Author Archives: Menaka Fernando

It was during the winter break of her second year as a political science student that Anica McKesey, the new undergraduate student government president, realized changes had to be made in the world ““ starting from her descendants’ country of Belize. With several family members still living in Belize, McKesey makes trips to the small, […]

The undergraduate student government approved a key presidential appointment at their general meeting Tuesday night when they chose the commission head who will deal primarily with the council’s budget. Priscilla Chen will be the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s new finance committee chairwoman beginning July 1. Chen did not attend the meeting and could not be […]

Loud applause, high-fives and hugs characterized a 2002-2003 undergraduate student government meeting for the first time this year ““ it was also the last meeting this year. A sense of celebration filled the small Kerckhoff conference room Tuesday night as Undergraduate Students Association Council President David Dahle pounded the gavel for the last time and […]

Now that elections are over, the transition between the outgoing and incoming undergraduate student governments has begun. The Undergraduate Students Association Council of the 2002-2003 term said they had accomplished most of their goals and gained valuable experience as they meet for the very last time tonight. They will make way for the new council, […]

With eight out of 13 undergraduate student government offices going to members of the Students First! slate, the balance of next year’s council has certainly shifted SF!’s way ““ but councilmembers from both elected slates stressed the importance of working together. SF! won five out of the six remaining positions in the Undergraduate Students Association […]

Undergraduate student government candidates running from the Students United for Reform and Equality slate awoke Tuesday morning to find their slate Web site hacked into and altered to include misleading information about the slate. For a few hours Tuesday, students who logged onto the S.U.R.E. Web site from on-campus housing or off-campus locations were redirected […]

The days of giant signboards, candidate flyers and online ballots are not over yet. The 12 remaining candidates from last last week’s Undergraduate Students Association Council general elections gear up for one more week of campaigning before students vote in the USAC runoff elections. Students can vote from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 7 p.m. Thursday […]