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Student Body President Chloe Dix has been elected Secretary of the University Student Advisory Council (USAC). USAC advises the UT-System Board of Regents on student-related issues at system level. Student representatives from each of UT-System’s 14 institutions compose USAC’s membership. Dix is also an applicant for UT-System student regent.

Patriot Weekly’s investigation into the convenience store Swoop-N-Go revealed the following insights: Crest+Scope toothpaste 4 oz. sells for $3.97 and $4.29 at CVS and Walmart Neighborhood Market (WNM), respectively, but for $6.29 at Swoop-N-Go.

Also, Amy’s Pad Thai 9.5 oz. frozen dinner sells for $5.68 and $6.48 at WNM and SuperOne Foods, respectively, but  for $9.29 at Swoop-N-Go.

Lastly, Red Bull 12 oz. sells for $2.99 and $3.99 at CEFCO and Exxon, respectively, but for $4.59 at Swoop-N-Go.

Sodexo manager Jamie Dowdy did not respond to a request for comment about these prices, nor did Student Body President Chloe Dix. Patriot Weekly also sought comment from student senators for student housing, nursing and engineering who also did not respond.

Patriot Weekly asked student representatives if they felt Sodexo’s convenience store was taking advantage of some students’ inability to travel off-campus and of their compelled participation in the campus meal plans. Its investigation is ongoing.

The East Texas Big Event service event is on Saturday, Feb 24. at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Tyler. Student Engagement is looking for UT-Tyler representation. "We will make sure you get an event tshirt as well as feed you," AVP Neaves told SGA Jan. 23. Visit: https:givepul.se/d2ynvq for more info.

UT-Tyler Director for Student Belonging Tareka Payne is on leave pending an "immediate investigation" into comments she made to an undercover journalist caught on hidden camera allegedly about Texas’s DEI law, according to Dallas Morning News. Media group Accuracy In Media claimed video footage showed Payne admitted to circumventing Texas’s DEI ban to covertly push DEI at UT-Tyler. Patriot Review examined the video and found no such admission. Patriot Review condemns what it considers to be Accuracy In Media’s misrepresentation of Payne’s comments and its subversion of her presumption of innocence. The newsletter extends its condolences for her plight out of respect for Payne’s right to the presumption of innocence until being proven at fault of wrongdoing.

Student government welcomes students and student organizations to address its assembly during its 5 minute Open Forum segment at its weekly meetings. SGA meets Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in HPC 2255. Contact sga@uttyler.edu for more information.

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