The unopposed Bridge OHIO swept the 2018-2019 Student Senate election. Maddie Sloat was elected Student Senate president with 604 votes. Hannah Burke was elected vice president with 611 votes and Lydia Ramlo won Treasurer with 597 votes. All candidates ran on the unopposed Bridge OHIO ticket. 673 students voted in the this year’s Student Senate election, compared to 2,202 in …

Anyone interested in running for Ohio University Student Senate may officially begin the process as of Friday, current Student Senate President Gabby Bacha announced in an email to all OU students. Those looking to run either as an individual candidate or on a ticket can now access the forms through OrgSync. Open positions include roles in Residence Life, Off-Campus Life …

If all the resolutions posed at Wednesday’s Ohio University Student Senate meeting pass, elections will look very different this spring. Much of the time was spent discussing resolutions proposed by the elections committee that would impact the electoral process for Student Senate. Led by Lead Parliamentarian Landen Lama, the elections committee set out to find solutions regarding three main issues …

The S.O.S. campaign has asked students to seek the truth in the platforms of the various tickets vying for this year’s Student Senate election. They have run their campaign on the theme that their own platform holds the most attainable goals. I am now certain that they would be an even more ineffective option for students then the current Student …

It’s that time of the year again, Bobcats! Last week officially kicked off the 2015 Student Senate race, and this year sees a record number of parties. Here are the stats for the race thus far: Number of parties running: 16 Total number of candidates (Presidential, Vice, etc.): 243 Number of unique platforms: Like 2. Incumbent party: BARE Projected voter …

Criminals walk among us: the Ohio University Board of Trustees. I charge them with theft. They have hijacked a public institution of higher learning. Now they hold our livelihoods, our freedom and our futures hostage. The investigation is finished. Collective anger at university spending, crushing student debt and their refusal to listen to students’ concerns and input: this is our …

This past year has been a train wreck for the Ohio University Student Senate. From naked photos, arrests, and blood bucket challenges, this has furthered our image as a reckless party school, where only idiots attend. Since I value my degree, and the work I am putting in to obtain it, I did not appreciate the negative national attention our …

Members from four of the tickets running for Student Senate discussed the important issues surrounding their campaigns in Porter Hall on Wednesday night in a debate hosted by The Post. Almost 100 people attended the debate moderated by Xander Zellner**, a journalism major and opinion editor for The Post. The debate centered on tuition hikes, past failures of Student Senate …

There are those who attempt to lead through radical demonstrations. There are those who attempt to lead through calling out those who make radical demonstrations and denouncing their actions. There are those who attempt to lead by seeking personal satisfaction and entitlement. Leadership has to be more than a striking gesture. It has to be more than telling students who …

Dear readers, The New Political prides itself on being your source for political news at Ohio University, in Athens and around Ohio. But, as any avid reader or producer of political news knows, politics can more often than not become focused on the sport of campaigns and elections rather than the heart of the issues. That’s not what we want. …

To the Editor (and the Student Body), My name is Peter Vilardi, and I am a junior here at Ohio University. With this letter I formally announce my campaign for Student Senate for the 2015-16 school year. I am running for the positions of president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, secretary-general, dramaturg, and quartermaster of Student Senate. I am running on the ticket …

Not just for Student Senate.  I want them everywhere.  All the time.  And the fact that they are comfortable with happy, honest, casual representations of their bodies is part of the bigger reason why. We live in a society where individuals feel the need to be conscious of how they are presenting themselves pretty much all the time.  We claim …

With just a few days left until election day, student senate hopefuls may want to consider highlighting past student senate accomplishments, improving visibility and providing free food. Those were three top choices of 100 students who answered an anonymous New Political poll about campaign season. More accomplishments by student senate polled as the overwhelming top choice at 44 percent of …

Those of you familiar with The Hunger Games may remember the phrase “panem et circenses;” “bread and circuses.” The phrase comes from the age of the Romans, when the Empire believed it could please its people and secure their favor simply by providing constant food and entertainment as opposed to genuine political change or reform. In this year’s Student Senate …

We may disagree when it comes to a number of issues facing the university, but there is at least one thing that we both support passionately: STAND Against Genocide’s Conflict-Free Campus Initiative (CFCI). Since STAND started the campaign in 2010, all parties and candidates running for Student Senate have supported CFCI while campaigning and once elected. We are proud to …

In the battle to win the Student Senate chair, the second round of debates took place this Monday in Baker Center between the FUSS and VOICE campaigns. This week the debates included vice presidential and treasurer candidates from each ticket as well as the presidential hopefuls. Continued questions about the role of student senate and its ability to represent students …

April 1st marked the beginning of two great spring traditions. One is a largely unnecessary but exceedingly entertaining exercise, bizarrely mythological, in which money rather than talent often tips the scales. The other is baseball. Of course, Monday was not the official start of Ohio University’s Student Senate election season, but it was the beginning of the debate season; the …

Both Student Senate presidential candidates stress student advocacy as core issues. However, what they mean by “student advocacy” differs wildly, largely because of their differing perspectives. Nick Southall, the presidential candidate for VOICE, has served for three years on Student Senate and began drawing up his campaign platform in fall semester with input from fellow senators. “Between the three [executive …

Ohio University Student Senate Presidential candidates squared off in the first Presidential debate of the 2013 Student Senate Party election season Monday evening in Baker Center’s Bobcat Student Lounge. In the debate, the candidates discussed issues affecting Ohio University, with a focus on the role of student senate in being an arbiter between the students and the school administration. Ongoing …

Student senate commenced its last meeting of 2012 and fall semester with a standing ovation as Ryan Lombardi entered the room. The Interim Vice President of Student Affairs had two reasons to be celebrated Wednesday night: his 38th birthday and the successful completion of his doctorate, making him the official VP of Student Affairs – a position he filled at …