Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: May 1st, 2009

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Category: Activism, Adam, Context and Connections, The Public Good

Today is Andy Hogan’s second full day on the job as Student Union President, and despite this high-profile position, I feel he’s still something of an unknown quantity to much of the student body, much more so than Jason Gray was last year.  There are several reasons for this: the Presidential race was much less [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: April 26th, 2009

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Category: Adam, Democracy, News, The Public Good

The Union Judiciary just sent out an e-mail denying certiorari (declining to hear) a case brought by Henry Schleifer, a former write-in candidate for next year’s UJ.  Henry had formed a Facebook group to campaign for the position despite the fact he’s currently studying abroad.  However, because his term would technically begin next Wednesday during [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: April 12th, 2009

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Category: Adam, Context and Connections, News, The Public Good

At their last meeting, the Union Senate passed SMR S09-14, which provided funding for this semester’s Midnight Buffet, which will be held on April 29th.  The resolution called for $3650.10, and that total was apparently amended upwards to $3750 during the meeting. The resolution itself is noteworthy for being over a thousand dollars lower than [...]

Author: Loki


Posted on: March 30th, 2009

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Category: Diversity and Multiculturalism, Loki

Today, the SU Senate voted to recognize a club that essentially is a college-level chapter of the Unification Church movement. The Unification Church is a new age religion, called a cult by some, founded by a man named Sun Myung Moon in 1954. He claims to have seen Jesus Christ in a vision, who charged [...]

Author: Adam Hughes


Posted on: March 17th, 2009

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Category: Adam, News, The Public Good

Here’s Andy Hogan, the Union’s Director of Community Advocacy, discussing the new cell phone amplifier in lower Usdan.  Andy was the driving force behind the project and secured funding for it from the Office of Facilities Services.: As of Monday morning, you can now use your cell phones in lower Usdan.  The amplifier that was [...]

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