Röskva (University of Iceland)
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Röskva is a student body organization at the University of Iceland that has had a list to the Student Council of the UI since 1988. The tag line of the organization is Organization of socially minded students at the University of Iceland.
History
Röskva was founded in February the year 1988 when two movements merged, The organization of left people and Reformists decided that combined they would be a bigger force to compete against Vaka, the organization of democratic students. The first chair of the organization was Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir the former Environment minister in the government of Geir Haarde. Röskva first was in the majority in 1992 and kept it until 2002, when Vaka regained its majority. Röskva got the majority again in the spring of 2007 and kept it until the spring of 2009.
Issues
Röskva is the socially minded student and is against any form of school admission fees and limits on the number of students at the University of Iceland. It is the opinion of Röskva that the Student Council should not only be restricted to the walls of the University of Iceland, rather they should raise their opinion on any social matter that affects students, even though it might also affect other people. Röskva thinks that the Student Council should be political and use its force to move the Government rather that thinking that things will resolve by themselves or only through meetings.
Organization
Röskva currently has 9 representatives at the Student Council of UI, where one of them has a seat in the University Council which is the highest decision-making authority in the University. Röskva also has 5 representatives in the University Congress, which is the regular venue where the future is discussed. The board members of Röskva are 13 and 5 vice members. Current chair of Röskva is Kristjana Björg Reynisdóttir
Chair of the Student Council for Röskva
- 1991 til 1992 – Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir (Röskva had the chair in spite of having the same amount of representatives as Vaka)
- 1992 til 1993 – Pétur Þ. Óskarsson
- 1993 til 1994 – Páll Magnússon
- 1994 til 1995 – Dagur B. Eggertsson
- 1995 til 1996 – Guðmundur Steingrímsson
- 1996 til 1997 – Vilhjálmur H. Vilhjálmsson
- 1997 til 1998 – Haraldur Guðni Eiðsson
- 1998 til 1999 – Ásdís Magnúsdóttir
- 1999 til 2000 – Finnur Beck
- 2000 til 2001 – Eiríkur Jónsson
- 2001 til 2002 – Þorvarður Tjörvi Ólafsson
- 2007 til 2008 – Dagný Ósk Aradóttir
- 2008 til 2009 – Björg Magnúsdóttir
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