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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
SGB President Zechariah Brown.

SGB’s priorities for the academic year

By Emily Drzymalski, Staff Writer • September 3, 2019
Ahead of the first Student Government Board meeting of the year on Tuesday, this year's members tell the Pitt News their priorities.
SGB convened for their final meeting of the year last night.

SGB announces new chairs, recaps accomplishments

By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer • April 17, 2019
On Tuesday night at its final meeting of the academic year, Pitt Student Government Board shared memories of late nights in the office and members falling asleep during meetings.
Aurora Sharrard, Pitt’s Director of Sustainability, speaks at a town hall hosted by SGB Tuesday night.

SGB will vote on sustainability measures

By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer • April 3, 2019
Following a 15-minute board meeting, Pitt Student Government Board held its final town hall of the academic year Tuesday night, facilitating a discussion on sustainability.
Last evening’s SGB meeting took place in the William Pitt Union Ballroom, instead of its usual location at Nordy’s Place.

SGB looks to fill positions for next year

By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer • March 20, 2019
There are dozens of positions left to fill on next year's Student Government Board, from chief of staff to a member of the elections committee.
SGB President Maggie Kennedy discusses allocations at Tuesday night’s meeting.

Tanjaya talks food insecurity at allocations-heavy meeting

By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer • March 6, 2019
The board spent more than an hour deliberating allocations at its Tuesday meeting, and voted to amend five of the allocations committee’s recommendations after hearing from student leaders.
Anaïs Peterson (top right) and members of Fossil Free Pitt react to hearing that Peterson won the runoff election for SGB executive vice president.

Voters choose divestment, Peterson as executive VP

By Brian Gentry and Emily Wolfe • March 6, 2019
Anaïs Peterson won big in Tuesday’s runoff SGB election — and so did one of her major initiatives, as more than 2,000 students said Pitt should divest from fossil fuels in a referendum vote.
Members of the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition set up a cardboard “pipeline” in the Cathedral in December 2016 in protest of the pipeline on Standing Rock’s reservation.

Students face divestment referendum

By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor • March 5, 2019
The ballot students see on elections.pitt.edu from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday will feature a referendum question on whether or not the University should divest from fossil fuels.
Due to the tie between Caroline Unger (left) and Anais Peterson (right) during SGB’s 2019 election, a runoff election will be held on March 5 to determine SGB’s 2019 executive vice president.

SGB to hold runoff election for executive VP spot

By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor • February 26, 2019
There’s one election left before the lineup is completely decided for next year’s Student Government Board. SGB announced Monday the office of executive vice president will be decided by a runoff election between the top two candidates on March 5.
“Grateful, thankful, overwhelmed”: Brown wins SGB presidency

“Grateful, thankful, overwhelmed”: Brown wins SGB presidency

By Brian Gentry and Emily Wolfe • February 20, 2019
Zechariah Brown will serve as president of Pitt’s Student Government Board during the 2019-20 school year, after winning 62 percent of the vote against Albert Tanjaya Tuesday.
Frontier’s presidential candidate Albert Tanjaya (from left), 19Forward’s board candidate Lynn Dang, board candidate Aman Reddy and Impact’s presidential candidate Zechariah Brown.

Your guide to today’s SGB election

By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor • February 19, 2019
Brush up on these candidates' platforms and then head over to elections.pitt.edu to vote.
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