediation on campus. Manahil Erkin, president of The Muslim Student Association at UT Tyler, pitched SGA on the idea.
*Editor’s Note: Updated throughout for flow. A previous version said campus coffee shops close at 7 p.m. The library coffee shop still shows no sign of re-opening despite pledges from Sodexo and UT Tyler’s Business Affairs to explore ways to re-open it last semester. “I think it’s extremely inconvenient,” senior finance major Alex Alston said. “My only other…
Student government adds 13 amendments to its constitution.
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