Accessible Futures DePaul (AFD) is the first on-campus student organization for disabled students. Founded and led by junior Gwenyth True, with support from treasurer David Hupp and faculty advisor Kelly Tzoumis, AFD is building a community space on campus to advance disability justice for students. “This is our first academic quarter of organizing together and.
Editor’s Note: Marcus Robertson was an editor for The DePaulia, but had no involvement in the election reporting. The Judicial Board of DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) dismissed all allegations from last month’s hearing on Tuesday in a statement posted on Instagram. On May 27, J-Board held a hearing to investigate allegations of election violations.
Editor’s note: Marcus Robertson, who presided as Chief Justice of the hearing, is an editor for The DePaulia. He has no involvement with The DePaulia’s SGA reporting. The Judicial Board of DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) held a hearing Thursday to investigate allegations of election violations in its spring quarter election. David Hupp, SGA’s newly.
The DePaulia
Theodora Koulouvaris, Staff Writer|May 27, 2021
(DePaul Student Government Association)
The Judicial Board of DePaul’s Student Government Association (SGA) will hold a hearing Thursday to investigate allegations of rule violations in the organization’s recent election.
SGA announced the hearing three hours prior to its start at 6 p.m., and did not include a Zoom link for students outside of SGA to attend.
The hearing comes after SGA released the results of its spring quarter election May 14 on Instagram, where it announced a protest was filed regarding a candidate’s campaign and that the Judicial Board was in the process of reviewing the complaint.
The DePaulia
Rebecca Meluch, News Editor|May 14, 2021
Zayed and Holechko ran on four key initiatives, according to their official campaign Instagram page:
Defunding the DePaul FOP tuition discount
Creating a new scholarship to help students purchase/rent their textbooks
Increasing communication between university administration & students
Free university counseling services after the pandemic.
Zayed previously held the position of SGA’s Vice President, and Holechko was previously the senator for the College of Education.
The pair ran against Wesley Janicki and Keith Norward, who previously held the roles as Executive Vice President of Facility Operations and the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs.