Liu outlined Student Council's priorities for the upcoming semester.
The Honor Committee met for the first time this semester Sunday.
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In the following days, conflict ensued between Honor Committee Chair and UBE Chair, most of which concerned the number of signatures required for an individual to put referenda on the ballot.
Honor funds are directly managed by the chair of the Honor Committee — currently fourth-year College student Andy Chambers — who said the organization has previously donated to U.Va. Mutual Aid under previous committees.
Over the past several months, members of the Honor Committee have proposed, debated and refined various proposals to put forth to the student body during elections this spring, aimed at fostering an Honor system everyone buys into.
The total fall 2021 budget is $141,115, with $129,190 coming from student activities fees.
DivestUVA organized the rally as the December 1 deadline requested in an online petition by the organization eclipsed.
With only 14 members in attendance, the committee did not meet quorum, which requires 19 present members of 28 total.
The program aims to curb financial challenges posed by the University’s requirement that all students not enrolled in health insurance pay for the University's Aetna Student Plan, which cost $3,148 this year.
The proposed tuition increase will be open for public comment during a public forum Dec. 2 and the Board of Visitors will vote on the proposal Dec. 10.
The grants would be available for undergraduate Pell Grant recipients — students whose expected family contribution to college tuition falls below $5,846 — and out-of-state undergraduate students who are eligible for Medicaid in their home states.
At the Oct. 24 meeting, 20 members were in attendance out of a total of 28, but Andy Chambers, Chair of the Committee and fourth-year College student, was ineligible to vote because of his position as Chair. The proposal needed 19 votes in favor and received only 14.
The representative body passed a bill amending the organization’s code of ethics to grant Student Council the regulatory power to temporarily dismiss members who have been accused of violating the University Judiciary Committee’s 12 Standards of Conduct or the Honor Code.
While the proposal did not pass Sunday, there is still opportunity for discussion in the coming weeks. One possibility is for another vote to take place with more members in attendance.
UNOC is a community-based crisis response program that will remove the University Police Department from nonviolent mental health crises involving students.
Student Council will sponsor free Uber and Lyft rides to local early voting sites.
David Yang, fourth-year College student and director of the Internal Student Affairs agency, said the agency would like to increase their winter International Student Activity fund to support international students' wellbeing during winter break.
In response to a question from Johnson about how OAS has impacted members’ time at the University, many students reflected that the organization has provided mentorship, community and a sense of home.
Following the committee finalizing a constitutional proposal, the student body will vote on the proposal in the spring.
Student Council has access to a surplus of funds as a result of low utilization of Student Activities Fee funding by CIOs during the pandemic.
