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New Graphic Designer Needed for WSPN, Elections Are Nigh

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

You know those sick posters you see around campus whenever WSPN hosts an event? The charming and prolific Evan Cohen designs those, and he’s graduating this year, leaving WSPN without art for the time being. If you have graphic design experience and want to “get involved” on campus, shoot Evan an email. This is a great way for artists to get their stuff out, and an even better way to receive awkward compliments from strangers.

Related, all DJs should come to the WSPN elections on Monday night at 7pm in Bolton 100, because they’re fun and people are sarcastic and we don’t want the radio station to go down the shitter next year, right?

 

Skidmore Students Politically Apathetic or Whatever

Friday, November 18th, 2011

According to a recent article in The Skidmore News, students on campus are pushing dangerous levels of not giving a shit. In the recent November 8 local elections, only forty of the hundreds of registered voters on campus showed up to the polls. Skidmore Democrats president Bryn Schockmel ’12 attributed the low turnout to a “general apathetic view of local town politics,” adding that “some students believe Saratoga Policy has little effect on their daily lives.” What a bunch of goddamn layabouts we all are.

But seriously! Overlooking the fact that “voter apathy” is a staggeringly vague and broad term that gets thrown around a lot and doesn’t really mean anything, on a city scale, these numbers are definitely a little disheartening. Of the 18,200 registered voters, only 6,373 voted last week, which indicates a widespread problem in the county, beyond Skidmore.

Everything You Need To Know About SGA Elections

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

missing from this chart? the Illumnati connections

SGA aka Student Government Association aka Super Good Amigos aka Succulent Green Apples is perpetuating the cycle of democracy by hosting elections to fill next year’s positions. Usually this shit is soooo boring (politics, right?) but this round of ballot punching happens to be full of exciting contested elections. Huzzah!

Speech Night is Wednesday, April 6th at 6pm in the Spa so if you want to be an informed and responsible voter you should probably attend that (there will also be free pizza). You can also browse this wonderful facebook album loaded with sexy pictures and exciting information about the candidates.

If you’re popular and/or pretty you probably have a lot of facebook friends, which means that all of your friends have probably already invited you to an infuriating amount of facebook events made to support the various candidates, which WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT DUDE? Facebook is for looking at pictures of cute girls from high school, not ‘getting out the vote’ or whatever. Leave me alone.

Voting is all day Thursday online and at the SGA offices in Case Center and if you’re a real American you’ll wait until then to decide who you support.

(fbook)

SGA Voting Happy Time Time

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

It is time once again to encourage you all to vote in the SGA elections. If I had the time I would make the obligatory joke about the importance of democratic participation and maybe also something about the rise of democracy in North Africa here, but I’m kind of in a rush and can’t be bothered. Feel free to make your own in the comments.

Click here to vote online, or visit the SGA offices in Case Center.

SGA Speech Night = Free Food

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Tonight at 8pm in the Spa the Student Government Association will host a speech night for individuals seeking election. Hear what the candidates have to say and the afterwards eat free Esperanto Pizza and Doughboys.

(fbook)

N.B. This is just one of the ways to get free pizza tonight.

SGA Election Information Session

Monday, September 21st, 2009

flyer

Tonight and again tomorrow the SGA is offering election information sessions for students interested in holding student government positions. The info session will be at 5:30pm in Ladd 206.

Continue below for a list of the open positions… Click to continue »

SGA Voting, Candidates and Proposed Amendment

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Yesterday on my way into D-Hall I was surprised to see another table set up for SGA voting. After a quick email exchange with SGA policy analyst Annie Bruckner ’11 I’ve learned quite a bit. Turns out SGA splits voting into 3 rounds. The 3rd round of voting began yesterday at noon and runs through Friday, vote online HERE.

The first is to fill in vacant positions from the end of the fall semester/beginning of the spring semester (some people resign or go abroad).  The second is for all the executive committee positions (SGA President, SGA Vice Presidents) and hall council positions (Presidents and Vice Presidents).  The third is for senators-at-large, class council positions, Speakers Bureau Chair, Traditions Chair, and any vacant positions.

SGA divides the elections for next year’s governing body into two rounds to give those who run for Executive Committee a chance to run for class council positions, which are part of Executive Board.

Keep reading for a list of candidates and a quick explanation of the proposed SGA constitutional amendment.
Click to continue »

SGA Democrazy

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Annie Bruckner ’11 writes in to lets us know about the upcoming SGA elections.

P.S. See what I did in the title? DemoCRAZY. God I’m good.

All The News That’s Fit To Print

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Next week Skidnews will be holding elections for the entire editorial board. If you are interested in upping your involvement in newspaper make sure to email Akheil Singla for more information. This is the perfect opportunity for all you folks over on the ACB talking about the shortcomings of Skidnews roll up your sleeves and get involved.

ASingla@skid

SGA Voting Reminder

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Don’t forget to head over to the SGA page and vote for your hall representatives and all that democratic jazz. Think of it as practice for November. You can click here and avoid all that bothersome skidmore.edu stuff.