By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor The Students' Association considered a resolution to support the installation of a microphone in the Bean Sprout for announcing orders Wednesday. The resolution, written by Katherine Lee Young, University Park representative and junior families studies major from Dallas, and Kyle Pickens, Foster Science Building ... [Read More…]
Students’ Association budget up from spring
By Mitch Holt, Copy Editor The Students' Association had its first meeting of the semester Wednesday after a late start, and discussion of the fall budget took the spotlight. SA's fall budget is up more than $70,000 from the spring budget, totaling almost $170,000 because of an increase in enrollment. Several changes and improvements have been ... [Read More…]
Elections begin Tuesday for SA Positions
By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief Elections for Students' Association senator positions and congress seats begin Tuesday in the Campus Center. Those interested in reaching out to the student body and solving problems turned in petitions Wednesday afternoon so they could begin campaigning, said Jordan Williams, vice president of SA. Students ... [Read More…]
SATV to undergo changes
By Mitch Holt, Copy Editor The Students' Association plans to promote the university's student-run television station, SATV, this fall from its longtime dormant state into a forum of discussion, programs and announcements, all by students. Maher Saab, president of SA, said he's excited about the plethora of ideas being tossed around, and he hopes ... [Read More…]
Executive officers choose secretary
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief The Students' Association's search for an executive secretary crossed oceans and international borders before ending with a selection late last week. Executive officers selected Matt Worthington, sophomore English major from San Antonio who currently is studying abroad in Oxford, as next year's secretary. ... [Read More…]
Students Association elections end in runoff Thursday
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief Students Association elections ended in a runoff for vice president Thursday, and students elected a president and treasurer during general voting April 11-12. Jordan Williams, junior accounting and finance major from Longview, won the vice president run-off election against Brandon Smith, junior political ... [Read More…]
Students’ Association: here to serve
On Sunday night, the Editorial Board of the Optimist interviewed the candidates for executive officer positions for our endorsements and one of the questions we asked was, "How do you think the student body views SA? " The typical response was "What is SA? The students here don't know the power that they have in SA and the fact that they can ... [Read More…]
Endorsement lacks class, hurts SA
After reading the Optimist for about three years now, I have finally come to use one of its many resources. The "Letter to the Editor" section has always seemed very interesting to me because I enjoyed reading about what people really thought and what they were passionate about. I figure now was as good a time as any to share my own thoughts and ... [Read More…]
Chapel forum begins week of elections
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief Students had the opportunity Monday night to hear Students' Association executive officer candidates discuss the issues and their campaigns hours before students could begin casting votes. The seven candidates for the positions of president, vice president and treasurer participated in annual debates as part of ... [Read More…]
SA Election Chapel Forum
Students get a chance to hear from the seven candidates running in this weeks SA elections in Monday's Chapel forum. Video/editing by Hutton Harris ... [Read More…]
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