Several student organization leaders have voiced concerns about the deadline to submit applications for the undergraduate student government elections group endorsement process. To formally endorse candidates in the upcoming Undergraduate Students Association Council elections, student groups must first register by submitting informational forms to the USAC Election Board. The general deadline for the group endorsement […]
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Former Election Board member against shorter voting period
A former member of the undergraduate student government election board is formally challenging the current board’s decision to shorten the election voting period. Next week, the Undergraduate Students Association Council Judicial Board plans to review a petition calling for the current elections calendar to be extended. This year’s voting period shrunk from four days to […]
Aram Ghoogasian: Arts referendum funding must go to students, not USAC
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. A work of art doesn’t have to have a specific or particular meaning. But a referendum seeking to fund the arts does. A referendum on the ballot for the upcoming Undergraduate […]
USAC votes to create referendum on possible transfer seat
Undergraduate student government leaders unanimously voted Tuesday to place a referendum on the spring elections ballot that calls for the creation of a transfer representative council seat. Though the referendum failed to gather signatures from the 15 percent of undergraduate students needed to put it on the ballot, the Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in […]
Students form new slate FIRED UP! for USAC elections
A new slate that had initially planned to run candidates with LET’S ACT! will contest several positions in the upcoming undergraduate student government elections. Slates are groups of students that pool together their resources and run under similar platforms, much like political parties. A total of 30 candidates are running for office this year – […]
General Representative candidate to withdraw from election
A candidate running with the FIRED UP! slate plans to officially withdraw from the undergraduate student government elections for personal reasons.
Three USAC candidates agree to campaign spending limit
Three out of 30 candidates have volunteered to adhere to non-binding spending limits of $400 for their campaigns in the upcoming undergraduate student government elections.