Tagged - SA
COVID-19
Next year, SA has more opportunities than ever before to make change
UR is in a unique state of unrest, where issues that would normally take years of effort and lobbying and endless committee-forming have the opportunity to be fast-tracked.
SA
Mass resignation leaves SA with 11 senators
12 senators have resigned from the Students’ Association (SA) over the past two weeks, citing their belief that SA’s bureaucracy makes it difficult to effect real change.
Abolition
UR community group proposes expanded, empowered Public Safety Review Board
One of those expanded powers would be approval over the Department of Public Safety’s budget. The reformed PSRB would also have around 40 members, while the current PSRB has nine.
curt
UR bans tunnel painting for Fall 2020
The temporary painting ban was announced in a Sept. 2 email from Dean of Students Matthew Burns and Dean of the College in Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Jeffery Runner.
flag display
Flag display temporarily removed, put under review
The flags were taken down at the request of President Sarah Mangelsdorf and Provost Robert Clark in response to “concerns raised about the display in past semesters."
SA
2020 SA presidential debate highlights
In UR’s first-ever SA presidential debate over Zoom, juniors Justyna Gorka and Marc Haddad emphasized government reform and community outreach,…
accountability
Effective student government is a two-way street
The ball is in both courts — it’s on the student government to represent us properly, but it’s also on us to tell them what we want and need.
SA
Open letter reflecting on the Tibet controversy
On all sides, students have been harmed and felt targeted. Moving forward, we all need to do better, including us as your student representatives.
SA
Statement from Ed Board on a certain SA email
It’s not feasible to expect every single senator to have a hand in writing the email. But it’s reasonable to expect senators to get a heads up, and be able to approve or deny the email.
