Ahead of this week s KU Student Senate election, members of the Ad Astra campaign and the New Page campaign provided more details on their stances in a survey provided by
The Student Senate’s Student Rights and Affairs Council passed a bill to remove Senate funding for The University Daily Kansan last night, which represents roughly half of the Kansan s budget.
Before voting began in April for the 2021 Student Senate election, the newly formed Student Trial Court made an advisory opinion in March, stripping this yearâs candidates of their right to organize into coalitions on the ballot.
Candidates organizing into coalitions and parties to campaign for a common platform has been an integral piece of the Student Senate since its creation in 1969 when the Independent Student Party won the first election at the University of Kansas.
The advisory opinion was made after freshman Liberal Arts and Sciences candidate Turner Seals requested to be associated with a coalition in the 2021 election.Â