Student Senate Candidates Reflect on Job Responsibilities, Personal Motivations

  What does a student senator do? Student senators are tasked with serving as their college’s liaison to the Texas Tech University administration, but Palak Ghetiya, a senator candidate for the College of Human Sciences, said she feels most students are not aware they have a personal spokesperson. “I don’t think a lot of people within […]

Smoking Signs And Impeachments

Brent Mayberry (N/A) and Denny Berndt (Grad.) were both unanimously impeached and removed from office tonight by the Student Government Association Senate for absences and neglect-of-duty. The Rules and Administration Committee put forth subpoenas and articles of impeachment last meeting, but kept the resolutions of impeachment in committee until this week. R&A Committee chair Erika […]

SGA PR Memo: Senators Must Involve PR When With Media

A new Student Government Association memorandum outlining the organization’s Spring 2013 media interaction policy contains strong language that has dissuaded some senators from speaking to the media without approval.