AJ Abell, Safet Mesanovic, Tatiana Cadet and Jesse Nichols all campaigned as write-in candidates for president, while Seedat and her running mate, Jane Hong, were the only candidates to appear on the ballot on MySlice. Seedat was declared the winner around 1 a.m. Friday, with 24.1 percent of students voting in the election. Read more »
Seedat defeated four write-in candidates who were running campaigns for president. A total of 24.1 percent of the student body voted in the elections. Read more »
This year's SA election saw the first all female candidate ticket for president and vice president: Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong, respectively. The pair is part of the growing national trend of an increased number of female candidates in college government. Read more »
In this year’s Student Association elections at Syracuse University, four pairs of students have taken advantage of the opportunity to earn hand-typed votes by campaigning as write-in candidates. Read more »
With one more day left to vote in the Student Association elections, 18.5 percent of the Syracuse University student body has already voted as of 5 p.m. Wednesday Read more »
In Mesanovic's platform, he has pledged to put the ideas of students above his own, and ensure the voices of all students be heard, even those of international students like himself and other marginalized groups. Read more »
Three of the five Student Association presidential candidates, along with one pseudo candidate, took part in the latest SA debate Tuesday night, hosted by The Kumquat, a satirical campus publication. Read more »
Tatiana Cadet was a junior transfer student from Georgia Perimeter College. Cadet and Fatima Bangura are now running for Student Association president and vice president, respectively. Cadet is advocating for and talking to transfer and nontraditional students on campus. Read more »
The 14.2 percentage mark surpasses the 10 percent needed for the election to become official, meaning elections will not run into Friday. Read more »
As a part of Nichols and Hein’s “Om for SU” campaign, the pair wants to create a holistic stress reduction center. Sponsored by the Office of Health Promotion, the center would act as a one-stop shop toward feeling better. Read more »
AJ Abell and Tatiana Cadet were the only Student Association presidential candidates present at the National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsored debate Monday night in Stolkin Auditorium. Read more »
Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong both know what it’s like to struggle with identity. As the first two women of color to ever run on… Read more »
Having grown up in an orphanage in Russia before moving to the U.S., AJ Abell’s life has taught him to value experience as much as result. And his past has loose connections to his campaign platform, which is centered on transparency and inclusiveness Read more »
Syracuse University’s chapter of the New York Public Interest Research Group will hold a referendum on the Student Association election ballot to determine if it has the support of the student body. Read more »
Only one student attended the official Student Association candidate forum Sunday night in Shaffer Auditorium Read more »
AJ Abell and Jonathan Dawson hosted a 15 minute-long meeting in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to discuss their campaign progress and platform and hear back from the Syracuse University community. Read more »
With four of the five candidates for this year’s Student Association presidential elections being write-ins, SA’s Board of Elections and Membership has revised the guidelines for acceptable votes. Read more »
The debate, which is sponsored by the NPHC, will take place at 8:30 p.m. in Lyman Hall, room 132. Doors for “The Great Debate” open at 8 p.m. It is unclear which of the five members running for SA president will take part in the debate. Read more »
Safet Mesanovic and Gener Romeu Oliva said they believe SA is currently lacking representatives from a variety of majors and functioning as too much of a “closed” organization. Read more »
Cadet’s platform includes four main points: strengthening community, improving security, improving SA and addressing student needs. Read more »
Jesse Nichols, a junior international relations and public relations major, officially launched his campaign over the weekend. Read more »
Cadet’s platform includes four main points: strengthening community, improving security, improving SA and addressing student needs. Read more »
VanderBerg then contacted the SA Board of Administrative Operations, which conducted an investigation and found that it did not have confidence in Colon to run a fair and non-biased election. Read more »
Write-in candidates AJ Abell and Jonathan Dawson will not be taking part in SA’s upcoming election forum. Read more »
