Students voted to approve the split in student government to create a new dual structure, but the changes won’t go into place until new members of student government are sworn in on April 4.
After referendums failed to pass in two elections, administrators are stepping in to resolve tension between the Graduate and Professional Student Federation and student government that has been growing over the past year.
The campaign to let UNC’s student body decide the future of graduate student governance during campus elections on Feb. 9 came down to checking signatures by hand.
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation must raise signatures from 10 percent of the student body to get its proposed split from undergraduate student government on the ballot for spring student elections.
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation, Student Congress and Student Government’s executive branch hosted a town hall meeting Monday night to receive student input on GPSF’s possible split from Student Congress.
For the fiscal year 2015, student government has a net deficit of $209,498.01 — and while Congress usually has a net deficit, this is the first year student government has been in debt.
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation presented two plans for co-optation or separation from student government at its Tuesday meeting.
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation has elected a new president, Dylan Russell, to fill the position left by Brandon Linz in November.
