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Cartoon: Essay elections

March 28, 2014 by Ben Todd

"Essay elections" Daily Doodle Dosage by Ben Todd ... [Read More…]

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Students should not neglect SA elections

March 28, 2014 by Optimist Editorial Board

Only 618 students voted in last year's Students' Association elections. That's about 14 percent of the student population. Fourteen Congress positions only had one person run; three positions had to have students appointed to them; and the election of senior class president was won by only two votes. As cliche as it sounds, your vote ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Editorials, Opinion Tagged With: Elections, SA

SA begins officer elections for next year

March 18, 2014 by Grace Coan

The Students' Association is preparing for this year's elections and are encouraging students to run for officer positions. "My greatest hope is that in this upcoming election a lot of people run because competition brings excellence," Benac said. Dylan Benac, senior political science major from Boerne and SA president, has served as vice ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Elections, SA

Campus wide voting moved to online site

March 6, 2014 by Denzil Lim

Students' Association and the Association for Computing Machinery collaborated to change the voting system on campus from ballots to an online site. Rather than heading to the Campus Center in person, students will soon be able to vote during elections through the internet. The ACU voting website is still in beta testing but will be implemented ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Campus Computing, Elections, SA

Online voting available for SA elections

March 4, 2014 by JC Peeples

Students' Association passed a new bill that will fund an online voting initiative. SA president Dylan Benac, senior political science major from Boerne, said online voting has been brought before Congress before but never proved successful. In 2004 Congress voted against an online voting site. A few years ago SA tried a voting app that did ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Elections, SA

Elected officers preparing for terms

April 17, 2013 by Josh Garcia

J.P. Ralston won the runoff for Students' Association executive treasurer. Voting for president, vice president and treasurer took place Wednesday and Thursday. After tallying the results Thursday evening, Dylan Benac was declared SA's next president, with Rodney Johnson securing the position of vice president. However, The election of treasurer ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Elections, SA

Next step crucial for Students’ Association

April 17, 2013 by Special Contributor

The dust is settling from two long weeks of campaigning and three hard days of voting. There are still random bits of evidence that our student body elected next year's executive officers, but for the most part the campaign material is down and life goes on. For many students the Students' Association returns to being the office in the basement of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Elections, guest column, SA

VP to create an active Congress

April 17, 2013 by Special Contributor

I am very excited about this upcoming year. I feel like Students' Association is in a unique position in that we as an organization have the opportunity to make a huge impact on this campus. As the executive vice president, my job will mainly deal with the internal affairs of the student body, like events and overseeing the congressmen by promoting ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Elections, guest column, SA

ACU can expect significant budget changes

April 17, 2013 by Special Contributor

I'd like to first start off by saying thank you to everyone who went out and voted Wednesday, Thursday, and more importantly, Friday. Your voice as a student has significant power! I am extremely excited to begin working with all of the student organizations on campus, and begin working with Dylan and Rodney, the newly elected president and vice ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Letters to the Editor Tagged With: Elections, guest column, SA

Cartoon: ACU Election Watch 2013

April 17, 2013 by Evan Marks

Evan's Marks by Evan Marks "ACU Election Watch 2013" ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Editorial Cartoons Tagged With: Elections, Evan's Marks

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