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SGB approves governing code changes, defers elections bill to fall

By Millicent Watt, Senior Staff Writer • April 20, 2021

After this year’s tumultuous Student Government Board election, the board voted Tuesday evening and passed a major governing code reform package released last week, but deferred voting on elections code reforms to the fall.

SGB introduces governing and elections codes revision bills, new committee chairs

By Millicent Watt, Senior Staff Writer • April 14, 2021

SGB President Eric Macadangdang said the country has gone through a “multitude” of cycles where Black lives have been lost to white supremacy and police brutality, and “hollow reactions” and “complicit inactivity” are why there has been no real change.

Opinion | Ramanan’s three-headed SGB presidency

By Jack Troy, Staff Columnist • March 18, 2021

SGB President-elect Ramanan’s decision to appoint co-chiefs of staff may seem like a healthy compromise at first, but ]this signals a lack of leadership and direction for SGB.

‘Giving them both a rose’: Incoming SGB president selects co-chiefs of staff in Bachelor-esque fashion

By Rebecca Johnson and Millicent Watt • March 17, 2021

The television franchise “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” are known for presenting the winning contestant with a rose. In reality television fashion, this gesture symbolically played out last week within Pitt’s incoming Student Government Board.

The 48 hours that changed an SGB election

Last week’s Student Government Board elections were unusually contentious when two committees disqualified the Vision slate mere hours before voting started. Here’s an in-depth analysis into the 48 hours that altered the course of the election.

By Ashton Crawley, Rebecca Johnson, Martha Layne, Jon Moss, Mary Rose O'Donnell, and Millicent Watt • March 10, 2021

Last week’s Student Government Board elections were unusually contentious when two committees disqualified the Vision slate mere hours before voting started. Here’s an in-depth analysis into the 48 hours that altered the course of the election.

Opinion | Myth overcame merit in SGB elections

By Jack Troy, Staff Columnist • March 10, 2021

An inferior candidate rode a wave of ignorance and misinformation to the SGB presidency.

‘Very exciting, a little intimidating’: Ramanan looks to next year after chaotic Election Day

By Rebecca Johnson, Martha Layne, Jon Moss, Mary Rose O'Donnell, and Millicent Watt • March 5, 2021

Harshitha Ramanan won the SGB presidency by a two-to-one margin despite not being the favored candidate heading into the election. Her victory followed an outpouring of support on social media after the Vision slate was removed from the ballot.

Editorial | SGB’s puzzling Tuesday silence

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • March 5, 2021

The Pitt News Editorial Board argues that students deserve better from SGB.

Students voice frustrations, praises over Vision slate’s disqualification

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • March 3, 2021

Students took to social media to voice opinions regarding the last-minute removal of the Vision slate from Tuesday’s Student Government Board elections ballot.

Vision slate disqualified from SGB elections after sleepless night of hearings

By Rebecca Johnson, Martha Layne, Jon Moss, and Mary Rose O'Donnell • March 2, 2021

Two Student Government Board committees removed the Vision slate from Tuesday’s SGB elections ballot shortly before 6 a.m., about two hours before polls opened, saying its members violated campaign rules that merit their disqualification.