Thursday, November 7, 2024
Read more by Price Wilborn
Political Science Professor and Department Chair, Scott Lasley, spoke to the SGA senate on the importance of voting and making it a habit on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
Read more by Libby Simpson
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
Read on for thoughts on Election Day, several faculty and staff retiring as well as the censure of three SGA senators. Have a great day.
57 faculty and staff members applied for and were accepted for the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program, according to an email sent by Executive Vice President for Strategy, Operations and Finance Susan Howarth and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Bud Fischer on Wednesday. Faculty participating will separate from the university on Dec. 31 while staff participating will separate on Nov 30
Malick Ibrahim, Myricle Gholston and Karisha Petty were all removed from their senator positions in a censure meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6 due to excessive absences from weekly senate meetings.
According to Section 2 2 of WKU SGA bylaws, “Members of the Senate shall be allowed no more than three unexcused absences per semester unless excused by the Judicial Council. If three unexcused absences are reached, the Speaker of the Senate shall send the member to the Judicial Council for possible removal from the organization ”
All three senators accumulated at least six unexcused absences this semester from the mandatory meetings.
A voter walks in the door to vote during the last day of voting on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at Warren Central High School in Bowling Green. Photo by Anna Bell Lee.
Anthony Clauson, Bradlee Reed-Whalen, Libby Simpson, and Abigail Vickers
In multiple interviews on WKU’s campus and at Warren County polling locations on Election Day, local voters expressed a wide range of opinions on the current political climate with Herald reporters
As of Wednesday evening, nearly 56,000 ballots were cast in Warren County for presidential candidates Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, according to the New York Times, and over 21, 000 ballots were cast for mayoral candidates Patti Minter and Todd Alcott, according to WBKO
Here’s a snapshot of what we heard from local voters.
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