By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The editorial reads like something we've written lately. "The SA Constitution is not just a piece of paper," the Optimist opined 15 years ago. "The SA's latest blatant disregard of its Constitution," etc. etc. etc. In the 1988 executive officer elections, the president staffed the election booth with Senate ... [Read More…]
Officers to begin session: New SA secretary Woodroof says she is undaunted by task
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The Students' Association executive officers appointed Sarah Woodroof as executive secretary Monday. Woodroof, sophomore history major from Brentwood, Tenn., will be an asset to SA and the student body, said Melanie Booker, executive vice president. "The secretary is the face of SA," Booker said, "and Sarah was ... [Read More…]
Students elect class senators for Congress: Executive officers select Woodroof as secretary
By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Students voted in SA class senator elections April 6 in which six freshmen, five sophomores and one junior ran for five openings for each class, said Haley Sutherland, member of the elections committee and freshman missions major from Fort Worth. The only contested race was for sophomore class senator, and although ... [Read More…]
SA: Year in review
The 82nd Student Congress has adjourned, leaving in its wake a mixed record of accomplishments-and controversy. The improvement over last year's Students' Association-in which even president Jeremy Smith stopped attending meetings-is immeasurable. Thus, we start by focusing on The Good At least half of Congress cared enough about the student ... [Read More…]
Rouse elected by wide margin: Alleged tampering, Student Guide violations create topsy-turvy race
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The student body elected Layne Rouse as its president Thursday, bringing to an end a topsy-turvy election that featured alleged ballot tampering and likely Student Guide violations. Students' Association officials said the tampering charges affected only a handful of ballots and didn't affect the outcome of the ... [Read More…]
Speak your voice-vote
The 18-25 voter crowd is notoriously bad for turning out to vote in national elections for whatever reason-they don't feel represented by any of the candidates, or they think their vote does not make a difference. Neither should play a role in Wednesday's Students' Association executive officer election. SA elections routinely garner less than ... [Read More…]
Executive officer elections begin
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Presidential candidates Clay Rich and Layne Rouse positioned themselves in two starkly different camps on the eve of elections-with Rouse touting his experience as an executive officer and Rich claiming change was needed in the Students' Association. The pair faced off in a Tuesday evening debate that ... [Read More…]
SA initiates awareness plan with focus on student groups
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Seeking to clean up after the "Big Shake-Up," the Students' Association Congress announced Wednesday an aggressive plan to market itself to student groups. The plan, termed the "Alpha Project" and designed by the newly created Alpha standing committee, would make student groups of all sizes more aware of SA's ... [Read More…]
SA Constitution a mess
Entropy-the law saying things left to themselves fall apart- is a term rarely heard outside of physics, but apparently its laws even govern the government. Because another Constitutional amendment, likely to be ratified by the students next week, will leave another discrepancy in SA's governing documents. If uncorrected in this case, a junior vice ... [Read More…]
Officer standards could be lowered: Voters to decide if sophomores can run for vice president
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Students will decide later this month whether a sophomore can be their vice president. An amendment to the Students' Association Constitution passed Wednesday would lower the requirement for executive vice president to no less than 60 credit hours completed. The amendment will be ratified if approved by ... [Read More…]
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