The Miami Student

Election Changes “for a Stronger Miami” (1)

12.07.2009

Two weeks ago Student Senate passed new guidelines for this year’s student body elections. This week I am going to post in a three part series on the changes to these guidelines for the student body elections next semester. In each post I will write about one of three major changes to the rules. These [...]

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BSC Student Financial Survey

12.03.2009

This semester ASG passed legislation appropriating money for Brailsford & Dunlavey (B & D), an independent student life assessment firm, to survey the student body to assess student opinion and priorities in regards to financing for a new student center. After months of work with the with B & D we are ready to launch the survey this next week.

In preparation for the survey, ASG has been working to inform students of the benefits and costs of a new student center so that students are informed when making their decisions. Below is a letter to the editor of The Miami Student that I submitted for this Friday’s edition of the paper.

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Then & Now: Funding a Student Center

10.31.2009

The recent debate in the university community about the Bicentennial Student Center (BSC) has been disappointing largely because many of the facts have been lost in a list of concerns about other aspects of the university. The solace I have is that when all the facts are laid to bare there is little doubt that [...]

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