Breaking: Fight disqualified from Student Senate elections An already unique Student Senate election just become a little more interesting: outsider ticket Fight was disqualified from the election as of 11:50 a.m. today. This decision was a result of Fight failing to submit its financial report on time, shifting its infraction level from a class B to a class A, which results in disqualification. Disqualification in this manner … Read More
2017 Student Senate Ticket: Voice Three tickets are running for Student Senate this year, with vastly different platforms and ideas for the future. Get to know Voice: Presidential candidate: Jordan Kelley is fourth-year B.S.S. student studying student development and has been part of Student Senate for four years a senator, commissioner, vice commissioner and on Student Senate staff. He has been an RA and currently … Read More
2017 Student Senate Ticket: Green Light Three tickets are running for Student Senate this year, with vastly different platforms and ideas for the future. Get to know Green Light: Presidential candidate: Landen Lama is a political science major and has two years of Student Senate experience as parliamentarian and chief of staff. He is also a Democratic central committee member for Fairfield County, representing the Democratic … Read More
Tickets clash at final Student Senate debate Walter 235 does not look like an average Ohio University classroom. The U of desks and chairs rises up to create stands for the last debate of the 2017-18 Student Senate elections. Three sets of executive candidates took the floor, answering questions submitted by students and audience members. The debate began calmly, but at times the candidates became heated, while … Read More
On and off-campus senatorial candidates tackle diversity in third Senate debate Five on-campus and two off-campus Student Senate candidates laid out their platforms in the off-campus and residential debate Monday night. None of the candidates present represented the Fight ticket, and both off-campus senators in attendance represented Green Light. The residential senator candidates were asked about diversity, connecting students and what issues they believe are most affecting their constituents. Xan Spalding, … Read More
Potential senators square off over plans for office The second Student Senate election debate asked candidates for college senators about the specific actions and innovations for which they would work if elected. The three tickets squared off on the three questions moderators posed: What’s the biggest issue facing your students in your academic college, and how do you plan on addressing that? Fight’s College of Arts and … Read More
First Student Senate election debate reveals similarities and differences among tickets Greenlight, Fight, Voice — the three tickets running for Student Senate all met for the first time today at the executive debate. Inclusion of all students and groups on campus dominated a significant part of the rhetoric from all three platforms, as was better communication with administrators. However, the tickets differed on the specifics of how this should be done. … Read More