COUNTERPOINT: For USG, voter engagement should remain the top priority


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Undergraduate Student Government elections will be underway in less than a week, but the mood around campus doesn’t reflect that. Yes, there are campaign signs along Trousdale Parkway, candidates make Facebook pages to gather support and campus news organizations write about the campaign trail. But for the average student, the air of USG elections just […]

POINT: Political parties create a pipeline for participation


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It’s that time of year. The smiling faces of Undergraduate Student Government presidential and senatorial candidates line Trousdale Parkway, Annenberg Media hosts candidate “town hall” events and swaths of friends change their Facebook profile pictures to the business casual-meets-school spirit promotional filters of USG candidates. Yet, despite its efforts, the intractable problem of USG at […]

You Do Uterus: Turner judge recall signals progress


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The summer of 2016 will always be one of the most memorable periods of my life — I graduated from high school, watched Hillary Clinton become the first female presidential nominee from a major political party and voted for the first time all in the span of two months. It was a time of joy […]