Less than three weeks after being sworn into office, two of the new undergraduate student government councilmembers will have to stop performing their duties until the university police and the Student Conduct Committee review allegations that they vandalized a signboard during runoff elections seventh week. At nearly 2 a.m. Wednesday, after nearly five hours spent […]
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Councilmembers move in
From pictures of Malcolm X calling for reform “by any means necessary” to Bruce Lee posters to family photographs, new undergraduate student government councilmembers will personalize their Kerckhoff Hall offices in preparation for next year’s many late nights and early mornings. A common theme in many offices this year was political activism, with timeless statements […]
New USAC council fills key budget positions
In its first action as a council, the undergraduate student government made the appointments over the weekend for two key positions ““ the finance committee chair and the budget review director. The appointments are the first of dozens that will be made in the coming weeks and were made for positions crucial to the campus […]
Judicial Board to give ruling on Lawson’s election suit
The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Judicial Board announced it will consider a suit filed by former presidential candidate Josh Lawson Wednesday night. The J-board representatives said they believed the case against the USAC elections board fell under their jurisdiction. After losing the race for president of the undergraduate government, former candidate Josh Lawson filed a […]
Tide changes in council
In one of the longest meetings of the undergraduate government this year, council did not spend its hours discussing bylaw amendments or passing resolutions. Instead, 12 out of 13 Undergraduate Students Association Council members spent most of their last meeting expressing their gratitude for each other, ending the term on a much brighter note than […]
Palma/Saracho sworn in
After two years of work with the undergraduate student government, Allende Palma/Saracho assumed the Undergraduate Students Association Council presidency Tuesday evening. He plans to begin collaborating immediately with other councilmembers toward achieving his campaign goals. For two weeks during elections, Palma/Saracho said he put his personal and academic life on hold to dedicate his time […]
Lawson contests “˜different’ treatment
Due to what former presidential candidate Josh Lawson believes was unfair treatment during the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, he filed a case against the Elections Board on Monday to the council’s Judicial Board about sanctions made against Lawson’s slate. The case was filed because candidates belonging to Lawson’s slate, the Equal Access Coalition, did […]