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SGA Rejects Change in Fees

The Student Government Association (SGA) rejected a proposal Monday to allow recognized student organizations to use student activity fees to recruit new students. SGA voted 20-16 against a bylaw amendment that would have expanded the authorized use of the Student Activity Fee Allocation (SAFA) money to pay for events used to recruit students. “The SAFA fee is for students, [...]

SGA: Eliminate Fall Break?

Do we really need fall break? Should we trade it for a longer Thanksgiving break? That question was brought to the Student Government Association (SGA) this week in its final meeting of the semester. The senators were asked to consider eliminating fall break and using those days to make Thanksgiving break a full week. The idea originally came up [...]

New University Seal Near

We may have a new university seal soon. A committee studying designs for the new seal told the Student Government Association (SGA) yesterday that they had narrowed the choices to a final design. In the next few weeks, the design will be reviewed by faculty and staff members, alumni, students and the administration. The committee will [...]

Cafeteria Goes Green To Go

You can take the food in Christain Cafeteria with you now and do it without creating extra trash. It’s called “Green to Go” and the Student Government Association (SGA) announced it at their weekly meeting last night. It’s part of  Dining Services’ initiative to be more environmentally friendly. Here’s how it works. You go to the [...]

Diversity Committee Completed

The Student Government Association (SGA) announced the six non-SGA members that will be a part of its new Diversity Committee during its weekly meeting last night. The new members complete the committee’s membership. Last April, SGA voted unanimously to create the committee because of concerns that student government wasn’t meeting the needs of nontradition, international and transfer [...]

Remembering Our Slain Students

We will remember the two UCA students killed in a campus shooting three years ago with a candlelight vigil in their honor at 7 p.m. today in the memorial garden outside Arkansas Hall. Ryan Henderson, 18, a freshman from Little Rock, and Chavares Block, 19, a sophomore pre-engineering major from Dermott, were shot to death [...]

SGA: We Want Courtway

The Student Government Association (SGA) voted unanimously yesterday to approve a resolution supporting interim president Tom Courtway as the next president of the university. SGA joined the staff senate and the faculty senate in passing resolutions supporting Courtway as president. Courtway has said that he would consider accepting the job if he had the support of SGA and both senates [...]

SGA: Justify Student Fees

The Student Government Association (SGA) is asking every department responsible for collecting a student fee to meet with the Student Fee Advisory Committee to explain their fees as part of SGA’s effort to “ensure openness and transparancy in the distribution and spending of student fees by university officials.” Representatives for the departments are to schedule [...]

Mexican Dancing Graces Campus

In conjuction with the Hispanic Heritage Month, the Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico enchanted the crowd in Ida Waldren Auditorium at 7 p.m. yesterday with its presentation of “Fiestas de Mexico,” featuring traditional Mexican dance from several different regions of the country. Alex Palencia, the entertaining host and director of Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico, explained the Mexican [...]

SGA: Change University Seal

The Student Government Association (SGA) voted at its weekly meeting last night to change the official seal of the university. The current seal, which mirrors the official seal for the state, has been used since UCA opened 104 years ago. SGA will review proposed designs for the new seal Friday and select one. Ideas proposed [...]