The Student Government Association Senate met, to discuss upcoming student events and ways to represent the student body, including plans to fund the SGA Endowed Scholarship on Sept. 29.

SGA will be selling raffle tickets to students on campus to fund the scholarship during Oct. Raffle tickets will cost $2 per ticket and students will have a variety of prizes to choose from.

“We want to get variety of prizes so we can cater to a wide variety of students,” said SGA Treasurer Elizabeth Tyson.

SGA Senate plans to raffle prizes including Justin Timberlake and Huntsville Havoc tickets. There will be other prizes that will be available through the raffle.

SGA is still planning and getting facts about the lottery debate.

SGA Senate is planning to team up with the Outdoor Adventure Center and Freshmen Forum to bring more recycling bins on campus. Rules and Regulations Chair, Heather Fields, explains why more recycling on campus would be beneficial for UNA.

“We are eager to work with the Outdoor Adventure Center to work with students to get more recycling on campus,” Fields said. “We also plan to give bins to students to encourage them to recycle.”

Fields is in the process of planning this event with the OAC to provide more recycling.

SGA is planning to host a lottery debate featuring UNA economics professor, David Black, tentatively on Nov. 21. The debate will consist of both the negative and positive sides of having a lottery in Alabama.

SGA Rules and Regulations Chair Kyle Enloe said he believes this will be a big event on campus for students.

“I want this lottery debate to be a huge event for students,” Enloe said. “I want to utilize The Times Daily and The Flor-Ala to get students excited about it.”

SGA Senate discussed the idea of providing printers in more convenient places for students. 

“I think it would be a great idea to have printers in the GUC and other places on campus for students to use by using their Mane card to pay for the pages,” said Mary-Francis Wilson, SGA Student Welfare Chair. “Sometimes, students don’t have time to go to Collier Library to print documents out. Having more options would be more convenient for students.”

Registered Student Organizations can apply for Student Allocation Funding for events or programs that they want to host or attend. RSOs can register for Student Allocation Funding on OrgSync.

“Time is running out for RSOs to apply,” said Budget Oversight Chair Tyrie Fletcher. “Once we run out of money in the budget, RSOs won’t be able to apply until next semester.”

SGA Senate meets every Thursday at 3:30 in the GUC.