The past Student Government Association election saw the most contested executive races since 2016 with four self-declared independent candidates. The Crimson White reviewed the election complaints filed...
The Elections Board is set to hear a complaint for potential violations of election fraud and campaign ethics against President-elect Collier Dobbs after receiving a video of a member of the Alpha Phi...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• March 1, 2023
Online and in-person sections of The University of Alabama’s introduction to women’s studies class charged students for required McGraw-Hill Connect textbook and courseware access despite the contents...
Xzarria Peterson, a candidate for SGA vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, received a complaint of election fraud after messages from her campaign GroupMe, which she said were taken out...
Editor's Note (2/25/2023): This story has been updated to include that Jordan Suttles has now relieved his campaign manager of her duties.
At 1:26 p.m. on Feb. 22, a notification went off. It was an...
The University of Alabama is reinstating a mail fee for off-campus undergraduate students to receive packages through Campus Mail Services. A different, one-time mail fee was originally supposed to start...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• October 28, 2022
The unofficial election results of the 2022 fall special Senate election for two vacant graduate seats were announced Thursday, Oct. 27.
Voting occurred from 7 a.m.to 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 and the Elections...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• October 24, 2022
The University of Alabama Student Government Association Speaker of the Senate and Culverhouse College of Business Sen. CJ Pearson has resigned from his positions in the organization, effective at the...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• October 21, 2022
A former student is no longer enrolled at the University following a Code of Student Conduct violation case after being charged with second degree assault for allegedly head-stomping and striking another...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• October 12, 2022
A University of Alabama student and member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was charged with second degree assault after allegedly head-stomping and striking another student. He is now facing a Code...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• September 21, 2022
University of Alabama seniors Sarah Shield and Garrett Burnett filed two appeals: one against the Student Elections Board, and one against Student Government Association Attorney General David Strickland....
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• September 18, 2022
The University of Alabama Student Elections Board has not held a special Senate election for a vacant graduate seat, which is potentially in violation of the Student Government Association Constitution...
The Judicial Board found Speaker of the Senate CJ Pearson and Executive Secretary Taryn Geiger not responsible for a docket mishap that occurred at the Aug. 25 Senate session and nullified an October 2021...
Three University of Alabama Student Government Association senators announced that they will be independently publishing their voting record for the 2022-2023 year.
Last week, College of Human and...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• August 31, 2022
The Student Government Association unanimously approved changes to the Senate rules and regulations on the Aug. 25 Senate session, including a change to the bodies meeting schedule.
The bill, written...
Kayla Solino, Assistant News Editor
• August 28, 2022
The Student Government Association faces its second appeal of the semester — less than a week after the first — after not posting the correct meeting docket for the corresponding Aug. 25 SGA Senate...
Fran Viselli’s business was a casualty of politics.
Not national, or even state politics. According to a new documentary, “Machine: Vivat Apparatus,” Bama Bino’s Pizzeria was a casualty of...
Two University of Alabama students won a judicial appeal on Thursday that nullified any actions taken by the SGA during its Saturday, Aug. 20 special senate meeting. The meeting was not appropriately advertised...
The Student Government Association announced several important deadlines and activity dates this semester for students looking to get involved. Check them out below:
Meet SGA Week
From...
The University of Alabama is experiencing technical confusions with the announcement and implementation of their new undergraduate off-campus mail fee.
On Monday, Aug. 1, the University announced via...
The University of Alabama announced on Aug. 1 that an automatic $25 fee will be charged to off-campus undergraduate students who want to receive packages via Campus Mail Services.
According to a...
The University of Alabama Student Government Association was recognized as the “Student Government of the Year” at the 2022 SEC Exchange Conference.
In a statement posted to the SGA’s Instagram...
On June 19, people will gather around the country to celebrate freedom. Whether events are held locally or in major cities, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved and celebrate Juneteenth.
Juneteenth,...
Correction on April 20: Young Americans for Freedom VP Wyatt Eichholz said the organizations hosts events "to let people know that conservatives exist at Alabama," not "in Alabama."
Texas Sen. Ted...
The Student Government Association announced the unofficial preliminary results for the 2022 spring election.
The Elections Manual requires that unofficial results be posted by 11:59 p.m. on election...
The Student Government Association Judicial Board has postponed the confirmation of presidential election results until after spring break because of the ongoing appeal process for a complaint against...
Student Government Association presidential candidates Madeline Martin and Sarah Shield discussed transparency and accountability in front of 250 people at Sunday night’s debate.
The winner of this...
The Student Government Association passed a bill to allow online audio and video platform participation in Senate meetings.
The approved bill requires a link for virtual participation in Senate meetings...
Student Government Association presidential candidate Sarah Shield’s campaign team is facing a potential election violation after reporting opponent Madeline Martin for overspending on campaign materials.
A...
Q: How did you get involved with the SGA?
A: When I initially enrolled in [The] University of Alabama, I wanted to ensure that I was getting involved in an organization that enacted positive change...
Q: How did you get involved with the SGA?
A: So my involvement with SGA has actually started since before high school. And one big thing I was involved with during high school was serving as my school's...
Two constitutional amendments will appear on the Student Government Association spring election ballot on March 8 and require two-thirds of student voters’ approval.
Graduate Student Government Association Sen. Justin McCleskey proposed a bill to amend the Senate rules to require roll call votes for every legislation proposed and voted on during Senate sessions.
The homecoming task force is considering alternative models for selecting homecoming queens, including the introduction of a committee that would participate in the homecoming queen selection process.
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved a resolution calling for security cars to patrol open UA parking decks after 5 p.m.
The resolution will be forwarded to President Stuart...
Voting for the Student Government Association spring election will take place March 8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on myBama.
Candidates interested in running for an executive council position or as a senator...
The homecoming task force announced last week will include an 11th student member, Sarah Shield, whose name was not included in the original announcement.
Two UA students filed an impeachment petition against Matthew Curl, the chief justice of the judicial branch of the Student Government Association, on Nov. 24.
The Student Government Association hosted a public forum for special Senate election candidates on Sunday night.
There are five candidates running to fill five vacant seats in the Nov. 30 election.
Three...
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved the purchase and use of the Notion application as a platform to track SGA initiatives and maintain transparency across campus.
Student Government Association Sen. Drew St. Charles started a campuswide petition for ranked-choice voting to be added to the spring elections ballot. If two-thirds of students vote in favor, ranked-choice...
Campaigns are underway for the fall special Senate election following a postponement after the Elections Board failed to announce the timeline at least 21 class days in advance.
Senate elections take...
The Student Government Association Senate voted down two pieces of election-related legislation proposed during Thursday night’s meeting.
Student turnout
Students filled the Forum...
The Student Government Association Elections Board released a statement Tuesday refuting claims about the homecoming election, denying that a runoff is necessary and disclosing all violation reports.
Contesting...
UPDATE: On Nov. 2, the Elections Board responded to The Crimson White's repeated requests for comment. A full report on the Elections Board's statement can be found here.
In the absence of a specific...
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for mandatory bystander intervention training for all freshmen.
McLean Moore was named the 2021 homecoming queen Friday night at the annual pep rally and bonfire on the Quad.
This year, 13,180 students — or about one-third of the student body — voted in the...
Some UA students are calling McLean Moore’s homecoming queen campaign tone-deaf.
Moore’s logo features a color-block graphic of two girls, one white and one Black, imposed on a purple background...
The Student Government Association unanimously approved a resolution that calls on the University to provide Narcan training for students.
The approved resolution will be sent to UA President Stuart...
The Student Government Association Senate unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday, Sept. 24 that calls for free feminine hygiene products in public restrooms on the UA campus.
The approved resolution...
Rebecca Rose Lutonsky is entering her 19th year as a Student Government Association senator at The University of Alabama.
Lutonsky has been a senator for the graduate school since 2003 and was recently...
The Student Government Association Senate added a referendum vote to the homecoming ballot to make Election Day a UA holiday.
The campus wide ballot, which students will use to elect a homecoming...
Student Government Association Senator Drew St. Charles withdrew his tabled resolution that called for expanded COVID-19 absence accommodations after the University affirmed its support for affected students.
“Faculty...
On Thursday, the Student Government Association Senate tabled a resolution that would require professors to provide materials, notes or lesson outlines for students who miss class because of COVID-19 quarantine.
The...
The Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday for the University to recognize Election Day as a holiday to improve voting access for UA students.
The Student Government Association confirmed Sarah Bittner as its new executive director of homecoming and honored its longest serving senator in this year’s first senate meeting on Thursday night.
Executive...
As football season approaches, two SGA members and College of Arts and Sciences Senator John Dodd are questioning the equity of the block seating program.
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• March 25, 2021
In the summer, people marched down streets and gathered in parks to declare that Black lives matter. Ten months later, here's how Tuscaloosans may have seen the impact of those protesters.
John Dodd took a campaign photo without a mask on. Now he's facing a mandatory campaign blackout period. Dodd, who has been vocal in his criticism of The Machine, says he feels the Elections Board is nitpicking at his campaign in retaliation.
In the face of an unchallenged executive election, the Student Government Association’s “Presidential and Candidate Debate” more closely resembled a forum. All eight executive seats are unopposed...
For the second year in a row, every SGA executive candidate is running unopposed. The all-white slate of candidates boasts a record number of women, but in comparison to UA demographics, the candidate pool is far too homogenous.
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2021
How did you originally get involved with SGA?
As a freshman, I served as a member of the Lobby Board, where I integrated my previous leadership experience with my passion for lobbying in order to serve...
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2021
How did you originally get involved with the Student Government Association (SGA)?
When I came to the University, Harrison [Adams, former SGA president] had talked about becoming involved in SGA,...
Following two weeks of postponement, the Student Government Association hosted its first town hall on Thursday night to open conversations between the SGA and other student organizations, but no groups...
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• January 31, 2021
Following an extended add/drop period for the spring semester, which allows students to adjust their schedule without receiving a “W” on their transcripts, the Student Government Association Senate...
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• January 22, 2021
The Student Government Association (SGA) will offer free Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) gatekeeper training for suicide prevention to all SGA members this semester.
The programming proposal was...
Kayla Solino, Contributing Writer
• November 1, 2020
You can watch all the debates you want, but sometimes the concrete differences in policies are hard to cipher. Here's one more look at the announced policy plans of Joe Biden and Donald Trump, broken down into six easily digestible categories.
