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Changing the rules on skateboards, women’s soccer team pushing for next semester

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer It came to light that the skateboarding policy has changed last Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. With funding undergoing approval, the women’s soccer team is on track be in full swing next semester. As of now, students are allowed to use skateboards, penny boards and longboards in housing only. Students

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Rodger Pinto: New face, new attitude

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer Last semester, Rodger Pinto was elected as the new Student Government Association president. Pinto originally did not want to become president. Rather, he wanted to leave the position for another interested student, but after joining the SGA as senator and having leadership roles in business and the military, he decided

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Campus safety and Student Activity Fund focus of discussions at SGA

By: CHRISTINA CLARK, HENRY FREESE Editor-in-Chief, Staff Writer The Student Government Association (SGA) at IU South Bend held its second weekly meeting of the month on Feb. 8. New business during the meeting included a discussion on campus safety. The heart of the discussion was about calling for campus, police escorts. On Wednesday, Feb. 6,

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SGA creates scholarship benefiting veterans

BY: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The Student Government Association (SGA)  has been recently prepping for their first Veterans Benefit Dinner, which will is slated for Friday, Nov. 11. The funds from tickets sales and donations will directly go to a scholarship benefiting student veterans and dependents of veterans. “The scholarship is an emergency fund

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SGA update with Kanopy accruing unforeseen costs, French Club plans trip

By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu One funding request and a visit from the campus librarians marked this past week’s Student Government Association (SGA) meeting. Vicki Bloom and two other librarians headed over to the SAC to try to resurrect the Student Advisory Council for library services at IU South Bend. The council only meets

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Administration and SGA have a conversation of improving campus life

By: Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Campus pride and student life are just two of the conversations that were held this past Friday. The Student Government Association (SGA) and significant members of administration came together to speak about the ways student life could be improved. One of the first things that was covered in the

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