Congratulations, freshpeople-friends! President: Aliza Hassine VP: Nazli Danis Treasurer: Aurora Lende Secretary: Colleen Mulvihill

Sean Zimmermann reports from last night’s ESC meeting. ESC reported that the tie in the freshman election was due to glitches in the voting system. After investigating the recent freshman election tie, the voting website only allowed student to select one class representative. This also explains the 14 vote tie between the two class rep […]

Freshmen are ambitious! ESC President Chris Elizondo has reported that the the freshman Engineering Student Council election has ended in a tie between the second and third place class reps. In ESC elections, the two candidates for class representative with the most votes are elected to serve on the class council. Therefore, though the freshman […]

Last night, ESC debated whether Backyard Barbecue, one of the largest council-run events of the year, should be continued. President Chris Elizondo explained that the event, which is “food-centric,” may not provide as much “bang for [the council’s] buck” as other possible student events. Sophomore Council President Mary Byers said that students often get annoyed […]

If you want to make money after college, you should already be in SEAS. (Newsweek) Unless you can sing. Hey! Columbia beats Harvard again! (Spinner) Acquaint yourself with the language of the future. (NY Times) Learn how to use those newfangled electronic voting machines: no hanging chads! (Gothamist) And a comprehensive guide to today’s New […]

Freshmen won’t learn about this ’till CC next year, but it’s time to participate in a few time-honored traditions: making fun of fresh-people CCSC candidates, and voting in real-people elections on Primary Day. 2014 CCSC campaigning began about a half hour ago, so expect to see a lot of posters outside the smokers’ benches at […]

This Wednesday, SIPA and the J-school invited authors of Game Change John Heilemann and Mark Halperin to discuss their book about the 2008 presidential campaign in light of the upcoming election season. Bwog’s Political Lit Bureau Chief Rebecca Newman reports. To Heilemann and Halperin, Game Change is and always has been about the characters. The […]

In a recent email sent out to SEAS students, the University Senate Elections Commission asked them to “reconsider how SEAS students are elected to the Senate.” This move was prompted by graduate engineering students voicing concerns that they felt underrepresented. Indeed, the survey asks only one question: Should the SEAS student body be separated into […]

Results are in! Stay tuned for elections results from CCSC, ESC and SGA today and tomorrow. President: Beezly Kiernan Vice President: Eric Rosenberg Treasurer: Brittany Ward Secretary: Justin Kim Update: Beezly Kiernan, who is currently running for the position of VP of Policy in the CCSC’s exec board elections, intends to resign from his position […]

Bwog’s intrepid Student Government correspondents Caitlin Lynch and Mahrah Taufique report from last night’s proceedings, just before elections kicked off. SGA: The meeting focused on the issue of sororities: There is a possibility that Barnard girls won’t be allowed to participate in Greek recruitment during Spring 2011, because CC and SEAS have decided to fund only […]

It’s our very own Super Tuesday! Vote… For CCSC here. For ESC here. For SGA here.

In this part in the series of interviews of the competing tickets for the upcoming CCSC elections on Tuesday, Bwog joins Nuriel Moghavem, Vikas Anand, Roxanne Unger, and Alex Kirk of the Party Bus Party (Bus), which is running for the 2011 Class Council. How would you evaluate the job done by the current senior […]

For our second part in the series of interviews of the competing tickets for the upcoming CCSC elections on Tuesday, Bwog joins Sean Manning Udell, Alexandra Coromilas, Tom Amegadzie, Sonya Chandra and Andy Kim of the After Party, which is running for the 2011 Class Council. Stay tuned in to Bwog today for the rest […]

Bwog presents the first installment of today’s series of interviews of the competing tickets for the upcoming CCSC elections on Tuesday. The Naked Party, comprised of Eugenio Suarez, Opal Hoyt, Laura Gabriele, Beezly Kiernan, and Stephanie Wilhelm, are campaigning for the executive board based on ‘accessibility, transparency and accountability, as well as innovation.’ Check back […]

Sean Zimmermann reports on the continuing Senate saga. Benjamin Brickner, from the Senate Elections committee, came to speak to the ESC about EGSC’s petition to the Senate to split the two SEAS senates seats allocated to SEAS. Brickner explained the Senate’s request for a referendum: “our intention is not to take over [dedications that would […]