Student Government Association (SGA) Executives Seth Walsh, Kristin Sanfi lippo and Matt Morefi eld and senior Mike Czopek have created a petition for students to be notifi ed of security threats off campus in light of two fatal shootings that occurred within one mile of campus last week. The shootings […]
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SGA encourages students to join SAC
Students have encountered many different forms of encouragement to join both SAC and Student Senate across campus and on the Portal. Both have strongly encouraged first years to apply. “As the largest programming body on campus, SAC offers various events to all students,” LeeAnn Scherbauer, SAC Chair said. “As a […]
SKM takes executive election
The voting turnout of this year’s Student Government Association executive election was the highest in Xavier University history. There were nearly 200 more total votes cast this year than in the Spring 2011 election. The team comprised of Seth Walsh, Matt Morefield and Kristin Sanfilippo won the election with 817 […]
Meet the candidates:
President……………………………………junior Brock McMorran Administrative Vice President……junior Morgan Zuziak Legislative Vice President…………..junior Kevin Tighe The second ticket, pictured above, focuses its platform around seven ideas: club improvement, job opportunity development, health and advocacy initiatives, campus communication, diversity celebration, sustainability and academics. Some of their main ideas for campus improvement include budget […]
SGA hires LGBTQ Intern
The Student Government Association voted to have senior Luke Beischel fill the new position of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) Training and Support Intern (LTSI) on Monday. The LTSI position was created after the proposed idea for a fulltime LGBTQ faculty member or established center was denied. Vice President […]
Xavier elects freshmen senators
For an election of four freshman Student Government Association (SGA) senators, two names were on the ballot: Drew Dziedzic and Jayson Lerman. Write-in candidates Darci Meiners and Adam Lamb filed the other two freshman vacancies. The Newswire sat down with SGA’s fresh new faces as they begin their terms. Drew […]
Low interest in freshmen elections
Due to the low amount of interest from freshmen in the first year senate elections, the Board of Elections has decided to add two write-in ballots to the election ticket this year. “Generally speaking, our voter trends are down,” Board of Elections Chair Nate Fischer said. “We work with voter […]
Summary on SGA
Senate Coordinator Elected With the vacancy of Senate Coordinator left by Legislative Vice President (LVP) junior Brock McMorran, the student senate board voted junior Seth Walsh, a three-year member of the Student Government Association (SGA), to the position. “I’m honored to have this responsibility entrusted to me by Senate,” Walsh […]
Resignation from SGA LVP
Student Government Association’s (SGA) Executive Branch and Senate Board are experiencing a significant transition in leadership. Affective Sept. 7, Legislative Vice President (LVP) senior Ricardo Martinez formally resigned from his position and, according to the SGA Constitution, the Senate Coordinator junior Brock McMorran has been sworn in to fulfill another […]
SGA checks LGBTQ and shuttle off executive platform
Gallagher Student Center remained busy this summer as Student Government Association made several strides with its proposed executive platform, namely in the design of a more cohesive shuttle route and the establishment of a permanent resource advisor for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community. The executive board, which includes Executive President senior Ryan Alleman, Legislative Vice President senior Ricardo Martinez and Administrative Vice President senior Lydia Gerlach, presented a platform […]