The president-elect and vice president-elect of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College presented a plan to restructure the student government.
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Student Assembly Adds Representation for International, Transfer Students
UGBC unanimously voted to pass a resolution to its constitution that converts two of its pre-existing seats into seats for international and transfer students.
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Political Affiliation Protections Fail in Student Assembly Vote
A motion to add “political affiliation” as an identity protected under Section 5 of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College Constitution failed to pass in the Student Assembly (SA) last Tuesday.
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UGBC Fills Open Seats Following Delay in Elections
After a technical hiccup delayed the elections, this year’s Undergraduate Government of Boston College elections for Student Assembly (SA) filled nine open seats—four first-year positions, three senior class positions, and two miscellaneous positions.
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UGBC Calls For Divestment From Fossil Fuels
The resolution was sponsored by Ellen O’Brien, MCAS ’20; and co-sponsored by Nicholas Stubblefield, MCAS ’20; Kate Canavan, MCAS ’21; Ignacio Fletcher, MCAS ’20; and Samuel Szemerenyi, MCAS ’20.
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Frontis to Serve as 2018-19 UGBC VP of Diversity and Inclusion
“Overall, it’s good to see that Reed is living up to what he says with not having representation on his team, but making sure it’s shown through his VPs,” said Taraun Frontis, CSOM ’19.
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Resolution Passes for Montserrat, First-Gen Club Senators in SA
“Having a set of seats for both First-Year Generation students and Monserrat students will give the ability to students to feel empowered and see the resources [their representation in the SA] present around BC,” said Ignacio Fletcher, MCAS ’20.
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CSD Advocates to Improve Eagle Escort
“We’ve been working pretty extensively with the administration from prior to the resolution, I would say,” said Clair Chatellier, the current chair of CSD and MCAS ’19.
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Noyes Says UGBC Should Improve Outreach to Conservative Students
“We need to start using conservative students as the basis for some of our activism, not all of it, but enough to assure such students that we do in fact represent them as the Undergraduate Government of Boston College,” said James Noyes, CSOM ’19.
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The Conversation: Inside the Resignation of Two UGBC Senators
After an impeachment resolution was sponsored against him for a Facebook post, Steve DiPietro resigned from UGBC, and Matt Batsinelas joined him in solidarity against what they claim to be a Student Assembly intolerant of differing viewpoints.
