Kayla Solino
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Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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UA announces mail fee for off-campus students
The University of Alabama announced on Aug. 1 that an automatic $25 fee will be charged to off-campus undergraduate students who want to receive packages via Campus Mail Services. According to a UA Instagram statement, starting this fall undergraduate students who live off campus will be charged the fee to receive packages through the UA mail... → Read More
SGA has not published executive meeting minutes in five months
The Student Government Association has not made public any minutes from Executive Council meetings in five months. The most recent public minutes were released on Nov. 7, 2021, and the most recent public budget report was released in January 2020. The SGA Code of Laws states that the site is to be overseen by the... → Read More
Elections Board announces SGA president is not disqualified the day after inauguration
Madeline Martin was sworn in as the Student Government Association president on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday morning, the Elections Board published the results of their hearing, in which they unanimously voted to not disqualify Martin. The Judicial Board’s ruling required that the Elections Board reach a verdict on Martin’s alleged violations by Monday at noon.... → Read More
SGA announces unofficial spring election results
The Student Government Association announced the unofficial preliminary results for the 2022 spring election. The Elections Manual requires that unofficial results be posted by 11:59 pm on election day. Three class days after the election, the results will be final if no complaints or appeals are still pending. The SGA Judicial Board has postponed the... → Read More
Meet SGA VP for academic affairs candidate Cameron Doyle
Q: How did you get involved with the SGA? A: So my involvement with SGA has actually started since before high school. And one big thing I was involved with during high school was serving as my school’s president and also serving on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. From there, coming to... → Read More
Task force considers adding committee vote to homecoming queen selection
The homecoming task force is considering alternative models for selecting homecoming queens, including the introduction of a committee that would participate in the homecoming queen selection process. → Read More
SGA chief of staff asks senators to withdraw Lucy-Graves Hall opposition
Three Student Government Association senators drafted a resolution in opposition to the Lucy-Graves Hall renaming. Now, chief of staff Nathan Yamaguchi is discouraging them from presenting the legislation during the Feb. 10 Senate session. The board of trustees voted to rename Bibb Graves Hall to Lucy-Graves Hall on Feb. 3, the 66th anniversary of Autherine... → Read More
‘It does take a village’: How a new student organization is fighting the prison system
Tide Against Time is a new organization dedicated to educating students about mass incarceration and the Alabama prison system. Kaila Pouncy, a junior on the prelaw track majoring in criminal justice and political science, worked on the idea for the organization over the last year and held the first meeting for Tide Against Time on... → Read More
Homecoming student task force to include 11th student
The homecoming task force announced last week will include an 11th student member, Sarah Shield, whose name was not included in the original announcement. → Read More
Senate approves budget for SGA initiative tracker
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved the purchase and use of the Notion application as a platform to track SGA initiatives and maintain transparency across campus. → Read More
UA homecoming queen candidate's campaign sparks controversy
Some UA students are calling McLean Moore’s homecoming queen campaign tone-deaf. Moore’s logo features a color-block graphic of two girls, one white and one Black, imposed on a purple background alongside her campaign slogan, “Match with McLean.” The girl on the left, representing Moore, is wearing a crown and placing her left hand on the... → Read More
SGA senators, executive officers sworn in for upcoming year
The new group of senators will vote on Fields’ cabinet picks Wednesday night. → Read More
SGA Elections Board now required to publish violations
The amendment will promote more transparency in student government, proponents say. → Read More
SGA pushes for more Counseling Center funding
The center’s budget trails more than $1 million behind the national average for similarly-sized institutions. → Read More
Watch parties looked different this year, but that didn’t stop these SGA members from celebrating
In lieu of the traditional watch parties to celebrate election day, most Student Government Association (SGA) candidates awaited results in small groups. One candidate gathered with his campaign team at a restaurant, while another was teaching a dance class in Clark Hall when results dropped. All eight executive candidates reported that they would not be... → Read More
Q&A | Colin Marcum is your only option for executive secretary
How did you originally get involved with SGA? As a freshman, I served as a member of the Lobby Board, where I integrated my previous leadership experience with my passion for lobbying in order to serve The University of Alabama at the highest capacity. What made you want to run for this position? I decided... → Read More
Q&A | Sullivan Irvine is your only option for VP for financial affairs
How did you originally get involved with the Student Government Association (SGA)? When I came to the University, Harrison [Adams, former SGA president] had talked about becoming involved in SGA, what an awesome opportunity it was for him, what an awesome opportunity it could be for me. So I applied for First Year Council and... → Read More