The Student Supreme Court unanimously decided not to call for re-election in the District 5 race for Student Congress, dismissing candidate Taylor Holgate’s suit against Board of Elections Chairman Pete Gillooly.The court found that the Board of Elections violated the Student Code by failing to obtain a letter from ITS certifying that the voting software was secure.
The 2010 incoming class of freshmen will be the first required to live in either on-campus housing or Granville Towers for their first year.
Monty Cook, senior vice president and editor of The Baltimore Sun, is returning to Chapel Hill to lead an experimental digital news production and research initiative.Cook, a 1986 graduate of UNC, and his students will work out of a classroom in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication that is being renovated for the project.
UNC’s Student Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday between Board of Elections Chairman Pete Gillooly and former Student Congress candidate Taylor Ann Holgate, who requested a re-vote for the District 5 election.The court will make a decision on the case in a week and a half at the earliest, Chief Justice Emma Hodson said.
Move over, Cancun — Honduras is the new tropical destination for students on spring break.But they won’t be spending all their time soaking up the sun and slurping drinks with umbrellas.Several University service groups are hosting trips to Honduras during the break to help medicate, nourish and clothe the people of this impoverished nation.And Honduras needs their help — the country was devastated in 1998 by Hurricane Mitch and is considered the second-poorest country in Central America, after Haiti.
In today’s election, students will pick the person who will be their voice to UNC administration — and also decide the course for the future of student government.Juniors Hogan Medlin and Shruti Shah will compete in a runoff election today to be the next student body president, the primary student liaison to the administration.
It hasn’t been a typical election season.With giant castle-shaped plywood signs and calls for narwhals and a Google revolution, the last month has been characterized by a set of polarizing and unusual characters.But it will end today like any other election season — with a vote. How to vote:
Two new administrators will take office this spring, and the relationship forged between them could influence how successful each will be. The student body president and the vice chancellor for student affairs serve as the primary liaisons between students and administrators, and their positions have benefitted in the past from a close relationship with each other.
Students might never have to receive a phase five ticket to the nosebleed section of the Smith Center again after this season.On Feb. 9, the student body will elect the next Carolina Athletic Association president, who represents students’ interests to UNC’s athletic department.
He’s been a ballroom dancer, a resident adviser, a Glee Club treasurer and speaker of Student Congress. And now he wants to add student body president to his resume as well.
