Aaaaand after a student council weekend retreat and some meetings, CCSC has decided to hold a direct election to fill the USenate seat.  Democracy prevails!  Registration to run is here and the election should conclude by mid-October. Full press release from the CCSC Exec Board: The Executive Board of Columbia College Student Council will implement […]

Word from Columbia College University Senators Matthew Chou and Jared Odessky: a USenate seat for the College has opened up. You—yes, you!—can actually apply. Just email the three people in the email you got/that is pasted below. The lucky CC student will be selected via “indirect election,” which is like an election except that the […]

It isn’t a first-year CCSC race without some good ol’ Facebook drama.  This year, The Lion’s Pride presidential candidate, Chris George, has been on the hunt for other parties–namely Starr/Treasure and The Council–who he believes were unfairly campaigning. The source of this unfairness?  They were commenting on their own Facebook posts in the Class of […]

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2013-2014 Activities Board Below! According to outgoing ABC president Saketh Kalathur, this year marks a switch to a Direct Democracy mode of representation: each ABC rep was elected only by the groups in their category. Best of luck for next year, all! Executive Board: President: Tony Lee, CC ’15 Vice President: […]

Here are the Spring 2013 candidates for the Engineering Student Council. Bwog giggled at “Fu’Tastic Four,” but wishes all the candidates luck in the election. Executive Board PSet 150: Siddhant Bhatt – President of the Student Body Tanya Shah – Vice President, Policy of the Council Jillian Ross – Vice President, Communications of the Council […]

The results from the General Studies Student Council elections have just come in; unlike your breakfast this morning, some balance has been achieved between indulgence and foresight: Student Body President: Jennifer Wisdom 51% Scott Bacon 35% Eugene Dinescu 9% Vice President of Policy: Nikki Morgan 50% Alexandra Leighton 26% Chief Policy Representative Alexandra Leighton, per […]

Results are in from the ESC, SGA, and CCSC elections.  Voting just ended at 5 today and here are the winners: CCSC Executive Board Karishma Habbu (President) Will Hughes (VP Policy) Jared Odessky (VP Communications) Daphne Chen (VP Finance) Yanyi Luo (VP Campus Life) ESC Executive Board Tim Qin (President) Bora Kim (VP Policy) Caroline […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. ESC representatives explained that there was a glitch in the CCSC election website that allowed students to vote for any class council, instead of limiting them to voting only on their own year’s candidates. ESC says that the bug did not affect ESC elections, and they suspect […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. The council voted to yesterday to extend the campaigning period until the end of voting. Previously, students running for student government were not allowed to campaign after the start of voting. However, regulating personal Facebook messages and other social media became burdensome for the council. Some council […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. The majority of the meeting was spent discussing the new election bylaws of the ESC constitution. As reported last year, the ESC will begin holding public e-board elections this year. Under the changes, the members of the senior class council will choose one of its members to […]

Sean Zimmermann reports from the first ESC meeting of the semester. The council began the evening by holding elections for VP Communications. The election was well-contested, especially considering it was held mid-year. The winner, Jim Huang, spoke about his experience on ABC and how his experience developing websites could help in council outreach. He beat […]

Last night, Republican voters in New Hampshire cast their ballots for Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate to oppose Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election; a collective Democratic head-scratching session ensued. Meanwhile, a different crop of votes were cast a little farther down the coast. But these ones—meant to decide a name for the new hawk nesting in Washington […]

After many weeks of poorly-punned posters and unlikely campaign promises, the ballots are all counted! 2012 Class Rep: Wesley Yip 2013 Class Rep: Alex Jasiulek 2013 President: Ryan Mandelbaum 2015: Crown took this one, with party members Jared Odessky, Erin Bilir, Liam Bland and Katie Angulo elected Prez, VP and Reps, respectively. Loxley Bennett also nabbed the 2015 […]

ESC sat down for a chat. Sean Zimmermann got to watch. Reminder: FRESHMAN ESC ELECTIONS END AT NOON! Vote Here! VP—Policy Logan Donovan called for council members to help her work on current CCE improvements. She urged members to “remember their campaign promises.” Accountability! CCSC Liaison Linda Sun resigned. The GSSC liaison, Rebecca Frauzen, has […]

VP Communications SGA, Sarah Steinmann, tells Bwog the elections period for First Year elections has closed, and the Class of 2015 now has a President and Vice President. President: Gladys Velez-Caicedo Vice President: Hannah Rosenwein Congrats to the new duo! First year class secretary and treasurer will be appointed based on applications, which can be […]