Behind the scenes: How USG works


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Though Undergraduate Student Government can seem insular, student leaders utilize the methods at their disposal to create campus change. One powerful method is the resolution. “Resolutions basically gauge student interest,” said Samantha Cheng, a USG residential senator. “They’re not really binding but they’re a way for us to show administrators that yes, this is something […]

Looking back with Menard and Rini


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If you’ve been hearing a lot more about Undergraduate Student Government than usual this past year, you’re not alone. The executive team behind USG President Andrew Menard and Vice President Rini Sampath has been hard at work publicizing and promoting the efforts of USG in order to make student government more transparent and accessible to […]

Governing gender


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Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire spoke with students at an event hosted by the Political Student Assembly and Women’s Student Assembly on Monday afternoon. She discussed the great divide and partisanship going on in the nation’s capital, as well as women’s emerging role on the political scene.

Millennials outnumber baby boomers


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Recent findings released by the Pew Research Center have found that millennials now outnumber the baby boomer generation, a fact that will need to be accounted for in the job market. While the official consensus is still underway, the Pew Research Institute’s use of analysis displays the behaviors, demographic and implications of the growing millennial […]
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