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Prospective Candidates Prepare for 2021 GUSA Executive Election

Prospective Candidates Prepare for 2021 GUSA Executive Election

By Giulia Testa February 9, 2021

Potential candidates for the Georgetown University Student Association presidential and vice presidential race signaled their intent to run this weekend by attending information sessions hosted Feb. 5...

FILE PHOTO: NATALIE REGAN/THE HOYA | Twelve candidates, mostly BIPOC students and sophomores, joined ballots by petition. Heated criticism of the student government body surfaced in GroupMe chats and on social media leading up to the influx of candidate petitions.

Polls Open for GUSA Senate Race as New Wave of Candidates Joins the Contest by Petition

By Liana Hardy September 18, 2020

The polls for this fall’s student government senate elections opened Thursday night, after a week of competitive virtual campaigns that largely focused on financial aid reforms and accommodations for...

SHEEL PATEL/THE HOYA | Joshua Marin-Mora (SFS '21), right, and Isbel Deleon (COL '21) detail plans for socioeconomic inclusivity and mental health resources.

Marin-Mora, Deleon To Connect With Students

By Harrison McBride January 31, 2020

After meeting in the Community Scholars Program, an initiative organized by the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access to promote diversity and ease the transition of incoming students, Joshua Marin-Mora...

New Ticket Petitions To Join GUSA Executive Election

New Ticket Petitions To Join GUSA Executive Election

By Riley Rogerson and Jaime Moore-Carrillo January 24, 2020

This is an updated story. A potential ticket announced its intention to join the executive election ballot Jan. 23 after Georgetown University Student Association members Nicolo Ferretti (SFS ’21)...

KIKI SCHMALFUSS/THE HOYA | Norman Francis Jr. (COL '20) and Aleida Olvera (COL '20), Nicki Gray (NHS '20) and Sam Appel (COL '20), and Sina Nemazi (COL '21) and Roya Wolfe (SFS '21) launched GUSA campaigns in Red Square on Friday morning. Ryan Zuccala (MSB '20) and John Dolan (MSB '20) are also running.

Candidates Set Sights on GUSA Executive

By Cady Stanton and Riley Rogerson January 25, 2019

Three tickets launched their campaigns and a fourth confirmed its candidacy for the Georgetown University Student Association 2019 executive election early Friday morning, with candidates calling for...

GUSA 2017 Candidates Share Their Stories

GUSA 2017 Candidates Share Their Stories

By Campus News Editor February 17, 2017

Four tickets for the GUSA executive elections share their personal stories with The Hoya. Garet Williams (COL ’18) and Habon Ali (SFS ’18) Williams and Ali are seeking to realize their vision...

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Alden Fletcher (SFS ’17), left, and Grady Willard (SFS ’18) are new to the commission; third commissioner Pavan Rajgopal (SFS ’14) has graduated.

Unconventional Trio Serves as Watchdog

By Margaret Heftler February 10, 2015

As the five tickets campaign for the Georgetown University Student Association executive position, hundreds of fliers and social media blasts will go up, seemingly countless meet-and-greets will be...

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Midnight in Red Square: 2015 GUSA Executive Race Begins

By Katherine Richardson February 5, 2015

The 2015 Georgetown University Student Association executive race began at the stroke of midnight today, as five campaigns vied for advertising space in Red Square at the start of the official campaign...

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Potential candidates for the GUSA presidency attended compulsory information sessions Jan. 28 and Feb. 2. Campaigning will officially begin Feb. 5 at midnight, while debates for presidential and vice presidential candidates will be held in the week before the election Feb. 19.

Meeting Reveals Potential GUSA Candidates

By Tom Garzillo February 3, 2015

While students campaigning for executive positions in the Georgetown University Student Association will formally announce their candidacy Feb. 5, two mandatory information sessions hosted by the GUSA...

Tezel, Jikaria Win Executive Race

By Matt Gregory February 28, 2014

Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15) and Omika Jikaria (SFS ’15) won the GUSA executive election Thursday night, bringing in 35.23 percent in the first round of instant runoff voting and 50.19 percent...

Candidates Surveyed on Disability for Second Year

By Matt Gregory February 27, 2014

For the second year in a row, disability advocate Lydia Brown (COL ’15) sent a survey to all Georgetown University Student Association executive candidates addressing disability issues on campus and...

GUSA Election Looks at Free Speech, Unrecognized Groups

By Matt Gregory February 27, 2014

In both the presidential and vice presidential debates for the 2014 Georgetown University Student Association election, the topics of free expression and rights for unrecognized student groups, specifically...

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