The undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate’s third and final attempt this semester to raise e-board stipends to $24,180 has failed to pass by a single vote.
Cole DeVantier will fill a recently-vacated seat on the undergraduate Student Association Senate as by a unanimous vote held during a meeting Wednesday evening.
The undergraduate Student Association Senate’s stance on the future closure of a queer community space drew tensions between the two candidates for the Senate’s advocacy committee chairperson position during a committee meeting last Wednesday evening.
The undergraduate Student Association Senate called on the university to review and potentially revise policies that banned club-exclusive rooms in a resolution unanimously passed during a meeting last Wednesday evening.
Student Association (SA) senators were either critical or silent on a request to oppose the closure of a queer community space during a meeting Wednesday evening.
The undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate voted to pass a once-controversial resolution that would allow the president and treasurer, in a joint act, to remove club council coordinators from their positions last Wednesday. Nineteen senators were in favor, one voted against and two had abstained.
The undergraduate Student Association Senate elected Gavin Krauciunas to serve as its chairperson for the 2025-26 year at its first meeting Wednesday, marking it the third year Krauciunas will be in the position.
In a rare competitive election year for the undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate, the candidates from the “Unity4UB,” “The Student Voice,” “UB Forward,” and “Engineers ‘R’ Us” won the 12 elected seats for the ‘25-26 term.
In a rare year when candidates outnumber the undergraduate Student Association’s (SA) Senate seats, 19 candidates are in the running for 12 seats for this fall’s elections. The Spectrum interviewed 17 out of the 19 candidates on their experiences and goals.
Twenty candidates — six parties and three independent candidates — are competing for 12 seats on the undergraduate Student Association (SA) Senate for the ‘25-26 year: a rare instance when the candidates outnumber the Senate seats.
The Advocacy Committee was meant to “make reports and recommendations” to the Senate about student issues. Almost all of the senators voted to form the committee. SA senators are set to vote on whether or not to extend the committee later today.
SA’s Bullsapalooza — a campus-wide fair — is intended to replace the second Fest in the future.
The REAL party’s Aisha Bechir, and four Stampede party candidates – Mason Bayer, William Dong, Benjamin Lau and Jack Koscinski — secured their seats in a tight race for positions on SA’s e-board for the 2025-26 term.
Approximately 13,755 votes were tallied for this year’s election, roughly 85.3% greater than last year’s election which had 7,423 votes counted.
The Spectrum interviewed 17 candidates competing for SA's e-board for the 2025-26 term about their experiences, platforms and plans for the undergraduate student government's future.
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