Ali explained the history of the MSA, which was founded in 1985 to serve as a community for Muslim students at the University as well as students interested in learning about Islam.
YDSA also hopes to allocate funds towards developing better bus routes and improved street lighting on 14th Street, Lambeth Lane and other places around Grounds.
Student Council will sponsor free Uber and Lyft rides to local early voting sites.
YDSA also demands that the University mandate biweekly prevalence testing for all students, regardless of vaccination status, in response to frustration with the lack of testing slots available.
The coalition plans to host social events, lunches with first generation graduate faculty members, a forum to build confidence among students and mentorship for first generation undergraduates.
Candidates’ positions on Student Council, the Honor Committee, the University Judiciary Committee, School Councils and Class Councils are up for election. Four referenda from Student Council and UJC are also awaiting student votes.
The Muslim Students Association kicked off the month by painting Beta Bridge on April 7 and plans on ending the month's activities on April 29 with a Mindfulness in Islam discussion held in the Multicultural Center.
The ability of the Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee to reach University students is impacted by budget constraints and structure of support pools, incoming chairs say.
DREAM Week, sponsored by DREAMers on Grounds and Sigma Lambda Upsilon, is held each year to engage students in supporting the undocumented and immigrant community at the University.
Student Council’s Representative Body voted unanimously to pass a resolution in support of Muslim communities following a terrorist attack in New Zealand.
MSC and GirlUp led a discussion on the intersection between race, gender and women's issues Tuesday evening.
Yates announced the implementation of an initiative to allow students to print for free at the Programs and Councils Office in Newcomb Hall between April 15 and final exams.
Student Council presidential candidates Ellie Brasacchio and Arabella Lee answered questions about various topics — ranging from accessibility to the living wage — during the third-annual Student Council Presidential Debate Monday night.
The funds from the grant will be used to subsidize test preparation materials, tutoring and exam fees for students taking the LEED Green Associate Exam.
Honor's recently-released Bicentennial Report finds that the Informed Retraction has reduced the number of hearings necessary in the adjudication process while also decreasing the number of guilty hearing outcomes.
Honor's recently-released Bicentennial Report includes statistics which reveal a disproportionately high reporting rate of Asian American and international students since 2012.
By meeting with General Assembly members and legislative aides, the group hoped to inject the voice of the University’s student body into the legislative process on behalf of Student Council.
Student Council's Representative Body passed a resolution Tuesday calling on Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.) to immediately resign from office and condemning a photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook page.
The week-long recruitment process yielded a 71 percent match rate between sororities and rush participants.
