SA enacts new constitution, swears in officers
Annabelle Gordon | Asst. Photo Editor
The meeting began with swearing in the 65th session of SA officers, including President David Bruen, Vice President Darnelle Stinfort and Comptroller Nyah Jones.
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Student Association officially implemented its new constitution and swore in several officers during its last meeting of the semester Monday.
SA voted to approve the constitution in March, and the constitution was officially implemented on midnight Monday, said Joshua Shub-Seltzer, the 2020-2021 parliamentarian. SA also approved a new set of bylaws during the meeting.
The meeting began with swearing in the 65th session of SA officers, including President David Bruen, Vice President Darnelle Stinfort and Comptroller Nyah Jones.
It’s on Student Association to remedy low voter turnout
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
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Syracuse University’s Student Association closed its 2021-22 election polls on Thursday with 10.2% of the vote to elect David Bruen, Darnelle Stintfort and Nyah Jones as president, vice president and comptroller, respectively, in an uncontested election. We call SA a government, one which advocates for student interests above all else. However, it cannot possibly advocate for those interests without the voice of the student body.
There will be some who argue that this turnout was directly caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet I believe that it is a symptom of poor public relations and student apathy, which cannot be solved without direct policy changes.
David Bruen and Darnelle Stinfort to become SA president, VP
Courtesy of David Bruen
Bruen (right) currently serves as SA’s speaker of assembly and would have become acting president temporarily if the turnout requirement wasn’t reached.
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Unopposed candidates David Bruen and Darnelle Stinfort will become president and vice president of Syracuse University’s Student Association, respectively, the organization’s Board of Elections and Membership chair confirmed Friday.
Bruen and Stinfort still needed 10% of the SU student body to vote in the election for their victory to be legitimate. SA had recorded 10.2% voter turnout as of Friday, Board of Elections and Membership Chair Brendan Treloar confirmed in an email to The Daily Orange.
SA election has 2.1% voter turnout after first day of voting
Annabelle Gordon | Asst. Photo Editor
After the first day of voting last year, about 4.9% of students had voted.
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After the first day of voting, candidates for Student Association leadership have received less than half the votes cast last year by the same time.
As of Monday night, about 2.1% of the student population had cast their votes in the election, which includes the first president and vice president campaign to run unopposed since 2015. After the first day of voting last year, about 4.9% of students had voted. The election needs at least 10% of students to vote for the results to be valid.