The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate held its third regular session on Sep 29. Recordings of the live streams of both meetings are available via the "Illinois Tech Student Government Association" YouTube channel. The Senate considered returning to weekly sessions, confirmed a new Senator from the Greek Council, confirmed a nominee to be Executive Vice President, considered four organizational proposals, and confirmed a nominee to the Judicial Board.

The Illinois Tech student community endeavors to be a welcoming and inviting home to its diverse population. To that end, the students of Illinois Tech have repeatedly asked for support by providing gender-neutral options within the campus residence halls. Such options are necessary to improve the quality of life for many students, including our gender non-binary peers, for whom living in gendered facilities is a source of dysphoria.

Many members of our community who regularly have to cross State Street have a story of near-misses and inobservant drivers unaware of pedestrians. We need to do better to protect our students, given the urban nature of our campus.