STAFF EDITORIAL: Think of college mental health
Staff Editorial
October 14, 2019
Mental health has historically been a subject people do not focus on enough. So it’s great to hear that Student Body President Carson Gordon has an initiative to spread awareness this week at Eastern. In an Oct. 10 article from The Daily Eastern News, we reported that the senate would partner with the a...
Student Senate to hear committee reports
Staff Report
October 8, 2019
Student Senate will meet in the Arcola/Tuscola room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Wednesday at 7 p.m. The appointment of Justin Richards as Parliamentarian is included in the consent agenda for the meeting. The senate will hear reports from: • Ceci Brinker (Advisor Report) • Sophia Sar...
Students learn about budgeting, financial responsibility
Trevin Milner, Contributing Writer
April 16, 2019
Students participated in games, answered questions about budgeting and finances and were able to ask some of their own at “How to Beat the Game of Life,” put on by the student government on Tuesday. The event was designed to have interactive ways for students to learn more about budgeting and ...
Denim Day: Students to raise awareness about sexual assault
Logan Raschke, News Editor
April 16, 2019
Student government encourages everyone to sport their best denim attire Wednesday in honor of Denim Day. Nia Douglas, a senior majoring in family and consumer sciences and the chair of student government’s Student Affairs Committee, said student senators, and hopefully the rest of the school, will walk a...
Student Senate votes to approve all 5 budget allocation bills
Logan Raschke, News Editor
April 10, 2019
Senators voted 16-0-2 to approve all five of the budget allocation bills during the Student Senate meeting Wednesday. Two senators abstained to vote because they were active members of the Apportionment Board. Three nominees for next term’s speaker were also presented at the senate meeting. Apportionment Boar...
Student Senate to vote on budget allocation bills
Logan Raschke, News Editor
April 9, 2019
Student Senate will vote on five budget allocation bills during its Wednesday meeting. These bills detail how much money will go into the 2019-2020 budgets for University Board, the Student Recreation Center, Student Government and Apportionment Board if approved. Apportionment Board is proposing Student Sen...
Student Senate tables Apportionment Board budget allocation bills
Logan Raschke, News Editor
April 3, 2019
Student Senate voted to table all five of the Apportionment Board budget allocation bills to next week during its Wednesday meeting. These are the amounts the Apportionment Board is asking Student Senate to release for these organizations’ 2019-2020 budgets: $139,227 for University Board, $...
Student government voting begins April 1
Logan Raschke, News Editor
March 28, 2019
Eastern students will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite candidates for student government’s executive board and Student Senate starting April 1. Voting begins at 8 a.m. on April 1 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 2. Student body president Rebecca Cash said all Eastern students would rece...
Indian Student Association approved as RSO
Logan Raschke, News Editor
March 27, 2019
Student Senate voted unanimously to approve the Indian Student Association as an official registered student organization during its meeting Wednesday night. Executive Vice President Zac Cohen said he did not hesitate to vote for the organization’s approval. The great organizational skills the group...
Student Senate hears safety walk results
Logan Raschke, News Editor
March 20, 2019
Seth Yeakel, chair of student government’s external relations committee, presented the results of 2018’s Fall Safety Walk in a report to the Student Senate during its Wednesday meeting. The senate also tabled a bill that would approve the creation of the Indian Student Association (ISA) and recogni...
Student Senate approves formation of Judicial Research Committee
Logan Raschke, News Editor
March 7, 2019
Student Senate approved the creation of a Judicial Research Committee to create job descriptions for future student judges during its Wednesday meeting. The main goal of the Judicial Research Committee, according to Senate Bill 18-19-07, is “to begin the process of bringing back the Judicial Br...
Senate tables vote to form Judicial Research Committee
Logan Raschke, News Editor
February 27, 2019
Student Senate voted to table bill 18-19-07, which would approve the formation of a Judicial Research Committee, to next week’s hearing. Senators also voted to approve resolution 18-19-07, which serves as a congratulation to and acknowledgement of the contestants of the Miss Black EIU pageant that ...
