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Liam Price | Thursday, April 27, 2023
The Notre Dame student body senate passed three motions during the general orders portion of in their Wednesday afternoon meeting, which also featured the first presidential State of the Union address of student body president Daniel Jung’s term. Student body vice president Aidan Rezner called on Lyons Hall senator Libby Meister to give the meeting’s
Aidan O'Malley | Thursday, April 6, 2023
The newly-elected student senate held its first meeting of the 2023-2024 term on Wednesday in the Mendoza College of Business, approving nominations for various student government positions. After an opening prayer and roll call, student body president Daniel Jung and vice president Aidan Rezner were sworn into their positions by Judicial Council president Koryn Isa.
Liam Kelly | Thursday, March 9, 2023
On Wednesday evening, the Notre Dame student senate voted against a resolution to ban pornography on the University WiFi network. The resolution, SS 2223-15, was introduced by Morrissey Hall senator John Soza, Siegfried Hall senator Ayden Ellis, Sorin College senator Bobby Spence and Badin Hall senator Caroline Potts. Speaking in favor of his resolution, Soza
Liam Price | Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Notre Dame student body senate met in a classroom on the first floor of the Mendoza College of Business Wednesday night for a brief meeting. Less than 30 minutes and with no general orders, the meeting featured two semesterly senate reports from executive cabinet department directors of academic affairs and community outreach. Student body
Liam Price | Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate met Wednesday night, once again located in the Mendoza College of Business building rather than on the second floor of LaFortune Student Center, which is currently undergoing renovations. The highlights of the meeting included the senate passing a resolution calling on Campus Dining to provide free cooking classes to students
Bella Laufenberg | Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Derick Williams and Hunter Brooke, two sophomore students campaigning to be Notre Dame’s next student body president and vice president, respectively, plan to “get sh*t done.” Currently, the pair are both student senators for their dorms; Williams for Keough Hall and Brooke for Carroll Hall. Additionally, Williams is a chemical engineering major and French minor,
Peter Breen | Tuesday, February 7, 2023
In a two-hour debate before a live audience in Duncan Student Center Sunday evening, the three tickets up for Wednesday’s student body president and vice president election fielded a catalog of questions from Judicial Council president Madison Nemeth and vice president for elections Koryn Isa, who served as moderators. Contenders were allowed four minutes to
Liam Price | Friday, February 3, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate met Wednesday night in a classroom located on the first floor of the Mendoza College of Business. In the meeting, the senate voted to pass a resolution clarifying rules about elections for vacant positions in student governments, denying candidates the opportunity to run if they had resigned or been removed
Alysa Guffey | Thursday, January 26, 2023
The Notre Dame student senate convened Wednesday night to pass resolutions to eliminate Student Union Board (SUB) representatives as elected positions, adjust funding rules for diverse student clubs and clarify the usage of funds for campaign reimbursements. Senate approves change in SUB representative elections SUB executive director Rachel Dorfner presented SO 2223-21, an order to
Liam Kelly | Thursday, January 19, 2023
This Wednesday, the Notre Dame Student Senate passed resolutions to increase LGBTQ+ and minority representation among the staff at University Counseling Center (UCC) as well as give Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students earlier registration times for selecting classes. Resolution 2223-13, introduced by four senators as well as several executive cabinet directors, urges the UCC