In Mesanovic's platform, he has pledged to put the ideas of students above his own, and ensure the voices of all students be heard, even those of international students like himself and other marginalized groups. Read more »
Three of the five Student Association presidential candidates, along with one pseudo candidate, took part in the latest SA debate Tuesday night, hosted by The Kumquat, a satirical campus publication. Read more »
Tatiana Cadet was a junior transfer student from Georgia Perimeter College. Cadet and Fatima Bangura are now running for Student Association president and vice president, respectively. Cadet is advocating for and talking to transfer and nontraditional students on campus. Read more »
The 14.2 percentage mark surpasses the 10 percent needed for the election to become official, meaning elections will not run into Friday. Read more »
As a part of Nichols and Hein’s “Om for SU” campaign, the pair wants to create a holistic stress reduction center. Sponsored by the Office of Health Promotion, the center would act as a one-stop shop toward feeling better. Read more »
Editor’s note: With Student Association elections taking place this week, The Daily Orange is profiling each of the five candidates campaigning for president. Check back… Read more »
AJ Abell and Tatiana Cadet were the only Student Association presidential candidates present at the National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsored debate Monday night in Stolkin Auditorium. Read more »
Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong both know what it’s like to struggle with identity. As the first two women of color to ever run on… Read more »
Having grown up in an orphanage in Russia before moving to the U.S., AJ Abell’s life has taught him to value experience as much as result. And his past has loose connections to his campaign platform, which is centered on transparency and inclusiveness Read more »
Syracuse University’s chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group will hold a referendum on the Student Association election ballot to determine if it has the support of the student body. Read more »
The policy, which was announced last month, requires students to have a health insurance plan compliant with President Barack Obama’s health care law. Read more »
Only one student attended the official Student Association candidate forum Sunday night in Shaffer Auditorium Read more »
AJ Abell and Jonathan Dawson hosted a 15 minute-long meeting in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to discuss their campaign progress and platform and hear back from the Syracuse University community. Read more »
Impact Week has been absent from the Syracuse University campus for the past couple semesters, but this year Student Association Director of Student Engagement Alejandra Avina is bringing it back in a different way. Read more »
With four of the five candidates for this year’s Student Association presidential elections being write-ins, SA’s Board of Elections and Membership has revised the guidelines for acceptable votes. Read more »
On Thursday around noon, members of THE General Body and the Graduate Student Organization held a rally in front of Hendricks Chapel regarding grievances about the recent health care plan changes. Read more »
The Graduate Student Organization passed a resolution Wednesday night in favor of exploring the process of unionization. Read more »
The debate, which is sponsored by the NPHC, will take place at 8:30 p.m. in Lyman Hall, room 132. Doors for “The Great Debate” open at 8 p.m. It is unclear which of the five members running for SA president will take part in the debate. Read more »
The Student Association will host Impact Week to engage SU students on campus and in the community. Impact Week will take place from April 13 through April 19, culminating with The Cuse Conference, the first ever. Read more »
The press conference took place Tuesday in 500 Hall of Languages, and group members voiced concerns with campus issues that they said they feel still haven’t been adequately addressed. About 50 people were in attendance. Read more »
SU announced last month a new health insurance policy, which requires all full-time matriculated students to carry some form of Affordable Care Act-compliant health insurance. Current graduate students are scheduled to phase into the new policy for the start of the 2016-17 academic year. Read more »
Cadet’s platform includes four main points: strengthening community, improving security, improving SA and addressing student needs. Read more »
SA held budgetary hearings addressing allocation recommendations for the fall 2015 semester during its meeting Monday night at Maxwell Auditorium. Read more »
The Graduate Student Organization will meet Wednesday to discuss the possibility of unionization in reaction to a perceived lack of transparency from the Syracuse University administration regarding the new student health insurance policy, which will affect about 1,500 graduate students. Read more »
