The Record

This week, the St. John’s Senate engaged in discussion about the university’s actions in relation to sustainability and the possibility of financing different student trips. Much of the discussion centered on what types of trips the Senate should fund. Several …
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At the Nov. 7 meeting of the St. John’s Senate (SJS), senators discussed whether to allocate funds to Extending the Link (ETL) and a mission trip to Uganda. ETL is in its fourth year of service. Students travel around the …
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In this week’s Senate meeting, SJS discussed the appeals from CSB/SJU campus clubs for funding. Only a select number of clubs were aware of this opportunity. The SJS debated on whether to open up this opportunity to appeal for funding …
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The Sept. 19 meeting of the St. John’s Senate (SJS) involved debate over allocating money to the CSB/SJU Crew team and SJU Lacrosse. During the open forum, the CSB/SJU Crew team presented the SJS with a request for $35,425 to …
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The lengthiest St. John’s Senate (SJS) debate of the meeting was over the original $1,980.45 requested by Minnesota China Business Opportunity (MNBOC) to fund their conference at SJU. “Whatever the decision is, I think this is a good process — …
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The St. John’s Senate meeting welcomed the new SJS members as well as the new president Kyle Glynn. Senior Steven Pesavento requested the Senate review changing the auditing process to streamline the funding process for, “less paper work and more …
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The St. John’s Senate (SJS) held its last meeting of the year Monday. By the end of the meeting, the SJS passed six motions, allocating more than $22,000. Many groups came to the SJS because the St. Ben’s Senate (SBS) …
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At Monday’s Meeting the St. John’s Senate (SJS) examined the process in which clubs are allocated funds. Steven Pesavento, presenting on behalf of the Speech/Debate team, expressed concern regarding the process. “The idea behind Co-Funding Board is to help how …
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Students attending Powershift 2011 returned to the Senate Monday to ask for more funds for Johnnies attending the event in Washington, D.C. later in April. Members attending stressed that they were just individual students that organized and not part of …
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Motions focused on SJU housing were passed at both the March 21 and March 28 meetings of the St. John’s Senate (SJS).  A motion for a trip to a management convention failed as well. The senate also heard the program …
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