Student Government
When the debate visits a campus, it typically leaves behind a campus in shambles: friendships and relationships are severed, people stop talking to each other, and the overall educational mission of the institution is irreparably harmed.
Travesty editors stage a 'joke' student government campaign each year, but this was the first time the pub's chosen candidates were actually elected to office.
Everyone's gearing up for the midterm elections, but AAUW and Running Start are also thinking about future ballots. And we want to see women on them.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Student government strikes again! The Tempe Undergraduate Student Government (USG) at Arizona State University has impeached one of its own members for talking to The State Press campus newspaper without first giving USG leaders a heads-up.
Since its inception in 2009, Travis County has deported about 19 immigrants each week -- "leading all counties with the highest percentage of deported non criminals." And The University of Texas at Austin, has been no stranger to these type of issues.
It might sound cliché at a glance, but there is actually a way you can still be yourself while also being the kind of person that exults leadership.
I wonder, George, how it feels to have mocked the story of a woman who was raped by a friend whom she asked not to have sex with her?
I hope that this letter finds other nervous, scared and hesitant students considering running for president, much like I was a year ago. Take my advice and go for it!
When we see education as a commodity, as something with a market and as something competitive, we are hurting ourselves. What students need, what universities need, and what societies need are the same: true democracy.