The Student Association will be led by Vice President Evan Chen, Treasurer Sade Cadle and President James Ingram (photographed left to right) this coming school year.
The Student Association had an eventful 2013-14. From multiple resignations to constitutional amendments, SA has implemented structural changes and gone through controversy that started almost immediately.
Students walking into the voting booth next year will see fewer names on the ballot and vote for each executive board member separately. On Wednesday night, the Student Association Senate and Assembly passed two changes to the election process.
On Wednesday, the Student Association Assembly voted to change election guidelines to have presidential and vice presidential candidates running on separate ballots. During an impromptu Senate meeting on the same night, the SA Senate passed an amendment allowing the SA president to appoint the SUNY delegates. The Assembly also voted Melissa Kathan, a sophomore political science major, to be Speaker of the Assembly for the second year in a row. The previous election system required the presidential and vice presidential candidate to be elected together.
On Wednesday, the Student Association Assembly voted to change election guidelines to have presidential and vice presidential candidates running on separate ballots. During an impromptu Senate meeting on the same night, the SA Senate passed an amendment allowing the SA president to appoint the SUNY delegates. The Assembly also voted Melissa Kathan, a sophomore political science major, to be speaker of the Assembly for the second year in a row. The previous election system required the presidential and vice presidential candidate to be elected together.
The Student Association has cut the stipends of its president, vice president and treasurer by $2,000 each - putting $6,000 total back into SA's roughly $3.6 million budget. On Sunday evening, the SA Senate passed the 2014-15 undergraduate SA budget with eight senators approving and three abstaining.
James Ingram said he always knew his party had the potential to earn the student body's support. On Thursday, undergraduates proved him right. The Value Party celebrated in the Student Association office as Election and Credentials Chair Matt Siwiec announced Ingram and the rest of his party swept the SA elections. Presidential and vice presidential candidates Ingram and Evan Chen, respectively, won the two executive positions with 250 votes more than the Impact Party.
On Sunday, the Student Association Senate unanimously approved Judy Mai as SA vice president - 13 senate members voted yes and four were not present. Lyle Selsky, the former SA vice president, resigned from his position on Jan.
When Student Association Treasurer Siddhant Chhabria came to UB from his native India, he was expecting a crazy experience like the one he saw in American Pie. He soon realized college in America is completely different from what he imagined. Throughout his college career, Chhabria has taken steps to transition from his wild perception to a matured approach.
A picture of Po from Kung-Fu Panda sits on Student Association Vice President Lyle Selsky's office door.
Results are in for last week's UB Council and Graduate Student Association elections, but they remain unofficial as of press time, according to Mike Lewis, a student activities associate in the office of Student Life. Mia Jorgensen, who received 259 votes, is expected to be the new UB Council student representative.
A cheer rose in 350 Student Union on Thursday evening when the Student Association elections ended in a decisive victory for the VOICE Party, with all of its candidates dominating student ballots.
The annual Student Association executive board elections mark, for some students, the most obnoxious time of the year to attend UB. For three consecutive days at the end of March, students steer clear of the Student Union at all costs to escape being bombarded by candidates and campaign supporters.
Students will vote in a special election this week to choose a new Student Association vice president.
It is that time of year again - Student Association elections are quickly approaching and prospective candidates for SA's executive board and the New York State Student Assembly delegation have had a busy week, collecting petition signatures and gaining student support.As of Thursday evening, two parties had announced candidacy: the Results Party and the UB Students Party.
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