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One Campus wins SG election in landslide
25 Apr 2008
One Campus was declared the winner of Student Government (SG) executive slate elections last night, handily beating Connect Four, their closest competitors...
Three blind Moose
25 Apr 2008
Sitting through Monday’s interminable Student Government (SG) debate, I couldn’t help but think of the things I’d rather be doing with my time: watching TV, doing homework, gnawing off a limb. Th...
In Photos: SG Candidates
22 Apr 2008
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Executive slate and liaison candidates debate
22 Apr 2008
Candidates for the executive slate and liaison to the Board of Trustees debated their platforms in the McCormick Tribune Lounge last night, on the eve of campus-wide Student Government (SG) elect...
SG Guide: One Campus
22 Apr 2008
Claiming to have the greatest knowledge of the political workings of the University, both inside Student Government (SG) and out, One Campus has cast itself as the most experienced campaign with ...
SG Guide: Connect Four
22 Apr 2008
Pressing for better and more communication across campus groups, Connect Four promises more opportunities for conversation between Student Government (SG) and the student body...
SG Guide: YEP
22 Apr 2008
Advocating greater communication among campus groups, the YEP slate promises to launch new opportunities for dialogue among Student Government (SG) representatives, University administrators, and...
SG Guide: Moose Party
22 Apr 2008
Student Government’s perennial underdog slate, the Moose Party, is trying its luck for the 14th consecutive year, running on its longstanding campaign promise of free beer. ...
Editorial: Executive Slate endorsement
22 Apr 2008
For the first time in recent memory, the race for executive slate has provided two eminently qualified teams, and the decision should be a difficult one for many students...
Editorial: Undergraduate Liaison to the Board of Trustees endorsement
22 Apr 2008
In recent years, the position of undergraduate liaison to the Board of Trustees has taken on increased importance, as campus activists have questioned Board decisions on issues ranging from dives...
Editorial: College Council endorsements
22 Apr 2008
This year’s College Council (CC) elections are notable for the ten students running as part of the “SGProgress” coalition, with a shared platform advocating a series of political goals. A pa...
The way forward
22 Apr 2008
As the current representatives, we are delighted to see the increased interest in Liaison to the Board of Trustees positions...
Why coalitions matter
18 Apr 2008
Disenchanted with your student government? Raise your hand if you know your Student Government (SG) reps. Keep your hand raised if you know what they have done and what committees they’re on....
SG candidates gear up for hotly contested elections
11 Apr 2008
Campaigns for Student Government (SG), College Council (CC), and Executive Slate are shaping up to be among the most competitive in recent memory, with hotly contested races in nearly every categ...
Editorial: Common sense
08 Apr 2008
There were any number of reasons why Student Government’s (SG) “UnCommon Fund” should have failed. From...
SG selects UnCommon fund recipients
04 Apr 2008
A presentation on how to survive zombie attacks, a naked Halloween party, and a new student-run emergency response unit are among the student proposals that received grants from the UnCommon Fund...
Doty disgusts and delights at MCA
11 Mar 2008
When featuring a new artist, a museum always runs the risk of displaying art that is not quite in tune with popular taste...
Uncommon Fund lacks common sense
27 Nov 2007
Giving the same thing a different name doesn’t make it better; it just makes it easier to forget how bad it was in the first place. ...
Withhold judgment on SG reps
02 Oct 2007
First, I would like to thank the Maroon for taking its time to research and inform readers about the recent absence of two members of College Council (CC) in last week’s editorial. ...
Your SG wins
27 Apr 2007
Posting a second consecutive year of record-high turnout, the Student Government (SG) executive slate elections concluded Thursday night, with the Your SG slate narrowly defeating the Most Known ...
SG Election Guide: Your SG
24 Apr 2007
Advocating greater transparency and more communication with students, the Your SG executive slate has launched a high-profile, multimedia campaign aimed at illustrating the centerpiece of their p...
SG Election Guide: The Most Known Unknowns
24 Apr 2007
Casting itself as a group of outsiders interested more in amplifying the concerns of students than preserving the Student Government (SG) status quo, the Most Known Unknowns executive slate has f...
SG Election Guide: The Moose Party
24 Apr 2007
Despite 12 consecutive years of losing the Student Government (SG) Executive Slate election, the Moose Party promises that its election this year could mean significant positive changes for the U...
Make Your-SG our SG
24 Apr 2007
This year’s communication failure between students and the administration illustrated the need of Student Government (SG) to perform its proper function: to represent the views of the students. ...
Slate candidates face off in SG Debate
20 Apr 2007
Candidates running for Student Government (SG) Executive Slate, Graduate Student Liaison, and Undergraduate Student Liaison discussed their platforms in the annual election debate held Wednesday ...
Do you know when SG elections are? If not, then maybe you should.
17 Apr 2007
Another Sunday enjoying Pierce brunch. Another chance for a truly controlled sociological experiment...
SG can have its cake and eat it too
10 Apr 2007
Student Government (SG) recently announced its allocation decisions for the $40,000 pilot New Initiatives Fund (NIF)...
SG names recipients of $40k New Initiatives Fund
03 Apr 2007
The Student Government (SG) New Initiatives Fund announced its first funding decision Sunday, allocating nearly all of the $40,000 set aside for independent projects...
SG offers post-finals airport shuttle
30 Mar 2007
Student Government (SG) launched an airport shuttle program that provided 400 U of C students with free transportation to Midway and O’Hare airports during the end of winter quarter. ...
Transportation Office should take SG's lead
30 Mar 2007
In light of the various bureaucratic problems that have plagued the Transportation Office’s shuttle and bus services for the past two quarters, Student Government’s (SG) free, finals week airport...
SG elects funding committee
02 Mar 2007
Student Government (SG) saw a high turnout in this week’s elections for the position of first-year representative in the College Council (CC) as well as positions that will influence future alloc...
Zimmer: Who is he, and what does he want for the University? Zimmer's "reforms" are misguided
20 Feb 2007
Several issues ago, the Maroon reported that President Zimmer was planning to make the University of Chicago more competitive with its “East Coast competitors” through several “major reforms” (“Z...
SG debates way to boost student communication
16 Feb 2007
The Student Government College Council (CC) debated a new proposal to reform constituent communication Thursday night, following growing internal discontent with perceptions of the Council as bei...
SG kicks off new fund
16 Feb 2007
Juggling workshops, spring break community service initiatives, and a statue of a phoenix that can burst into flames—these are just some of the ideas being proposed for Student Government’s (SG) ...
SG proposes new rules for Board liaison
22 Feb 2002
The Student Government (SG) Assembly discussed changes to the position of student liaison to the Board of Trustees at their meeting Wednesday night...
Students elect SG reps and abolish court
12 Oct 2001
In a move that Student Government (SG) president Ben Aderson sees as indicative of students' concerns for SG, the Student Assembly (SA) court was abolished by a 61 percent majority...
SG holds elections for class reps
05 Oct 2001
Student Government will hold elections for class representatives to the College Council next Monday through Wednesday...
SG and Campaign to End the Death Penalty sponsor teach-in on racism and alleged torture of "Death Row 10" inmates
22 May 2001
In an effort to raise awareness concerning police brutality and racial profiling, a panel of five speakers met in Harper 135 at 6:00 p.m...
SG Assembly confirms Odyssey and proposes elimination of SA Court
18 May 2001
The Student Government (SG) Pan-University Assembly certified Ben Aderson as the 2002 SG President last night, at a meeting of both the Graduate and College Councils...
SG elections under way
23 Apr 2002
Voting commenced yesterday at 9 a.m. in the Student Government Spring election. As of 6 p.m...
On ASG and U-Pass
19 Apr 2002
With student elections just around the corner, Always Seek the Good (ASG) is seeking your vote...
Coverage of Sosa cork incident misguided
06 Jun 2003
Any self-respecting sportswriter must be aware that there are certain limitations to his field...
Metamorphosis wins SG election: As voting moves online, participation jumps 28 percent from previous year
09 May 2003
The slate members of metamorphosis stood nervously together on the second floor of the Reynolds Club Wednesday night, anxiously awaiting the results of the Student Government (SG) elections...
SG voting commences
06 May 2003
While weathering a few early glitches, voting for the Student Government (SG) executive slate commenced yesterday slightly after 8 a.m. on the SG Web site without major incident...
SG candidates present platforms
02 May 2003
The six groups running for Student Government executive slate debated their campaign issues last night before a small number of interested students...
Apathy wins no votes for SG
02 May 2003
Apathy wins no votes for SG The student body has often viewed Student Government in an apathetic light...
A veil of secrecy over the SGFC
04 Apr 2003
Each quarter, undergraduates and graduate students at the University pay a student activities fee. In total, $190,000 is collected per year for student activities...
Checkerboard protestors misguided
13 Jan 2004
The degree to which the University has organized and controlled Hyde Park and its surrounding neighborhoods through its substantial influence and wealth remains an interesting and important quest...
Good Lord: Wherever you see it, there's no disguising the quality
11 Jan 2004
I imagine most people saw a midnight showing of Return of the King in a glitzy theater with booming surround sound. Nerds filed their way left and right in full attire as wizards and elves...
Group of SG officers stands up for Shoreland
11 Jan 2004
A recent exchange of letters between a group of Student Government (S.G...
SG closer to making Red Line van service a reality
02 Dec 2003
The Student Government Transportation Committee (SGTC) presented its proposal for a shuttle service traveling from campus to the Red Line to the Transportation Advisory Workgroup last Friday, dra...
SG debates Red Line van service
11 Nov 2003
With introductions and icebreakers behind them, the Student Government is starting to tackle a serious issue: improving campus-to-downtown transportation with the implementation of Red Line shutt...
SG prepares for school year after summer in Chicago
17 Oct 2003
The new student government executive slate is ready to embark on a year-long journey of decision-making, change, and-perhaps-a little fun. ...
SG pledges more money for RSOs
16 Oct 2003
Last Year, Lei-Lei Shan, Yanet Bahena, and Noeline Arulgnanendran, the Metamorphosis administration, won the campus-wide election for Executive Council of Student Government on the platform of "m...
SG addresses University community
13 Oct 2003
This is the first of several Student Government (SG) columns that we will run in the Viewpoints section of the Maroon...
Dropping the ball: '04 SG slates lacking
30 Apr 2004
Three to four times as many students attended the porn classic Deep Throat at Doc on Wednesday night than sat through the Student Government (SG) executive slate debate in McCormick lounge...
SG sanctions unfair
27 Apr 2004
The recent sanctions imposed on This Charming Slate by the Student Government's Election and Rules Committee (ERC) are troublesome for multiple reasons...
Despite complaints, SG fulfills its promises
23 Apr 2004
I was very disappointed last week to read this newspaper's editorial decrying the overspending of the SGFC...
SG prepares for elections
20 Apr 2004
Candidates running in the upcoming Student Government (SG) elections kicked off their campaigns Tuesday after a meeting Monday with the Election and Rules Committee (ERC)...
Despite restraint, SGFC spends over $240,000
13 Apr 2004
An investigation into the early exhaustion of funds controlled by the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) has revealed a system exposed by a lack of spending safeguards and has raised que...
SGFC runs out of funds for RSOs
06 Apr 2004
Following a year in which Student Government's executive slate was elected on a platform of financial reform, the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) expects to have depleted its funds by...
SGFC spending ill-considered
06 Apr 2004
Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC), the organization responsible for doling out money to student groups, is out of money for the year...
SG's Trustee Speakers Series kicks off with a fireside chat
20 Feb 2004
Craig J. Duchossois, CEO of Duchossois Industries, spoke to students in a "fireside chat" Thursday in the first installment of Student Government's Trustee Speakers Series...
SGFC allocates funds for student group to purchase 15 teacups
31 Oct 2004
Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) received funds requests for $13,567.34 on Tuesday, but only allocated $5,841. Four requests for funding were rejected outright...
SGFC plans to keep RSOs funded for school year
27 Oct 2004
At the next Student Assembly (SA) session on November 3, the SA will consider resolutions to adjust Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) funding practices...
SG slate reflects on old ideas, makes new plans
02 Oct 2004
Staff members impressed with the impact of Student Government (SG) on the University have commented heavily on the previous slate's actions...
Non-members may get to vote in SGFC
08 Jun 2004
The Student Assembly heard arguments last Thursday concerning a resolution that would include non-Student Government (SG) members as voting members of Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC)...
SG calls for RSO media library
18 May 2004
Students who stop at one of the countless bulletin boards and kiosks across campus might notice something interesting...
SG elections witness spike in voting
18 May 2004
The voter turnout for this year's Student Government (SG) election surpassed that of past years, yet early coverage did not do justice to the electoral importance of the graduate student votes...
SGFC considers changes to funding practices
15 May 2004
Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) is mulling over a number of guideline changes to their funding of Registered Student Organizations (RSOs)...
Raising the BAR slate victorious in SG election
07 May 2004
Raising the BAR emerged victorious Wednesday night with 1,238 votes, almost twice as many as the next slate in the Student Government (SG) elections...
Corporate sponsorship wrong path for SG
04 May 2004
Last week, Ted Koppel staged what deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest acts of anti-war protest in the history of television media: instead of a normal hour-long Nightline program, he...
Student groups will explain what matter to them and why in new SG mag
07 Jan 2005
Student Government (SG) will release a new magazine within the next month to provide student groups a forum for advertising their events...
Bowing to SG pressure, Law School joins Graduate Council
21 Nov 2004
Student Government (SG) scored a victory for intra-campus unity on Monday when two Law School students joined the Graduate Council (GC)...
Students gather at Maroon to discuss role of SG
13 May 2005
The recent Student Government (SG) elections, which attracted less attention than past years, prompted discussion as to what role SG should fill and what responsibilities ultimately fall within i...
SG is our Advocate
13 May 2005
The recent Student Government elections have raised some serious questions about the organization's scope and function...
Incumbent wins close SG election
29 Apr 2005
Better Slate Than Never emerged as the newly elected executive slate on Wednesday night, giving current SG president Robert Hubbard a rare second term...
Bad acting, misguided direction leave Hitchhiker's Guide stranded in space
29 Apr 2005
After 25 years of anticipation, the wait is over. The result is just as disappointing as waiting for 10 million years for the answer "42...
SG slates vie for voters in annual debate
22 Apr 2005
The annual Student Government (SG) debates, sponsored by the Inter-House Council (IHC), gave candidates for undergraduate and graduate student liaison and executive slate a chance to present them...
SG Preview: Better Slate Than Never
19 Apr 2005
With their hearts and minds set on helping the University community, the members of Better Slate Than Never said they decided to run because they thought the student body deserved competent and b...
SG Preview: The Doomsday Party
19 Apr 2005
Despite their pessimistic name, the Doomsday Party decided to run with the main goal of making students more optimistic about SG...
SG Preview: Moose Party
19 Apr 2005
Although the Moose Party endorses Better Slate Than Never, it is still campaigning on providing students more beer than recommended by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, whic...
SG Merits Our Attention
15 Apr 2005
Summer may be in sight for many of us, but students have at least one more obligation to fulfill before classes end (other than finals)...
RSO funding, elections, and sexual harassment highlight SG meeting
08 Apr 2005
Student representatives met on Wednesday at 6 p.m...
SG makes plans for new security commission
03 Nov 2006
Student Government (SG) has plans to create a new security commission focused on improving campus safety, responding to the armed robbery of a student in the heart of campus in mid-October...
The blue bag recycling program is misguided
21 Nov 2005
Chicagos Blue Bag recycling program is a major catastrophe....
SG: Leadership, not politics, is what we need
25 Apr 2006
Were in the middle of the annual Student Government (SG) elections. Of course, if history is any guide, you probably dont notice or care. ...
Protesters aren’t martyrs, they’re misguided
03 Mar 2006
For those who were unclear or in denial, here is a simple, indisputable truth: The University of Chicago campus is not a free speech zone...
SG can do a better job funding our RSOs
28 Feb 2006
I would like to offer a new perspective on the current status of registered student organization (RSO) funding...
Commit Yourselves, SG
03 Feb 2006
At this university, we spend a great deal of time either complaining about SG or completely ignoring it...
Want something done? Don’t ask SG.
26 Jan 2006
Many times, in Government, we expect a certain amount of bureaucracy. There is the Social Security system, which processes millions of financial transactions each year...
A New Day tops Full Slate Ahead in SG election
28 Apr 2006
In an election notable for its extraordinarily high turnout, A New Day Student Government (SG) executive slate defeated Full Slate Ahead by 137 votes...
SG slates debate for election
21 Apr 2006
Politicians clashed with comedians Tuesday night as four slates debated RSO funding and party shortages at the annual Student Government (SG) debates, sponsored by the Inter-House Council and hel...
SG pushes for revised freshman meal plan
07 Apr 2006
A Student Government (SG) survey conducted last quarter suggests that this years modified Bartlett freshman meal plan may be inadequate for some students, according to third-year in the College ...
SGFC funding runs low
28 Feb 2006
Despite promises of reform and restraint, the Student Government Finance Committee (SGFC) looks poised to run out of money by early spring quarter yet again, according to committee members...
RSOs review SG’s performance
03 Feb 2006
This is part two of a mid-year report on Student Government. Student Government (SG) has faced student criticism for its reputation as an exclusive, disorganized, and ineffectual organization...
Mid-term report: SG reflects on progress
24 Jan 2006
During last years elections, charges of SG being secretive, unapproachable, and almost invisible to most students were voiced during the campaign and at the debates....
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