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To save student government we must first destroy it

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How to rig an election without really trying


An attempt to undermine the upcoming Student Association elections and subvert the independence of the election commission was revealed in the leaked private Facebook messages of Special Assistant to the President and United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow last Wednesday.

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Failed emergency senate meeting spells budgetary trouble


An emergency Student Association senate session held on April 6 failed to draw enough senators to meet quorum, meaning that a deal to obtain 200 subsidized parking spaces in the Klotsche Center and Pavilion parking garage may be in jeopardy.

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SA turmoil complicates election


The landscape of the upcoming Student Association election has changed dramatically over the past week, with the mushrooming fallout from United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow’s leaked Facebook conversations prompting emergency action by the Independent Election Commission mere days before ballots are distributed to students’ email accounts.

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Leaked Facebook messages show racist remarks, plot to rig election


An anonymous source leaked 39 pages of private messages from United Panthers vice presidential candidate Eric Grow’s Facebook account on Wednesday, highlighting racist and sexist remarks about other members of SA and a plot to rig the presidential election.

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Bribery joke causes ICONIC 50 demerits


Nguyen jokingly offers IEC Head $10,000 for election win

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Separation of powers will make SA stronger


The Student Association is a microcosmic version of the U.S. government, thus we have three branches of student government. A few years after we won our independence from Great Britain, James Madison wrote in the Federalist Papers, “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few [...]

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“Good enough” is not good enough on Voter ID


The SA objects to the policy of requiring students to show proof of enrollment at the polls.

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In response to ‘As semester begins, SA vows to rebuild’


SA Vacancies

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As semester begins, SA vows to rebuild


New executive branch promises accountability and repaired relations

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