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Previously, on SGA: Wellness, wellness, wellness

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 17, 2023

This SGA meeting was held on the 15th of November, 2023 Staff chat: Kristen Harrison, associate athletic director for recreation and sports camp; Seth Asbury, associate athletic director for facilities...

Finding a sense of home as we go

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 9, 2023

As the end of the semester approaches, students studying abroad will soon return home, embracing a new world outlook and sense of self. As our friends return, a whole cohort of students, including myself,...

Female rage: A force to be reckoned with

Women across media are elevating the portrayal of the range of female emotion

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 2, 2023

Actresses like Mia Goth and Florence Pugh have recently been all the rage … female rage, that is. With movies like “X” and “Pearl,” “Don’t Worry Darling” and “Midsommar,” contemporary...

Previously, on SGA: Campus events on the come-up

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 2, 2023

CLIMATE CHECK: Opening climate check, first-year Senator Eve Slemp asked why students are only allowed one swipe outside Mabee Dining Hall. Junior Senator Harrison Tinker answered that a meal swipe...

Take a break and trick-or-treat

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • November 1, 2023

In the midst of piles of papers and projects, Halloween on Oakmont gives stressed students a chance to momentarily forget their woes, dress up in a Halloween costume and go trick-or-treating on Oct. 31...

Previously, on SGA: Behind the scenes of admissions

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • October 27, 2023

Climate check: Mailboxes were officially removed from the Tiger Den on Oct. 11, and senior Senator Maria Duenas asked on behalf of Wills Brown, director of student engagement and development, what students...

Humanity through the lens of the solar eclipse

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • October 13, 2023

Astronomical events turn eyes and minds toward forces greater than ourselves. Phenomena like eclipses serve as grandiose reminders of where humanity stands compared to the scale of the universe. As we...

Previously, on SGA: Bravo, Bruce Bravo

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • October 10, 2023

Before beginning the meeting, President Danny Nguyen could not find his gavel to officially call the meeting into session. It was eventually revealed that Judicial Chair Pierce Jackson was hiding the gavel,...

Anxious online identities

Juggling fashion trends, social media and identity in our modernized digitized world

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • October 6, 2023

I have spent countless mornings standing paralyzed in front of my closet, unable to decide what to wear for the day, looking at Pinterest or TikTok to try and get some inspiration. Usually, social media...

Student stress is skyrocketing

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • September 28, 2023

It’s hard enough to be a student, let alone a student amidst a time of political, social and economic turmoil. The current student faces a myriad of stressors that students a few decades ago did not...

Previously on SGA: funding, funding, funding

The following covers the meeting on Sep. 13.

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • September 15, 2023

CLIMATE CHECK Junior Senator Harrison Tinker asked how to request to replace water fountain filters around campus. President Danny Nguyen said to put in a work order if it is just one water fountain....

Previously, on SGA: Keeping up with the counselors

Rachel Oliver, Managing Editor • September 7, 2023

Climate check: Danny Nguyen, student body president, started climate check with updates from Marlaina Widmann, coordinator of student wellness, regarding the Mental Wellness Initiative. The initiative...