Posts Tagged ‘Sagar Jha’
Sagar Jha resigns because he does not agree with DSU’s direction
The Dalhousie Student Union’s now former president Sagar Jha clarified why he decided to resign in an open letter emailed to all DSU councillors on Thursday. In the letter, Jha explained that he is resigning for one sole reason: he does not agree with the direction that DSU council is taking the union. “I have…
Read MoreDSU president Sagar Jha resigns; union leaves CASA again
Highlights from the Apr. 9 DSU council meeting: Sagar Jha resigns Dalhousie Student Union president Sagar Jha has stepped down. Jha told a surprised council last night he did not want to be held legally responsible for what he believed would be an illegal decision to leave Students Nova Scotia (SNS). Jha brought up the…
Read MoreSouth House’s levy increase in jeopardy
Dalhousie’s sexual and gender resource centre may have lost out on nearly $50,000 of additional funds after the university rejected the society’s levy question. Dalhousie has submitted several concerns with the wording of South House’s levy question that passed with a necessary majority of votes in the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) election earlier this month,…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Jha’s disrespect of DSU constitution discouraging
Dear Editor, Why would DSU president Sagar Jha withdraw from his class? Wasn’t he aware of the DSU’s constitution? And why did the university take a month to inform him of the consequences? Were his colleagues aware of his actions? Those are a few important questions that came to my mind when I saw…
Read MoreDSU’s non-student president letting council decide his fate
Sagar Jha is still the president of the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) after last Thursday’s surprising revelation he violated the union’s constitution by withdrawing from his only class. DSU council will ultimately decide his fate later this month, but until then, Jha believes it’s in the union’s best interest for him to stay put instead…
Read MoreDSU presidential recall could mean catastrophe for union
The state was confusion on March 6 when an email was sent to the student body saying the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) president was facing recall. Sagar Jha withdrew from his only class, The Census of Marine Life, for what the email describes as “personal circumstances.” The constitution, however, is very clear: only Dal students…
Read MoreDSU president Sagar Jha may face recall vote
Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) president Sagar Jha has violated the student union’s constitution by remaining an executive member despite no longer being a Dalhousie student. Jha dropped out of his only class, The Census of Marine Life, last month on Feb. 3. The university informed Jha this past Tuesday that he was no longer a student of…
Read MoreAs it happened: Dalhousie Student Union 2014 AGM
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Read MoreSummer comes early to Dal
Advertising begins soon for a Dalhousie first: a summer bus pass. After years of discussion, full-time summer students will finally have a way to get around the city. “We see this as a great service and are excited to offer it for Dalhousie students,” says Sagar Jha, president of the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), in…
Read MoreDSU cancels bus trip to Elsipogtog protest
Last weekend, several Dalhousie students travelled to Rexton, NB in solidarity with members of the Elsipogtog First Nation to protest shale gas exploration. The Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) had originally organized a bus to transport students to meet members of the Elsipogtog First Nations Community, but violence between police and protesters on Thursday, Oct. 17…
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