But the one thing I didn’t expect was more academically-focused than red cups and frat parties: students in the Stony Brook Undergraduate Student Government (USG) get paid.
Stony Brook’s Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution during their senate meeting on Monday March 1, outlining their discontent with the lack of transparency and collaboration between the campus administration and USG.
Decked out in their Halloween costumes, members of the Undergraduate Student Government held their weekly senate meeting on Thursday to report on the month’s accomplishments and future plans.
The After Party dominated the polls this past week in Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government Elections, claiming every position from president to senators. Adil Hussain, a junior political science…
“I’d basically be a figurehead,” thinks the average carefree, semi-popular college student running for USG office. After all, the all-important position would provide for yet another addendum to his resume…
This past Friday the USG Supreme Court ruled on the SBU-TV Case, in favor of the USG. The ruling wasn’t a surprise to anyone who read the briefs; the SBU-TV’s argument was reasoned on logic that would make a first grader eligible to be a college professor.
On Friday March 18, SBU-TV argued why they should remain a club and not be taken over by USG. What follows is the court case in it’s entirety. As of this posting no decision has been made in the case. Judge for yourselves who won.
George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot may stand on different steps on the ideological staircase, but on one philosophy they all agree: When in doubt, blame the press.
