by Cory Woodroof | Apr 16, 2014 | News Slider
In the final round of elections held for the upcoming school year, a new class of senators at-large has been selected, and two students have been given the prestigious Miss Lipscomb and Bachelor of Ugliness titles. For the senators at-large, Hannah Passamonte, Kimberly Keen, Julia Allen, Lauren King, Ezra Fritz, Margaret Rox, Caroline Hensley and Ben Ashley have been elected into those roles. King was also selected to be Miss Lipscomb. Matt Hogan was chosen to be the Bachelor of Ugliness. This follows last week’s election results, which saw Drew Watson elected as the SGA president and Seth Carey voted to the VP role. Jamie Keiser was voted as secretary, and Melissa Parrish was voted treasurer. For the full list of senators elected last week, visit our results...
by Cory Woodroof | Apr 10, 2014 | News Slider
Seth Carey and Jamie Keiser have been elected to the vice president and secretary roles for the 2014-2015 school year respectively in SGA’s runoff elections held Thursday.Carey said he is happy his hard work has paid off. “It feels great,” Carey said. For his first actions in-office, Carey said he looks to continue the work of the incumbent officers, zeroing in on an initiative to place water stations on campus. “The first thing I’d want to look to do is to see what the executives had in place from last year and just to see, kind of, what they want to continue and what they kind of hit a dead end on,” Carey said. “A big thing that we’ve been working on is water stations across campus, so that’s the first thing we definitely want to take a look at just to see if that’s still possible.” Wednesday, Drew Watson was voted SGA president, and Melissa Parrish was voted as treasurer. Photo credit: Bridgette Begle ...
by Kyrsten Turner | Apr 9, 2014 | News Slider
Rising senior Drew Watson has been elected SGA President for 2014-15 school year. Watson, a rising senior, said he is really excited about his new position and is ready to serve the student body. “I knew it was going to be a close race and I’ve just had a lot of fun campaigning,” Watson said. “It’s been kind of stressful, but it’s been a lot of fun. “I am really excited to start this summer on some of the things that I talked about in the debate, specifically with the summer internships.” A runoff election will be held Thursday, April 10, for the vice president and secretary positions. Julia Allen and Seth Carey are the VP runoff candidates, while Jamie Keiser and Margaret Rox are the Secretary runoff candidates. Melissa Parrish was elected as treasurer. Elections will be in the Bennett Campus Center from 12-3 p.m. Below are the list of elected senators, from SGA’s email sent to the student body. Senior Senators: Kirby Arloff Brendon Burke Whitney North Spencer Richardson Allie Sockwell Junior Senators: Michael Clinger Brennan Johnson Cole Meador Adrian Ricketts Anne Claire Smith Sophomore Senators: Anna Cannone Layne Collier Sarah Lavoie Megan Neuenschwander Ellen Taylor Cory Woodroof contributed to this story. Photo credit: Bridgette...
by Logan Butts | Apr 7, 2014 | News Slider
The second annual SGA debates were held in Shamblin Theatre Monday night with SGA and Lumination Network once again co-sponsoring the event. The centerpiece of the evening was the debate between presidential candidates Taylor Cao and Drew Watson. The candidates expressed their opinions on a number of oft-discussed topics on Lipscomb’s campus such as academics, students dealing with the various events held on campus, Lipscomb’s alcohol policy and the school’s parking issues. Watson, the incumbent SGA vice president, touched on his previous experience with SGA, as well what he hopes to implement if elected president. “I think that experience is something that I have, and that is very valuable, especially for the president position,” Watson said. “I think that leading an organization requires you to be knowledgeable about it, be knowledgeable about its functions and about its responsibilities. “I’ve learned a lot this year as vice president, so I definitely think I would be able to hit the ground running this summer.” Watson says he hopes to use the role to be a servant for the Lipscomb community. “I think that the president role should be a means of service, and I believe that I will do a great job serving the student body,” Watson said. “I’m not doing this for the title. I’m not doing this because it will look good on a resume. I’m doing this because I truly believe I could serve the student body in this role.” Cao, who served as an active SGA member for the first time this semester, also expressed the plans he has for his potential presidency, along with why he...
by Kyrsten Turner | Sep 10, 2013 | News Slider
Lipscomb’s Student Government Association gathers every other week to hear proposals, vote on events, discuss student involvement on campus and partake in other matters. On the off-week, SGA members meet in their separate committees (academic, student life, spiritual) to plan and prepare for events. Senate meetings are open to students who are interested in learning more about SGA. Meetings are bi-weekly on Mondays at 7:30 p.m.. The next SGA senate meeting will be Sept. 23. It is Lumination’s intent to attend the SGA senate meetings this year to inform Lipscomb’s student body about the ongoing decisions that SGA makes. ______________________________________________________________________ Notes from the Sept. 9, 2013 meeting Lipscomb’s Student Government Association met on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m.. Roll was called and all members were present. Four student groups submitted proposals for funding to SGA. The proposed funding will be voted on at the next senate meeting on Sept. 24. The following groups asked for SGA to sponsor their Lipscomb-based event: Relay for Life – Cece Ramsey proposed that SGA partner with Relay for Life with a $8000 sponsorship. The funding will cover t-shirts, Relay materials, and ETS. Relay for Life has set a goal to raise $37,000 this year. The theme is Olympics, as the relay is set for one week before the winter Olympics in Russia. Relay for Life will be Friday, Jan.24 – Saturday, Jan. 25 in Allen Arena at Lipscomb University. LU Department of Theatre – Will Miranne and Brooke Ferguson proposed that SGA fund up to $16,500 for student ticket sales for the department’s four upcoming shows. The shows include two fall events: Les Misérables and a choreographed dance show, and two spring events: Shrek the...
