Its limited budget could be reallocated to better serve the student body. The University of Tulsa has a special relationship with its student government. At most colleges, student councils are either niche organizations with marginal influence or veritable bureaucratic colossi. The Student Government Association here at TU is both of these and neither of them; […]
To fall in line with executive orders, TU’s DEI office has made some changes. Among the many executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in the days following his Jan. 20 inauguration, one executive order signed on Jan. 21 sought to end what it characterized as the “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral” practice of Diversity, Equity, […]
The student body has chosen who it would like to represent it for the coming academic year. The Student Government Association released the results of the Fall 2025-Spring 2026 Senate and Executive elections on Feb. 19. As many senate candidates ran unopposed and SGA and its Elections Committee revoked the student’s ability to write-in their […]
There are several benefits that come with being an independent paper. The University of Tulsa’s administration demanded that a satire article written in 2021 be completely erased from the Collegian’s online archives at the end of last semester. This was done at the direct request of Provost George Justice who determined it to be ‘libelous’ […]
Students, teachers, and concerned citizens flooded the streets near Tulsa City Hall. Thousands of people across the country traveled to their state capitol to participate in protests of President Donald Trump and his executive orders on Feb. 5. They were inspired by activists and protests advertised on social media. The orders they protested against included: […]
Following the events of previous years, SGA has altered its elections The campaign period for the Student Government Association elections have begun. Those elected this spring will serve from the day they are installed this coming fall until their successor is installed early in the Fall of 2026. As always, one of two seats, which […]
They gathered in response to the actions of Trump and the Republican Party Hundreds of human-rights protesters gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 1, to send a message to their state legislature, which came into session the following Monday. While the mood at the event was jovial, with many demonstrators dancing, socializing […]
If passed, the bill would allow for only two municipalities to operate homeless shelters. An Oklahoma Senate bill currently in committee would, if passed, ban homeless services in most of the state. The bill, known as SB-484, would prevent any city with a population less than 300,000 from providing “programs or services to homeless persons.” […]
As a result of Trump’s slew executive orders, the Administration attempted to freeze payouts. On Tuesday, Jan. 28, President Donald Trump’s attempted pause of all federal loans and grants was temporarily blocked by federal judge Loren L. AliKhan after several nonprofit organizations sued the federal government. Had the pause ordered on Jan. 27 by Matthew […]
Many student organizaitions will have a booth at the Spring Activities Fair. As the Spring 2025 semester begins, student organizations are once again preparing a slate of activities to get students more involved on campus. For many of them, the first event student organizations will partake in this semester is the Spring Activities Fair. Every […]