http://www.reportermag.com/ Tag Student Government from Reporter Online. en-us http://www.reportermag.com/article/143 Michael Deyhim, former candidate for Student Government President, claimed voting irregularities seriously hurt his election bid. "SG screwed up," he said. "After all the money and time I spent, SG is saying basically, Screw you.'" Deyhim's problems started early on Monday morning, when a profile was not posted next to his name on the election website. Deyhim had sent an e-mail to RIT student and SG Systems Administrator & Developer Bob Carroll the previous week, asking to review... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/143 http://www.reportermag.com/article/191 The Academic Senate voted not to approve a proposal by the Student Athletics Advisory Committee (SAAC) to allow student athletes to register for classes one day earlier than they are otherwise able. By tabling the motion, the Senate has delayed action on it until next year. The proposal called for the Senate to "make a change in school policy so that student-athletes are extended the same courtesy of early registration as Honors Students and NTID Cross-registered students for the... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/191 http://www.reportermag.com/article/187 COB Elections "College of Business (COB) elections will be next week," said Student Government Vice President Sasha Malinchoc. "There will be tables in the COB in a similar voting fashion to what happened in the SAU during the primary elections. These elections will span four days." Laptops will be set up for voting for an hour on each of the four days in the COB. Club Review Board Denies Parkour Club, SG Overrules The Club Review Board has decided to deny Parkour's application for... Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/187 http://www.reportermag.com/article/161 Dr. Harvey Palmer, Dean of the College of Engineering, said that he apologized to one candidate for an e-mail sent to all engineering students endorsing Student Government (SG) presidential candidate Ed Wolf in the closing hours of the election. "I certainly am not going to do this again," Palmer said. Palmer said that Wolf asked him to send the e-mail because he Palmer has access to an e-mail list of engineering students "Wolf can't access that. He had to go to someone in the... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/161 http://www.reportermag.com/article/163 Deyhim's Apology Michael Deyhim, former Student Government (SG) presidential candidate, spoke to the Senate, stating, "Ed Wolf is proposing positive change to the SG bylaws and... this change is a testament to the excellence of RIT." Constitutional Reform Changes have been made to the SG Constitution. SG President Ed Wolf and many other members of the Senate have revised and updated many parts of the document and to create new elected positions. "We are very satisfied with the changes... Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/163 http://www.reportermag.com/article/154 SG Election Results The election results for Student Government are in after the polls opened on April 14th, finally closing on April 18th. There was a total of 3,369 voters. Ed WolfMatt Danna won the SG Presidency with a total of 1,939 votes. The COB Election will be held again later in the week, because one candidate was accidentally placed on the wrong ballot, being in the COS instead of the COB. One presidential candidate, Michael Deyhim, asked that the election results be sealed... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:30:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/154 http://www.reportermag.com/article/134 New Research Opportunities Available RIT will be facilitating new research and development opportunities, which will be open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The RIT Board of Trustees has announced that it will be working with SG to meet with different companies, some involved with sustainability practices. "The main objective is to strengthen our relations with business," said SG President Ed Wolf. VP Sasha Malinchoc explained, "Companies will pay students to do research for... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/134 http://www.reportermag.com/article/97 A Reporter poll conducted in week four showed current SG President Edward Wolf leading the race for Student Government President for next year, followed by Carlos Cornejo, Michael Deyhim, and Kari Hazzard. However, most voters are still undecided. A stratified random sample of 100 students near the Infinity Quad were approached and questioned. Ten percent of respondents were Deaf or Hard of Hearing, compared to approximately 9 of the student body. No other demographics were controlled... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/97 http://www.reportermag.com/article/100 Enhancements to SG TV SG President Ed Wolf announced that SG TV would have "major enhancements" starting very soon. There will be weather updates, up to date events listed, and RSS feeds. Graduate Senator Position Student Government has proposed a new amendment to the constitution, which represents graduate students through a seat in the Senate. The amendment states, "The Senator from the community including all students registered with matriculated graduate student status shall... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/100 http://www.reportermag.com/article/79 Name, Year, Major? Emily Hughes, I'm a second year majoring in International Business and Marketing, also known as "Extracurricular Activities." I don't really do a lot in my major. Well, I do-I do my work and, hopefully, get good grades. I'm in the Honors program, so I guess that says something. I really just like to be involved on campus in clubs and different things like that. I heard you always wanted to be "That Girl." Why is that? It's definitely people who are visible on campus... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/79 http://www.reportermag.com/article/74 Professors without doctoral degrees within the Golisano College of Computing & Information Sciences may be denied promotions under new requirements proposed by President Destler. Destler recently told GCCIS professors up for tenure that a Ph.D. was required for promotion, informally stating that they would not be receiving promotions. Previously, the administration would grant professors promotions regardless of whether they possessed a terminal degree (the highest degree one may... Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/74 http://www.reportermag.com/article/22 COS Senator Results Student Government has elected Heather Drake to be the new College of Science senator. Her term begins spring quarter. SAAC Revisited The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) submitted a new constitution to SG to be accepted as a Representative Student Organization (RSO). However, SG, who believed that SAAC would not represent all student athletes, once again turned them down. "SAAC as an RSO would provide better school spirit," GCCIS Senator Paul Solt said... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/22 http://www.reportermag.com/article/129 The Student Government Elections committee will be extending the election by three hours, so that it will end at 259 a.m. Friday instead of 1159 p.m. Thursday. Michael Deyhim, a candidate for SG President, claimed that the election process was unfair to him because he did not have a profile posted for the first three hours of the election. Bob Carroll, the SG Systems Administrator and Developer said that the profile was missing because "He didn't submit one to me. This requires... Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:29:02 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/129 http://www.reportermag.com/article/138 Source sg.rit.eduvote, Reporter tally See SG Election Results for full results. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/138 http://www.reportermag.com/article/115 The race for Student Government President heated up at the debates on April 8th and 9th. Candidates presented their plans on issues such as the parking crunch, the relationship between clubs and SG, and financial issues. "When we saw the candidate list, we didn't see enough strong leadership" in the race, said Ed Wolf, who is running for reelection as SG President. Representative at Large Matt Danna is his running mate. Wolf and Danna are basing their campaign on their good relationships... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:15:57 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/115 http://www.reportermag.com/article/118 Three newcomers are running for the chance to represent Saunders College of Business by becoming the school's senator in this year's student government elections. Since Carlos Cornejo, the current senator, is running for SG President and not his senate seat, a few have shown interest in replacing him as the College of Business Senator. David Koster, third year graphic media marketing major, is currently the President of the RIT chapter of the American Marketing Association, where he had to... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:15:44 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/118 http://www.reportermag.com/article/116 Thisie P. Schisler, an International Studies major, is running for the position of COLA Senator. She has two main goals which she hopes to achieve during her term. "One of my biggest goals right now and one of the things I find that many people from liberal arts complain about is the career fairs. There never seems to be anything there for liberal arts students," Schisler said. "RIT does an excellent job with business, science, and engineering but there is never anything for International... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:14:59 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/116 http://www.reportermag.com/article/117 College of Science (COS) Senator Heather Drake, a fourth year Photojournalism and Biomedical Science major, is running unopposed in the upcoming election. While technically the incumbent, Drake is relatively new to the job, having started during spring quarter. She does not currently serve on any Student Government sub-committees, but is interested in working with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, as well as the committee dealing with the new Global Village housing project. As COS... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:03:43 -0400 http://www.reportermag.com/article/117