Student Senate approves 2 percent tuition increase
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
April 16, 2020
The Student Senate passed a tuition increase, grant-in-aid increase and apportionment board allocation in the amount of $409,997 during Wednesday’s remote meeting. Paul McCann, Vice President for Business Affairs, said the university is asking for a 2 percent tuition increase for incoming students, meanin...
CEVO requests donations at Student Senate
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
The Civic Engagement and Volunteerism Office asked for the Student Senate executive board and senators to sign up and become site leaders, and it requested any amount of donation from the Student Senate to use toward Panther Service Day. The student senators will review the request and provide feedback. CEVO...
Student Senate prepares for elections
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
March 9, 2020
The Student Senate is seeking candidates for the 2020 Student Government Election and has made election packets elaborating the time and dates of the election process. Election commissioner Ethan Osborne said the point of this election is to get new individuals to represent the students. He said it is even more important because it ...
Senate denounces white power propaganda
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
Student Senate voted unanimously in favor of approving the joint resolution condemning the propagation of white supremacy disinformation Wednesday evening. Seth Yeakel, speaker of Student Senate and senior mathematics major, said that he is hoping this resolution gives a unifying voice for the university. ...
Student Senate hears physical-to-digital textbook proposal
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2020
The Textbook Rental Advisory Committee proposed 11 recommendations for going from physical textbooks to digital textbooks to the Student Senate, and if the transition is approved, students’ Textbook Rental fees will increase by nearly double. The student senators will review the proposal and provid...
Student Senate approves Study Abroad Club
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2020
Student Senate voted 16-1 in favor of approving the Study Abroad Club as a new Registered Student Organization Wednesday evening. Some senators expressed their concerns approving the RSO because of its small size: three members as of Wednesday. But after discussion, some senators argued that the c...
Senate reminds students about voter registration
Hannah Shillo, Associate News Editor
February 13, 2020
Student Senate gave updates on the voter registration events, mental health events and the Student Senate election at its meeting Wednesday night. The “EIU Votes” tabling event will be held Feb. 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. outside the Food Court of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Uni...
Yeakel elected new speaker for Student Senate
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
February 6, 2020
Student Senate voted 16-0 in favor of electing Seth Yeakel, a senior math and computer science major, to be the speaker of the senate during its Wednesday meeting. There were no other candidates for the position. Yeakel said he feels that he is ready to start this new chapter in the senate. “It f...
Student Senate inducts new senators
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
January 30, 2020
Student Senate started its Wednesday meeting by swearing in four new senators and making nominations for speaker of the senate. The four new senators that were sworn in were: Benjamin Drake, Paul Abraham, Dylan Johnston and Keith Kerrigan. Abraham and Johnston said they were excited about being a part of the senate and had goals on what they wanted to bring to the table....
Faculty Senate to hear reports from committees
Staff Report
January 27, 2020
The Faculty Senate will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Room 4440 of Booth Library. The Senate will hear reports from the Executive Committee, Elections and Nominations Committee, Student Senate, Student and Staff Senate Relations Committee, Awards Committee, Faculty Forum Committee and the Budget Transparency...
Student Senate talks recruitment
Jelan Buchanan, Staff Reporter
January 23, 2020
Student Senate had an informal meeting Wednesday because it currently does not have enough senators involved to make quorum. Currently the senate is putting its energy into recruitment, and so senators brainstormed ways to encourage students to get involved in student government during its Wednesday meet...
Students de-stress at the Union before final exam week
Rylee DeLong
December 4, 2019
With finals around the corner, so is the overwhelming amount of projects, papers and exams. This year Student Senate held "De-stress the Test, Everything in One" located in the Bridge Lounge in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Tuesday night to help combat the stress of finals. The event...
