The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would provide students legal representation in front of the Student Supreme Court. The revision to Title III of the Student Code would create a student legal counsel service and provide students with representation before the court.
Read More »Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday that will divide South Campus into two congressional districts. Effective April 1 of next year, the redistricting bill proposed by representative Paige Comparato will divide South Campus into South Campus-East and South Campus-West.
Read More »The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress considered a bill Tuesday that would divide South Campus representation into two separate districts.
Read More »About $20,000 was appropriated to the seven organizations that came before Student Congress Tuesday. Funding proposals were brought forward by several organizations, including the Black Student Movement, Project Literacy and the UNC Longboarding Club.
Read More »All 13 of the vacant seats in Student Congress were filled Monday after a special election that saw 564 students vote online. But write-in candidates, who won the vast majority of open graduate student seats, must formally accept their seats in order for the body to avoid another special election.
Read More »After receiving a vote of symbolic support from Student Congress on Tuesday, a proposal to create a gender-neutral housing option is primed for consideration by University administrators. The proposal, which first gained student support early last spring, will be submitted to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Winston Crisp on Oct. 7.
Read More »After full funding to bring Republican pundit Ann Coulter to campus was denied for a second time by Student Congress Tuesday, leaders of the College Republicans said they will likely look for speakers with smaller price tags.
Read More »At a packed meeting of Student Congress Tuesday night, the body denied a funding request of about $20,000 by the College Republicans to bring pundit Ann Coulter to campus, and endorsed a gender-neutral housing option.
Read More »Tonight Student Congress will vote on whether it will show support for an effort to institute a gender-neutral housing option— an issue that will ultimately be decided by administrators.
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On Tuesday, the UNC College Republicans will go before Student Congress for the second time in less than a month requesting about $20,000 to bring conservative pundit Ann Coulter to campus.
Read More »On Tuesday night, the rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress passed changes to two titles of the Student Code, while eliminating another. Speaker of Student Congress Zach De La Rosa — the creator of the changes to the Student Code — led the meeting with his proposals, which were all passed unanimously by the committee. Titles I and IV were amended for clarity, while Title VII was completely removed.
Read More »An outdated version of the Student Code, UNC’s primary document governing student affairs, has been posted online for several months. But that should change today. Speaker of Student Congress Zach De La Rosa said the most updated version of the Student Code will be posted on the Student Congress website today.
Read More »Student Congress has kept itself busy lately, expanding its power and taking on new responsibilities — but you wouldn’t know it from reading the Student Code.
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The College Republicans decided Monday to postpone Coulter’s speaking event following Student Congress’ allocation of funds on Aug. 30 for the event.
Read More »Kristen Johnson is setting quite the example as speaker pro tempore of Student Congress. After being elected last spring to represent District 7, Johnson moved to Granville Towers in District 4, where she decided a paying job as resident adviser superseded her obligation to her constituents in Baity Hill, Odum Village and Ram Village.
Read More »The first meeting of the 93rd session of Student Congress Tuesday night was defined by one of the body’s main responsibilities — allocating funds to student organizations.
Read More »The Christian a cappella group Psalm 100 voted unanimously Sunday night to remove one of its members, senior Will Thomason, because of his views on homosexuality, members said.
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Speaker of Student Congress Zach De La Rosa is championing an effort to rewrite the entire Student Code during the course of this school year.
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Junior Shruthi Sundaram is no stranger to the controversy that often surrounds student elections.
Read More »The deadline for applications to be chairman of student government’s Board of Elections is tomorrow.
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