Black Men's Union endorses Daisy Almonte for DSG president
By Black Men's Union | March 6, 2019The Black Men’s Union executive board recently had the pleasure of meeting with three candidates for President.
The Black Men’s Union executive board recently had the pleasure of meeting with three candidates for President.
At its Wednesday meeting, Duke Student Government Senate swore in new members, and leaders noted the diversity of the group.
Duke Student Government elections fare better for Greek affiliated candidates. This past February, senior Ilana Weisman, who was vice president for equity and outreach at the time and will be executive vice president this year, conducted a demographics survey of DSG that found that 56 percent of DSG are Greek affiliated and 24 percent are members of selective living groups.
Duke Student Government has no official political parties, but an analysis of the Senate’s voting record shows several networks of people who vote in similar ways. An analysis of the Senate’s roll call votes reveals voting patterns and groups of like-minded senators.
You’ve said in previous interviews that you feel DSG candidates make too many specific promises in campaigns.
At its final meeting of the year, the Duke Student Government Senate failed to secure sufficient support for a proposal that would have opened applications to serve on Board of Trustees committees to the student body.
In a meeting Wednesday, Duke Student Government Senate voted to continue to have vice presidents serve on the Board of Trustees committees.
After a series of vetoes and rescinded vetoes, the Duke Student Government Judiciary decided to release its decisions about two cases by noon Tuesday.
Duke Student Government President Keizra Mecklai has vetoed $40,000 of funding for the Chanticleer, Duke's student yearbook, but other DSG officials plan to sue Mecklai in the DSG Judiciary to stop her veto.
The Duke Student Government made changes to its funding of the Peer Advocacy for Sexual Health Center and approved changes to the annual budget allocations. Watch the full video of the meeting here.
In its meeting Wednesday, Duke Student Government gave final approval to the annual budget, including its plan to fund the Chanticleer, Duke's student yearbook, amended the budgetary statute of Peer Advocacy for Sexual Health Center and decided not to send applications to the entire student body to apply to be on the Board of Trustees. Three religious student organizations—Muslim Students Association, the Catholic Center and Presbyterian Campus Ministry—presented to the Senate requesting more funding than their original allocation in the Student Organization Funding Committee's annual budget.
Elected Duke Student Government senators attend meetings slightly more frequently than appointed at-large senators, but are less likely to run for another term.
View DSG's full debate on the annual budget and a resolution opposing the relocation of the Women's Center to East Campus.
Duke Student Government Senate voted to fund the Peer Advocacy for Sexual Health Center at its meeting Wednesday.
In an election with significantly higher voter turnout than last year's, undergraduates selected next year's class council presidents and vice presidents and Duke Student Government committee vice presidents and senators when polls closed Wednesday at noon.
The Duke Student Government Judiciary is looking to play a bigger role in settling disputes on campus.
Although Duke Student Government has faced issues with its perception on campus, diversity and voter turnout, student government leaders at other universities said those problems are not unique.
At the Wednesday meeting, Duke Student Government Senate voted to stand with Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity. Senators for equity and outreach, senior Jay Sullivan, sophomore Riyanka Ganguly and sophomore Jeremy Gottlieb and sophomore Alice Reed, ad-hoc senator for equity and outreach presented a resolution to support the students protesting in and outside of the Allen building.
View DSG's full debate of a resolution advocating disciplinary action against EVP Tallman Trask, which ultimately failed.
Duke Student Government rejected a resolution for disciplinary action against Executive Vice President Tallman Trask in its meeting Wednesday night.