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Organizations wrap up block seating presentations

Organizations wrap up block seating presentations

Adam Dodson August 31, 2016

Last week, eligible student organizations gave their presentations to the SGA Board of Governors who will then decide their fate on block seating based on rules.  A total of 48 organizations applied and...

SGA President shares announcements with students

Caroline Vincent April 13, 2016

On Wednesday, SGA President Lillian Roth sent an email to the University of Alabama student body with several announcements about her upcoming administration.According to the email, over 80 director positions...

SGA amendments pass in election

Caroline Vincent March 1, 2016

Both SGA Constitutional Amendments passed on Tuesday. The first was in regard to expanding the amount of members of First Year Council from 50 members to 65. It passed with 88 percent of the votes. The...

Take a seat: SGA amendment would overhaul block seating

Take a seat: SGA amendment would overhaul block seating

Kyarra Harris February 18, 2016

The SGA Senate gathered Feb. 19 to discuss an amendment to the SGA constitution regarding the method of selection for Student Organizational Seating, or block seating, for the upcoming football season.The...

SGA senate to hear block seating constitutional amendment

Sean Landry February 16, 2016

SGA President Elliot Spillers will introduce a constitutional amendment to revise the block seating process at tonight's senate meeting.The bill, obtained by The Crimson White, would codify a 'board of...

Block seating: dissolving the controversy

Anna Wood September 15, 2015

Football season is finally here! As usual, everyone is ecstatic. There is no feeling quite like the one we get when we see tents being put up on the quad for the first time in the fall. I think most can...

Status of block seats unclear

Elizabeth Elkin September 14, 2015

According to the SGA’s public Code of Laws and multiple SGA senate sources, the section of the Code of Laws cited by the SGA Judiciary in order to strike down the block seating chart never passed the...

UPDATED: SGA Judiciary strikes down block seating chart using code that never passed

Sean Landry September 11, 2015

UPDATE: The section of the Code of Laws cited by the SGA Judiciary does not exist and never passed the SGA Senate, per multiple senate sources and the SGA's public Code of Laws. After review by The Crimson...

Student organizations selected for block seating

Arielle Lipan September 9, 2015

The new SGA student selection process using the Board of Governors has decided the seating placement of 42 organizations for the University's game days.Out of all of the organizations that applied, Alpha...

Board of Governors to select organizations for block seating

Arielle Lipan August 27, 2015

As football season rushes around the corner, student organizations at The University of Alabama can apply for Student Organization Seating at the Crimson Tide’s home games through the SGA.This year,...

Football games during the heat of the day have health consequences

Mark Hammontree September 7, 2014

My Snapchat thermometer read only 84 degrees halfway into the second quarter, but I can only assume the actual temperature in the stands Saturday morning was closer to the 90s. I knew it would be pretty...

37 groups petition for block seats

Rachel Brown September 2, 2014

More than three dozen student organizations presented their case for organized seating, or block seating, during football games in Bryant-Denny Stadium on Monday night. Thirty-seven groups highlighted...