Collegian columnist and Chairman of the SGA Ways and Means Committees, Dan Stratford, recalls how student government initially appeared to be merely a “means to an end” with regards to self-advancement, but it eventually became an end in itself.
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Four years before the lectern
Tags: Dan Stratford, Senior Columns, SGA
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Time to Break the Iceberg
In the second of a three-part series, columnist Roy Ribitzky looks at the some of the ways both covert and overt forms of sexism take place in the Student Government Association.
Tags: Roy Ribitzky, sexism, SGA
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CEPA keeps agency status after protest
Protesting students packed the seats and lined the walls of Monday’s SGA meeting in a display of discontent over a motion to abolish CEPA which was eventually withdrawn.
Tags: CEPA, Daniel Stratford, SGA
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SGA moves to increase RSO support
In a move aimed at increasing services and support for RSOs, the SGA is attempting to bolster the ranks of the Secretary of the Registry with two new undersecretaries.
Tags: garrett gowen, RSO, SGA
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Akshay Kapoor, Garrett Gowen sworn into SGA offices
The newly elected leaders of the Student Government Association took an oath of office at last night’s inauguration.
Tags: Ashkay Kapoor, Garret Gowen, RSOs, SGA, UMass
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For next SGA president Akshay Kapoor, a title, a voice and a challenge
Akshay Kapoor will become the new student government president tonight, taking on a balancing act of advocating for student interests and negotiating internal SGA affairs.
Tags: akshay kapoor, Brandon Tower, Lydia Washington, SGA
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Students lobby the State House for increased investment in education
A crowd of nearly 1,000 packed the State House in Boston Thursday hoping to lobby legislators for more investment in public higher education.
Tags: boston, Deval Patrick, elizaabeth asefa, Lobby Day, michael moore, SGA, State House, tom sannicandro
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Soliciting free speech
Columnist Billy Rainsford outlines the effects that the University’s solicitation policy has on student groups and on the campus community as a whole.
Tags: american civil liberties union, Eddie Hull, Kyle Howard, SGA, western mass aclu
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SGA challenges solicitation policy
The solicitation policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has come under fire recently from members of the SGA and the Western Massachusetts branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) alike.
Tags: ACLU, Jarrod Rose, Kyle Howard, SGA
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SGA conducts straw poll on admin
This Monday’s SGA meeting kicked off with a “straw poll” aimed at gauging the student confidence level with Edward C. Hull and Vice Chancellor Jean Kim.
Tags: Eddie Hull, Jean Kim, ResLife, SGA
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