Associated Student Government
Legend Speaks about Education at UA
John Legend spoke to a large crowd at Barnhill Arena about the importance of education equality and how to make a change in the world, ending his speech by performing five of his hit songs. Legend spoke highly in favor …
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 …
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 …
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,” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Treasurer Election Back On
The judicial branch of ASG has voted to have a runoff election for the ASG treasurer position this Thursday and Friday, an ASG official said. ASGJ met on Tuesday and decided to have a runoff election with only one candidate, …
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 …
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 …
ASG Runoff Cancelled
The ASG runoff for treasurer has been canceled because a winner has already been determined. Will Strickland resigned as a treasurer candidate causing Matt Chaffin to win the election, said Terrance Boyd, ASG election commissioner. “After the amount of time …
2013 Executive Debate
On Tuesday night, UA students gathered to listen to ASG presidential and vice presidential candidates participate in the 2013 Executive Debate. Major issues discussed at the debate included ways to provide students with testing materials, appointments to university committees, student-body …
Graduate Students Seek Voice in ASG
Associated Student Government senators representing the graduate college have proposed to create a Graduate Congress, a separate legislative body within the legislative branch comprised of graduate students only. The bill went to senate for a vote last night and the …
