[lg policy] LSA Student Government passes resolution on language requirement Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 11:14pm LSA Student Government meets to discuss the LSA foreign language requirement in Mason Hall Wednesday evening. LSA Student Government meets to discuss the LSA foreign language requirement in Mason Hall Wednesday evening. Buy this photo Keemya Esmael/Daily LIAT WEINSTEIN Daily Staff Reporter LSA Student Government convened for their weekly meeting Wednesday evening in Mason Hall to discuss the LSA language requirement policy and fixing faulty MCard readers in residence halls. LSA SG passed a resolution 26 to 0 in favor of allowing the last semester of the language requirement to be taken pass/fail. LSA juniors Gabbie Ammond, Wyatt Puscas, Jon Reid, LSA sophomore Jordan Schuler and LSA senior Hanna Simmons sponsored the resolution and discussed concerns many students taking language courses may have about their GPAs in language courses. This resolution will not make the desired c
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Harold F. Schiffman
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Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
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