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BU Student Government held its final senate meeting Monday in the Photonics building. Photo taken April 20. PHOTO BY ELLEN CLOUSE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Initiatives, amendments passed in year’s last SG meeting

Sophia Eppolito April 26, 2016

The Boston University Student Government Senate gathered Monday evening for the last meeting of the 2015-16 academic year, passing four amendments and rejecting two throughout the nearly four-hour...

At the Senate meeting Monday night in the Photonics building, BU Student Government passed two amendments to the SG constitution. One focuses on fighting discrimination and the other on building long-term agendas. PHOTO BY ELLEN CLOUSE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two constitutional amendments passed in SG Senate meeting

Sophia Eppolito April 12, 2016

The Boston University Student Government passed two constitutional amendments that will oversee the continuity of SG’s initiatives and prohibit discriminatory legislations from being passed. Members...

Current BU Student Government Vice President of Finance Akiko Endo speaks at last week’s Senate meeting in the Photonics Center. PHOTO BY BRITTANY CHANGE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Amendment to restructure Senate seats proposed during SG meeting

Sophia Eppolito April 5, 2016

A constitutional amendment was proposed to the Boston University Student Government Senate in its meeting Monday that consisted of cutting automatically allotted senator seats in favor of adding 25...

The Student Government Senate confirmed two new judicial commissioners — Desmond Molloy, a freshman in the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Brian Butler, a freshman in the College of Engineering — at their meeting Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY BRITTANY CHANG/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Two judicial commissioners confirmed in SG Senate meeting

Sophia Eppolito March 29, 2016

The Boston University Student Government Senate confirmed two judicial commissioners Monday to fill vacancies caused by the resignation of two judicial commissioners who are involved in the ongoing...

Andrew Cho, President of BU Student Government, brings up recent issues involving diversity on campus at Tuesday night’s meeting in the Photonics building. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG Senate meeting addresses recent Hillel controversy, recurring initiatives

Sophia Eppolito March 22, 2016

Two Boston University Student Government senators from the Florence and Chafetz Hillel House raised concerns to SG President Andrew Cho during a Senate meeting Monday about a recent controversy surrounding...

BU Student Government Senate held its final meeting before spring break Monday night. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG reviews program on gender equality, approves environmentally friendly initiative

Lexi Peery March 1, 2016

The Boston University Student Government gathered Monday night at its Senate meeting and reviewed upcoming programs and initiatives, including the inaugural Gender Advocacy and Progress Week and...

Kaitlyn Murtha, a sophomore in the Questrom School of Business, attends the first Student Government  meeting of the spring 2016 semester in the Photonics building Monday. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG’s first meeting approves initiative, encourages students’ political activity

Lexi Peery January 26, 2016

Boston University Student Government convened Monday for its first meeting after winter break and voted to fund TurboVote, a website that eases out-of-state students’ voting registration. TurboVote’s...

Boston University student government plans to mend the issues that defined this semester and aims to increase their transparency during spring 2016. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE PHOTO

SG officials appreciate ongoing debate, look forward to increasing transparency

Lexi Peery December 10, 2015

Shaken by conflicts after the impeachment of two Executive Board members, Boston University Student Government looks forward to increasing communication and transparency with the student body next semester...

A Boston University Student Government member reviews the meeting's agenda Monday night. PHOTO BY BRIGID KING/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SG creates task force to rewrite constitution, elects new Senate chair

Lexi Peery December 1, 2015

The Boston University Student Government voted on an amended proposal in their Senate meeting Monday that allowed a task force to write a new SG constitution. The proposal enables the Constitutional...

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