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,
By KATE LUCE Staff-writer kmluce@iu.edu Diversity was spotlighted at Friday’s meeting. Tami Martinez, assistant dean of Raclin School of the Arts, came to the recent Student Government Association (SGA) meeting to speak about diversity among IU South Bend. As a student in a PhD-program for higher education, one of Martinez’s core courses focuses heavily on
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
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
By Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu The Student Government Association (SGA) had two funding requests this past Friday. The Japanese Club and the History Club came in to ask for funds to put on an event and a trip. The Japanese Club asked for $1050 for their annual sushi demonstration and tasting. The club will
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
By Kate Luce Staff Writer kmluce@iu.edu Students from IU South Bend and regional high schools will get into several campus performances for free this academic year. After a cut of 20% of the Raclin School of the Arts total budget due to a redesigned budget, the school decided that students would
By: KATE LUCE Staff Writer katelucellc@gmail.com The Student Government Association (SGA) will soon try to pass the largest budget in its history for the upcoming school year, according to SGA President Shail Bhagat. “This year we had to change many outdated practices that were really impeding the scope of this organization. I see the progress
