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.

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.

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

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.

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

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…

Scribner Village Senator
Northwoods Apartments Senator
Off-Campus Senator
2012 Senator (3 positions)
2013 Class Council Officers (including Prez, Vice Prez, Treasurer, Secretary and Social Chair)
2010 Treasurer
2011 Social Chair
2011 Treasurer
2011 Secretary

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.

Class Council Positions:
Alec Unkovic – Class of 2012 Social Chair
Raiza Nazareth – Class of 2012 Secretary
Sam Leibenhaut – Class of 2012 Treasurer
Logan Brenner – Class of 2012 Vice President
Melvis Langyintuo – Class of 2012 President
Michael Heyward – Class of 2011 Vice President
Jenny Snow – Class of 2011 President
Ashton Frulla – Class of 2010 Social Chair
Jillian Zatta – Class of 2010 Vice President
Michael Cass-Antony – Class of 2010 President
Mia Guajardo – Class of 2010 President

Senator-at-Large:
Alex Bland
Anna Levy
Andrew Lichtenberg
Xavier Richards
Skylar Sasson
Harper Sibley

Write-In’s:
Rhonda Nelson – Class of 2010 Secretary
Kate Millar – President of Howe-Rounds
Aviva Ariel – Speakers Bureau Chair

SGA’s proposed constitutional amendment streamlines the constitution, reducing it from a superfluous 26 to a more concise 13 pages, updates a lot of the outdated language and fixes minor grammatical and spelling errors. In addition the amendment clarifies the definition of SGA membership (it used to be “all full-time matriculated and full-time non-matriculated students”; now it’s all Skidmore College students (except for UWW, MALS, and part-time students who live off-campus) who pay the Student Activity Fee.  The Amendment also adds an Interclass Council Chair to the Executive Committee and merged the VP for Communications, Willingness-to-Serve Chair, and Elections Chair.  The entire document looks to be a well thought-out and an overall helpful policy change.

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

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

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.

Tonight at 8pm, in the SPA, those brave souls running for SGA positions will be giving speeches. Go hear what they have to say. Oh yeah, FREE PIZZA, DOUGHBOYS, AND BURRITOS. Voting for SGA elections begins Wednesday at 12pm and will end Friday, September 26th at 12pm. Students can vote online, in the Atrium, or in Case.