One executive ticket is already innovating Student Government Association campaigns. In a document released over Facebook on Wednesday, reDefine stated they would donate one third of its campaigning budget to five different organizations and charities on campus and in the Athens community: 4H Club (Athens), Nuci’s Space, Not for Sale, Strive for College and Peer [...]

One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. But in order to prevent this, the event Take Back the Night aimed to raise awareness of domestic violence in the community. “We hope to just get the conversation started about this,” said Samantha Meyer, who is on the executive board of the women’s [...]

Not all of the senator seats will be filled after elections. In total, 34 students are running for senate, but after elections, 11 seats will remain vacant, said Wes Robinson, attorney general and leader of the elections committee. One of the biggest changes the Student Government Association made to the elections process is the separation [...]

Beginning Monday, Student Government Association elections started, but not without its problems. Not only have students been having trouble with submitting their votes, but Sean Malone, presidential candidate of YOUnited, said his ticket’s placement on the ballot is difficult to find if students don’t know to scroll down to the next page. In terms of [...]

Correction appended. In Monday’s Student Government Association debate, the line was drawn between the experienced and the new. Co-sponsored by The Red & Black and Grady Newsource, candidates from all four tickets — YOUnited, Ignite, Blueprint and reDefine — answered questions from moderators and students. Ignite and Blueprint approached the debate with having experience in [...]

The annual Gentlemen’s Showcase is a contest hosted by the Network of Enlightened Women — a conservative women’s book club. NeW believes the decline of chivalry leads to “mutual disrespect” between the sexes. The national organization hosts the showcase each year in an attempt to promote gentlemanly behavior and to prove that chivalry is not [...]

The Red & Black and NewSource are co-sponsoring an SGA debate Monday, April 9 at 8 p.m. The debate will be broadcast live from the NewSource studio. It will be aired on WUGA channel 15 and streamed live on the NewSource Facebook and WUGA site as well as The Red & Black website. It will [...]

Correction appended. The Caribbean Student Association seeks to eliminate stereotypes this week with daily events celebrating the students’ culture. Abigail Maxwell, the association’s president and a junior geology major and international student from Trinidad and Tobago, said the annual event follows the theme “eliminating stereotypes” to correct misconceptions other students may have about the Caribbean. Students may [...]

YOUnited is back. Earlier this week, the ticket was suspended from participating in elections because previous vice presidential candidate Jaime Conner failed to meet the institutional GPA requirements. But after filing out the correct paperwork and replacing their vice presidential candidate with Kevin “Femi” Brinson, a sophomore management and finance major from Peachtree City, the [...]

Blueprint presidential candidate John Bowden discussed his platform and answered questions about student fees, the new medical campus and student organizations on Wednesday’s WUOG’s “Athens Journal.” Sean Malone, YOUnited presidential candidate, did not participate in the debate after his candidate for vice president Jamie Conner failed to meet necessary GPA requirements. In an overview of [...]