senate

Opinion Submission: Joint student organization statement on recall of Speaker of Senate Sonal Churiwal

To cast her robust value system and willingness to disrupt as “threatening” is nothing more than the manifestation of racist and sexist stereotypes like the “angry woman of color.”

Opinion Submission: A plea to reject silent complicity

Recall me or not, know that this is not over. Know that I will continue to disrupt and resist. Know that I will continue to ask how many innocents killed it takes to break your silence. Know that I will continue to advocate. Know that I will continue to love all and to love loudly. And know that you will keep hearing about it. I can only hope that you will choose to join me.

| Speaker of the Senate, Class of 2026

Senate passes dining workers’ rights resolution and organizes Jewish-Muslim roundtable

Student Union (SU) Senate passed a resolution advocating for dining workers’ rights and discussed a potential roundtable among Jewish and Muslim student organizations to determine considered harmful speech, April 2.

| News Editor

SU Senate discusses free speech after backlash from statement on Israel-Hamas conflict

Washington University Student Union (SU) Senate talked about how to balance freedom of speech, student protection, and transparency in reference to the recent Israel-Hamas war and backlash towards an SU Executive Board statement on the subject, during their weekly meeting on Oct. 17. 

| Junior News Editor 

Student Union swears in new Senators and Treasury representatives, approves Constitutional Council nominations

In the second joint session of the semester, Student Union (SU) Treasury and Senate swore in five Senators, three Treasury representatives, and approved five nominations to Constitutional Council. Following the joint session on Sept. 26, Treasury representatives allocated $19,975.93 in funding to five different student groups.  Joint Session During the joint session, Chief Justice of […]

and | Contributing Writers

Administrators and SU Senate discuss tragedy response following death of Tyre Nichols

Student Union Senate (SU Senate) released a statement responding to the death of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 30, raising concerns about how the University and faculty members respond to tragedies.

and | Junior News Editors

SU candidates discuss platforms, answer questions from WU community at forum

The forum, which took place one week before SU elections on March 30, covered topics ranging from accountability and transparency to the role of WUPD and Greek Life on campus.

, , and | Senior Editors

SU passes Black Caucus Expansion Act, appoints election commissioner

Student Union (SU) passed the Black Caucus Expansion Act and appointed a new election commissioner in an emergency joint session, Aug. 27.

| Senior News Editor

SU Senate, Treasury votes to table chief of staff nomination until fall session

Student Union Senate and Treasury voted to postpone the confirmation of the executive board’s chief of staff nominee freshman Tony Sims II until the fall, in a joint session Tuesday night.

| Senior News Editor

Op-ed: We live in a purposefully undemocratic nation

In the Senate race, thousands of ballots were still uncounted, including absentee ballots and provisional ballots that were initially rejected due to mismatched signatures.

Jonathan Schneider | Class of 2020

Sign up for the email edition

Stay up to date with everything happening at Washington University and beyond.

Subscribe