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Erin Hoffmann Harding discusses Campus Compact, spring semester changes during special senate meeting

Claire Rafford | Thursday, January 28, 2021

Vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding joined a special session of the student senate to discuss the newly announced Campus Compact and address changes to surveillance testing and due process for the spring semester Wednesday. “Everything that we have been reflecting on since you’ve been away from campus has been designed to do

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Senate discusses proposals regarding student burnout, pass/no credit grading policy

Ryan Peters | Friday, October 30, 2020

The student senate voted on two proposals Thursday night regarding the pursuance of strategies to attempt to alleviate campus burnout and on an order to amend the undergraduate constitution to prohibit student union consumption of forced and prison labor. Student body vice president senior Sarah Galbenski started the meeting with a moment of silence and

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Senators undergo diversity training, nominate The Shirt president, review order regarding forced labor

Maria Luisa Paul | Friday, September 25, 2020

In face of the ongoing calls for social justice, events and discussions alike have centered around efforts to promote greater equality at Notre Dame. At the sixth student senate meeting of the academic year, this was the theme that carried over the gathering as the members of the senate underwent a diversity and inclusion training.

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Senate passes resolution condemning hate speech in special meeting

Observer Staff Report | Monday, November 25, 2019

Notre Dame student senate passed a resolution in a special meeting Monday condemning hate speech in wake of recent protests on campus. The operative clause of the resolution read: “Resolved, the Student Senate condemns all hate speech, discrimination, or ill will done to any member of our Notre Dame family and calls upon the Notre

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Senate discusses residential life policy changes

Jack Jerit | Thursday, October 3, 2019

At their weekly meeting, the Notre Dame student senate met with the sophomore class council leaders to discuss the new policy regarding off-campus seniors’ ability to participate in formal dorm events. Members of the sophomore class council had been meeting with vice president for student affairs Erin Hoffmann Harding and associate vice president for residential

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Senate approves executive cabinet nominees

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Student senators debated questions of religion, gender and morality on Monday evening as they voted on the remaining candidates for Notre Dame’s student government executive cabinet. Student body president junior Elizabeth Boyle and vice president sophomore Patrick McGuire took office two weeks ago, but four of their executive cabinet positions have been unfilled since April

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Boyle, McGuire begin term with student senate session

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Newly elected student senators took office Monday evening, creating new executive departments and approving executive cabinet nominees in their first meeting of the year. Monday marked the first day of the 2019-2020 session of Notre Dame’s student government, and incoming student body president, junior Elizabeth Boyle and vice president, sophomore Patrick McGuire officially began their

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Student senate concludes 2018-2019 session

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The 2018-2019 session of Notre Dame’s student senate came to a close Monday evening, following a two-hour meeting in which senators debated a provision on electing students to the executive cabinet and the University’s sustainability initiatives. Outgoing senators worked to address unresolved questions and unfinished initiatives before the new student government takes office on Monday.

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Student senate votes to increase club funding

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, March 19, 2019

After struggling for weeks to reach a compromise, the student senate passed a resolution Monday evening to increase funding for student clubs and organizations by approximately $30,000. The new resolution will cut three percent of the budget for Student Union organizations — including the class councils and the Student Union Board — and reallocate it

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Senate discusses sexual assault, recognition of Native American history

Genevieve Redsten | Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Notre Dame student senators focused on social justice issues during their meeting Monday evening, addressing the University’s policies regarding the treatment of sexual assault survivors and Native Americans. Over the past several weeks, the student senate discussed the Trump administration’s changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law that regulates how colleges handle sexual

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