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Committee weighs a vote to break up student congress

By Brooke Hefner | January 24

The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress will debate major legislation tonight that proposes a referendum for the spring election that would, ...

SBP campaign season starts off with complaints

By Brooke Hefner and Daniel Wiser | January 19

A flurry of complaints citing illegal campaign practices came in the immediate aftermath of the Tuesday candidates meeting in what is shaping up to be ...

UCOMMONS, a proposed rennovation project for the Student Union includes an all-night ground floor as well as several other updates. Courtesy of Ucommons.

Students voice opposition to fees for Union renovation

By Melissa Abbey | January 11

Student Union officials are pushing their campaign for renovation despite unexpected student opposition to the increase in fees the project would require. ...

Speaker of Student Congress Deanna Santoro (left) was promoted to associate vice president of the legislative and public affairs committee.

Deanna Santoro promoted in Association of Student Governments

By Brooke Hefner | January 9

Deanna Santoro, the speaker of Student Congress, was promoted to the role of associate vice president of the Association of Student Governments’ legislative ...

UNC student government launches blog for students

By From staff and wire reports | December 7

UNC student government will be launching a blog to better communicate with students, faculty and town members and to reach out to them and inform them ...

Elections hearing, optional candidates meeting tonight

By From staff and wire reports | December 7

The board will host a hearing that will determine whether junior Rick Ingram and Student Body Secretary Ian Lee have broken election law by campaigning ...

De La Rosa violated the campaign rules in letter

By Letter to the Editor | December 5

TO THE EDITOR: In submitting his letter “Ingram’s Board of Elections complaint is legitimate,” De La Rosa committed the very violation of which ...

Ingram's Board of Elections complaint is legitimate

By Letter to the Editor | December 5

TO THE EDITOR: As the leading proponent of the Title VI bill, I would like to point out Title VI, Section 404 states “potential candidates and campaigns ...

Student Government's Board of Elections to hold meeting for prospective candidates

By Preeti Arunapuram | December 5

At a meeting Tuesday on the third floor of the Student Union, the Board of Elections will look to nip campaign violations in the bud.

Possible SBP candidates to be investigated by Board of Elections

By Jessica Kennedy | December 2

Though they might face punishment by the Board of Elections for illegal campaigning, Student Body Secretary Ian Lee and junior Rick Ingram aren’t worried, ...

Attempt to override Medlin's redistricting veto falls short

By From staff and wire reports | November 30

Student Congress voted 23-7, with one abstaining vote, to let Student Body President Hogan Medlin’s veto on the redistricting bill stand at its meeting ...

Student Body Secretary Ian Lee said he expects the complaint against him to be thrown out.

Board of Elections considers early SBP campaign complaint

By Andy Thomason | November 29

A complaint submitted Sunday night to the Board of Elections claims that Student Body Secretary Ian Lee has been campaigning for student body president, ...

Override and amend: Pushing to properly amend the Student Code would have been better than an outright veto

By Editorial Board | November 29

We endorsed Speaker Deanna Santoro’s Student Congress redistricting bill earlier this month. In spite of Student Body President Hogan Medlin’s official ...

Hogan Medlin vetoes Student Congress' redistricting bill

By Brooke Hefner | November 29

The passage of the redistricting bill that has been discussed and tweaked by Student Congress for three months was stalled Nov. 23 due to a veto — Student ...

Student government to film videos for TV and web

By Sophia Zhang | November 15

Members of student government are taking to web videos and television to talk about campus issues. Student government is working with Carolina Week, ...

Tuition survey seeks student opinion, ideas

By Aaron Moore | November 15

Faced with a $3.5 billion state budget shortfall and an anticipated $54 million in cuts to the University, student government is seeking to measure just ...

Student Congress considers Santoro's redistricting bill

By From staff and wire reports | November 3

The rules and judiciary committee met Tuesday night to discuss a bill that, if passed, would revise voting districts. Student Congress Speaker Deanna ...

Sign the bill: A bill to increase the number of signatures needed by candidates to 1,250 is a good compromise

By Editorial Board | October 31

Last week Student Congress passed a bill that would raise the signature threshold for student body president candidates to get on the ballot from 1,000 ...

UNC Student Congress raises mininum signature count for Student Body President

By Brooke Hefner | October 27

If a bill passed Tuesday by the Student Congress is approved, the field for the February student body president election will be smaller — but each ...

Congress rules committee passes Title VI elections bill

By From staff and wire reports | October 20

The rules and judiciary committee of Student Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would reorganize Title VI of the Student Code. The committee clarified ...