SGA representative Ali Drucker ’11 writes in to let us all know about some goofy little website called Daily Jolt:

Want to advertise a club event? Want to get more people at your sports events? How about a forum for text book exchanges or an electronic ride board? Then you should probably check out skidmore.dailyjolt.com! A new interactive forum for students to advertise and talk about what’s going on at Skidmore. Anybody with a Skidmore email can join and start posting events or make their own personal event calendar. Get connected and never spend another night on campus without something to do. Get the word out about what you’re doing because hey, SkidmoreUnofficial doesn’t have time to profile every event…

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 »

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.
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Tomorrow night at 7pm in Emerson candidates running for 2009-2010 SGA positions will be making speeches and kissing babies. While I am sure most of you will be attending because of deep rooted feelings of democratic responsibility and community involvement those of you who find yourselves with a particular “insatiable hunger” you will be excited to know there will free food that only tastes good when you’re fucked up Esperanto’s.

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.

SGA President Jacqueline Shydlowski ‘09 just sent around an email about some changes to SGA’s Parking Court. Instead of holding (monthly? weekly? whatever) hearings, SGA will now exclusively review appeals online. More importantly, if you would like to appeal a parking ticket received last semester you must submit an appeal online before 4:30pm on Friday (3/20)–EVEN IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A PAPER APPEAL. Only electronic appeals will be considered from now on. THE FUTURE IS NOW.

More information and a link to the appeal form is available here.

Although they’re sparsely populated, these Skidmore-run forums seem like the perfect answer to requests for an accountable place to sell things and find ride information. If you prefer anonymous dating advice, endearing missed connections, and poor spelling, stick with us.

https://academics.skidmore.edu/forum/

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.

For those of you who still have faith in the democratic process SGA is hosting two information sessions in the SPA this week for people interested in running for positions on Inter-Class Council, Hall Council and Student Senate

Monday September 15th 8pm @ the SPA

Tuesday September 16th 7pm @ the SPA