Author Archives: Bailey Deloney

ASG Reflects on This Year’s Accomplishments

ASG President Tori Pohlner and Chair of Senate Mike Norton reflected on the major accomplishments of ASG this year. One of the most exciting projects that ASG has been working on this year has been University Perspectives, Pohlner said. University …

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Professionals Across NWA to Gather for Conference

The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) is having its seventh annual Administrative Professionals Conference on April 23 in Springdale. Themed “Be the One,” this educational conference presents a luncheon, four speakers and a fashion show, said Sandra Hancock, financial …

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ASG Supports Blue Emergency App

ASG voted to pass a bill Tuesday night to raise funds for the development of an emergency “Blue Light” app and an app to make Safe Ride more efficient and accessible. The “Blue Light” app “will allow students’ phones to …

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Amy May West stands outside Old Main, Thursday, April 11. She was chosen as the Chair of Senate for the 2013-2014 ASG year. (Photo by Amy West)

Chair of Senate Starts with Senate Policies

Newly elected Chair of Senate Amy West discussed changes that will take place in the upcoming year, including both structural and policy changes within the ASG Senate. “My main project for next year has been working at restructuring the Senate,” …

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Matthew Chaffin (left), Ellie Keffler, Bo Renner and Lindsay Bach are the newly-elected ASG executive officers for the 2013-2014 academic year. (Courtesy Photo)

ASG Executive Officers Plan for Next Year

Newly elected ASG executives reflected on a smooth, clean election and discussed their plans for the upcoming year. “This was a very clean campaign,” said Ellie Keffler, ASG vice president. During the election, relations between every team were friendly, and …

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Proposal to Alleviate Harmon Traffic

Tuesday night, ASG Sen. James Wesolowski proposed a resolution to minimize traffic delays at the Harmon Avenue Parking Facility and improve pedestrian safety. Delays increase directly following the end of class periods and pedestrians face more of risk during this …

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ASG Supports Gender Neutral Housing

For the first time this year Chair of Senate Mike Norton broke the tie vote and passed a bill to support the implementation of a gender-neutral housing option in the near future, according to the bill. “We are so happy …

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ASG Thanks Students With Cookout

A student-appreciation cookout was put on by ASG prior to Saturday’s baseball game against Mississippi State. The cookout occurred Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Baum East parking lot on the east side of Razorback Road. Sodexo served students hamburgers, …

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Transition Begins to Create Graduate Student Congress

ASG voted to pass a bill in support of establishing a Graduate Student Congress. While Chancellor G. David Gearhart has not yet approved the establishment of this new government system, ASG is officially undergoing a transition process and taking steps …

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Scantron Bill Passes, Syllabi Bill Fails

ASG voted Tuesday to pass a bill to support permanently providing testing materials for students. The bill proposes “the establishment of a permanent funding source to provide Scantrons, Blue Books and other testing materials for students.” In order to ensure …

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ASG Breaks Ground on Bills Passed This Semester

During the past semester, ASG has passed a number of resolutions and begun working with administrators in various areas of campus. In order to boost crowd enthusiasm and increase student presence at basketball games, ASG passed a resolution to increase …

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Scantron Proposal Discussed

Tuesday night, ASG proposed a bill to permanently provide testing materials for students. More than 90 percent of students who responded enjoyed having Scantrons and Blue Books provided for them last semester, according to a recent ASG Student Poll. The …

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Voting Begins to Elect New ASG Leaders

RENNER TICKET Presidential Candidate Bo Renner’s ASG experience includes serving as an ASG senator, chairman of Transit and Parking, and chairman of the Walton College of Business Caucus. “Dad told me at a young age that there are plenty of …

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Previous Performers Return for Competition

The annual Battle of the Bands competition will return to the stage March 8 at Friday Night Live. The competition begins at 8 p.m. in the Union Theatre. Each competing band will be allowed a total of 15 minutes to …

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ASG Delays Voting on Parking Legislation

ASG will vote on a bill next week to introduce a more consistent warning system for first-time parking violations. The current warning system runs on a case-by-case basis, and this makes it really difficult to for warnings to be issued …

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