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Volume 56, Issue 3 | Friday, AUGUST 27, 2021 | ndsmcobserver.com

Senate convenes for first meeting of year Student leaders discuss limited dining hall hours, announce full observance of MLK Jr. Day By MAGGIE EASTLAND Associate News Editor

Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online Aug. 25. Seated in a close-knit square formation, markedly different from the scattered auditorium seating and masked faces of senate meetings last year, the student senate convened for the first meeting of the academic year Wednesday evening in the Notre Dame Room at LaFortune Student Center. During the meeting, student body president Allan Njomo announced the University will fully observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 17 of this academic year. A senate resolution calling on the

University to allow for a full observance of the day passed last March. The senate is made up of representatives from every residence hall, student union leaders and senate executives including Njomo, vice president Matthew Bisner and chief of staff Alix Basden. Throughout the academic year, the senate brings student concerns before University administration by discussing, debating and passing resolutions requiring a two-third quorum. In the first meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year, many senators voiced concerns over limited campus dining hours, especially during weekends

MAGGIE EASTLAND | The Observer

see SENATE PAGE 3

Senators had no official legislation to discuss at their first meeting but will soon have more on the agenda. The student group announced that the University will fully observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year.

Campus Ministry SAGE Club aims to educate on LGBTQ+ issues hosts ‘Feed Your Faith’ festival

By CRYSTAL RAMIREZ Associate News Editor

Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online Aug. 25. The Sexuality and Gender Equity Club (SAGE) — formerly the Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club — is a new club at Saint Mary’s that aims to

educate others about gender, sex and attraction in addition to race and ethnicity. SAGE’s future events will include discussion circles, poetry readings and storytelling. Because of COVID-19, the club will establish an online community and support system this semester in order to ensure there are resources readily available to any student who

may need them. SAGE president Francesca Giuliano said she decided to run for club president to address what she believed was a lack of support for LGBTQ+ students. “I happened to be talking to Liz Coulston and I asked her why we don’t have some sort

see SAGE CLUB PAGE 4

College begins program for free menstrual cups By GENEVIEVE COLEMAN Saint Mary’s News Editor

This semester, Saint Mar y’s is encouraging students to consider an alternative to traditional menstrual products by giv ing away free menstrual cups between Sept. 1 through Sept. 15 in coordination w ith the Campus

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Cup project. According to its website, the initiative desires to “make sure menstrual cups are at ever y student’s disposal.” The menstrual cups are branded as OrganiCups because of their use of sustainable material and packaging. W hen professor and EcoBelles adv isor Melissa

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Bialko learned about Campus Cup through her membership w ith the Association for the Advancement of Sustainabilit y in Higher Education (AASHE), she was amazed by the organization’s commitment to both people and the environment. see CAMPUS CUP PAGE 5

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ALYSA GUFFEY | The Observer

Campus Ministry hosted Feed Your Faith Wednesday night on South Quad. Around 40 student groups were invited to meet with attendees. By ALYSA GUFFEY News Editor

Editor’s Note: A version of this story was published online Aug. 25. Roughly 40 student groups set up and decorated stands throughout South Quad to connect with students of all different faiths as part of the

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University’s annual “Feed Your Faith” event Wednesday evening. Hosted by Campus Ministry, the event encourages students to pursue whatever faith they connect with, from Catholicism to Judaism. Fr. Pete McCormick, director of Campus Ministry, said the event began about five years see FAITH PAGE 3

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