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Two independent candidates run for student senator positions

March 2, 2016

Out of the 58 students running for the chance to become a Student Government senator, there are only two candidates not aligning themselves with a specific party. Sophomore political science major Logan...

Jack Emmer is running against current SG president Thieldens Elneus.

EN poll predicts Emmer to win Student Government elections

March 2, 2016

The race for a spot on the executive branch of Student Government began Tuesday, Feb. 23 when two parties, The Nest and FGCUnited, began campaigning. A week later, students favor a specific candidate in...

Constitution changes: What students may not know they’re voting on

March 2, 2016

FGCU’s Student Government is conducting its elections this week online and in person through Thursday, March 3. Along with the president and vice president selection and the senators representing each...

At FGCU your vote matters when choosing the next Student Government party for office

March 1, 2016

While the excitement of the U.S. presidential elections is underway, FGCU is having its own election process as the 2016 opposing Student Government parties are duking it out for power. Current SG president...

The T-Meter: How did FGCU’s ‘Synergy’ party do?

February 12, 2016

As the academic year will soon come to an end at FGCU, so will Thieldens Elneus’s year as Student Government president. How did he and his cabinet do? Running unopposed in the Synergy party last...

Three RSO bills pass, butterfly garden idea introduced at Feb. 2 SG Senate meeting

February 3, 2016

Student Government Senate met on Tuesday, Feb. 2 in Cohen Center 249 to discuss several bills that were presented to the organization by various RSOs on campus. The first bill discussed, the FGCU Eagles...

SG elections move online

January 28, 2016

In 2015, only six percent of the FGCU student body participated in Student Government elections. This year, Ian Knight, the supervisor of elections in the Election Rules Committee, is positive half of...

Student Government plans radio station and t-shirt exchange

August 20, 2015

FGCU’s Student Government has released the first presidential report detailing the plans student body president Thieldens Eleneus and his cabinet have completed in the first 100 days for the 2015-16...

SG passes budget

SG passes budget

February 11, 2015

The newly passed Student Government budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year includes $50,000 in funding for a new committee that will handle travel bills for student organizations. The Special Conference and...

Student senator kicked out of seat

Student senator kicked out of seat

November 19, 2014

The Student Body Senate did not give a third chance to Sen. Jasi Milton at its meeting Tuesday night. Milton had received the maximum amount of points that a senator can collect before potentially losing...

Hockey funding at risk

October 15, 2014

Student Government put the club hockey team on ice at Tuesday night’s senate meeting. The bill was indefinitely tabled, leaving the team without SG funding. The bill encompassed ice time at Germain Arena...

SG: The Great Divide

October 25, 2013

FGCU’s student leaders express a growing dissatisfaction with one another Senate President Megan Turetsky has asked for Student Body President Juan Cubillo to turn in his resignation. Cubillo stated...

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