MSU's Council of Graduate Students, or COGS recently elected Emily Bank to serve as president after the four-term President, Stefan Fletcher decided to step down prior to the election.
ASMSU, MSU's undergraduate student government, finished off its last general assembly meeting prior to elections with an MSU Infrastructure and Planning Facilities presentation as well as passing a resolution to support Design For America Spartans in their attempt to receive a grant.
MSU will embrace a new appreciation for failure this April with a new initiative.
MSU’s Council of Graduate Students will soon say goodbye to its four-term president, Stefan Fletcher, and elect a new leader in his place.
The stress and importance of getting good grades is something every college student across the country is forced to deal with.
Kiran Samra isn’t like most of ASMSU’s previous presidents. She is not a James Madison student, and she’s a woman. But most unlikely, she’s never voted on an ASMSU bill.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, passed a bill to advocate against a housing inspection bill, Senate Bill 313, which is currently making its way through Michigan Senate.
It was not until earlier this semester that I learned that as undergraduate students at MSU, we automatically pay an $18 tax to ASMSU. This is a substantial investment. With $18, you could buy a 12-pack of beer, tickets to a concert in Lansing or several gallons of gas.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, is in the process of suggesting amendments to the document outlining the rights and responsibilities of MSU students.
ASMSU’s committee meetings kicked off the semester broaching topics that included planning an event in honor of MSU’s Rose Bowl win and starting volunteer programs to help MSU students excel academically.
The Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, is pushing for more accessible mental health care on campus, especially for graduate students.
After two hours of back and forth debate, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, decided to move forward on the bike share initiative that would put 40 bikes at 10 locations on campus for student rental use.
It’s ironic that students do not believe their own student government is in touch with them. ASMSU considers itself an entity whose goal is to “establish a collective student voice.”
For a while, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, flew under the radar for a lot of students. “I think the best government is the one that goes unnoticed,” said ASMSU President Evan Martinak.
The Council for Graduate Students, or COGS, approved a resolution Wednesday to move the group’s funds to on-campus based accounts, thus aligning with the university policy. COGS President Stefan Fletcher said the group’s executive board has had extensive dialogue with Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank and Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Mark Haas. “We’ve had a fairly robust dialogue, because I don’t think any of (the executive board members) wanted to present something to the (council representatives) that was not a good deal,” Fletcher said. The resolution was put to a vote in a previous COGS meeting on Sep.
Out of concern that ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, could have lost its autonomy to the university, a group of students are forming an independent student union, MSU Students United, aimed at representing the student body and advocating for their needs and demands.
Wednesday night, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, elected current ASMSU President Evan Martinak for a second term.
ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, faces the risk of losing student tax funding after deciding to decline passing a bill to turn the group into an official university department and transfer funds to the university financial system at the general assembly meeting Thursday night.
At the first Residence Halls Association, or RHA, general assembly meeting of the 44th session Wednesday night, the organization discussed renewing cable service in the residence halls for the upcoming academic year.
The burden of low carnival attendance and the Ne-Yo concert cancellation turned out to play a small role in ASMSU’s election turnout — about the same percentage of students voted this year as last year. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, had 2,636 voters out of 28,628 eligible students, which equals a 9.2 percent voter turnout in this year’s elections, ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan said. This year’s turnout was fewer then last year’s 2,988 voters, but Dunnigan pointed out there were multiple organizations that had their tax renewal on the ballot last year that drew additional attention to the elections. “Considering during last year’s election there were tax questions for the Residence Halls Association, MSU Radio Board and James Madison (College), those kind of issues tend to bring in a lot more attention,” Dunnigan said.