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IU Student Government presidential candidate Dorynn Mentor, left, and vice presidential candidate Carling Louden, right, ran as the Inspire campaign in the IUSG presidential election last week. The Inspire campaign filed 10 complaints against the Elevate campaign and 8 complaints against the Legacy campaign.

IUSG Inspire campaign files 10 complaints against Elevate, 8 against Legacy

Apr 6, 2021 10:08 am

All parties involved have 72 hours to respond to the complaints.

The IU Student Government office is located in the Student Activities Tower of the Indiana Memorial Union. Voting for the IU Student Government election began Thursday morning and will end 10 p.m. Friday night.

IUSG election voting opens Thursday, available until Friday night

Apr 1, 2021 3:00 pm

Students can cast their votes on BeInvolved until 10 p.m. Friday.

Sample Gates is pictured. IU Student Government candidates focused on sustainability, mental health and inclusion during the debate Tuesday night ahead of the election Thursday and Friday.

IUSG candidates debate sustainability, inclusion, mental health Tuesday night

Mar 31, 2021 12:44 am

The three executive tickets participated in a debate Tuesday night.

Burmese student Beth Par begins her presentation March 22 during an IUSG meeting on Zoom. IUSG passed a proclamation that night declaring its support of IU's Burmese student population.

IUSG pledges to support Burmese students at IU

Mar 30, 2021 1:35 pm

The proclamation passed March 22 aims to support Burmese international students at IU.

LETTER: Vote against Inspire in IUSG elections this week

Mar 30, 2021 12:27 pm

Inspire’s vice presidential candidate voted against multicultural seat allocation in IUSG Congress.

The IU Student Government office is located in the Student Activities Tower of the Indiana Memorial Union. The IUSG Supreme Court will not hear a pre-election appeal from the Inspire executive election ticket claiming that the Elevate executive election ticket did not submit the 150 signatures required to participate.

IUSG Supreme Court will not hear pre-election appeal questioning Elevate eligibility

Mar 28, 2021 4:32 pm

The Inspire campaign claimed Elevate did not submit the required 150 signatures.

The sun sets Oct. 10, 2020, behind the Sample Gates. The three executive tickets for IU Student Government met to discuss their campaigns Tuesday.

IUSG candidates discuss mental health, tuition at town hall

Mar 24, 2021 12:15 am

The three executive tickets met to discuss their campaigns Tuesday.

IU juniors Ky Freeman, left, and Dorynn Mentor, right, each pose for photos. Freeman and Mentor are both on IUSG's presidential ticket.

Black Voices: Two Black students are running for IUSG president

Mar 23, 2021 5:20 pm

Diversity of representation is critical in student government.

Residential assistant Jada Collins runs the cart sign-out station Aug. 18 outside of Eigenmann Hall. IU Student Association passed a bill paying residential assistants' and CommUNITY educators' hazard pay.

IUSG bill will give former, current RAs up to $200 in COVID-19 hazard pay

Mar 23, 2021 5:04 pm

IUSG passed a bill to pay each resident assistant $200 in hazard pay.

A screenshot shows IU Student Government Congress meeting Monday to discuss a new proclamation over Zoom. Proclamation 112 encourages greek life councils to increase their sexual assault education.

IUSG passes proclamation planning to increase sexual assault training in greek organizations

Mar 23, 2021 12:09 pm

A record-breaking 217 people joined the meeting to express support for the bill.

Students interested in running for IUSG executive office must attend Thursday meeting

Mar 3, 2021 7:30 pm

Students running for IUSG president and vice president must apply by March 11.

IUSG passes bill granting multicultural organizations representation in Congress

Jan 25, 2021 1:28 pm

More than 1,000 students voted in the referendum Friday.

Junior Evelyn Sanchez protests during the Unite to Ignite rally Oct. 16, 2020, in front of Sample Gates. IU students will vote on a bill Friday that could add seats to the IU Student Government, creating more space for voices from multicultural communities to be represented.

IU students to vote Friday on proposal to give multicultural groups seats in IUSG Congress

Jan 21, 2021 10:01 pm

If passed, at least 31 new seats will be added.

A screenshot from the Nov. 15 IU Student Government meeting. After debate at the last meeting of the semester, IUSG Congress approved a constitutional measure to add a minimum of 31 seats in the body of Congress for different multicultural groups.

IUSG Congress passes constitutional measure to create seats exclusively for multicultural students

Dec 15, 2020 7:53 pm

The discussion lasted almost two hours.

IU Committee for Fee Review accepting membership applications

Dec 13, 2020 10:23 pm

IU reviews the student activity fee allocation every two years.

A screenshot from the IU Student Government congress meeting Dec. 6 over Zoom. The IUSG Congress has been meeting online all semester and will continue to do so for the time being.

What will the next few months look like for IUSG?

Dec 6, 2020 7:04 pm

A new multicultural bill will likely see debate in IUSG Congress.

A screenshot shows Joshua Wong, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, discuss his fight for freedom in Hong Kong on Nov. 1.

Joshua Wong, Hong Kong activist, speaks at IU Student Government-sponsored event

Nov 2, 2020 2:27 pm

Wong is a young, Nobel Peace Prize-nominated activist.

Sophomre Garrett Wright stands Tuesday in Dunn Woods. Wright is the new IU Student Government Speaker of House.

New IUSG Congress speaker aims to depolarize legislative session

Oct 20, 2020 3:13 pm

Garrett Wright is a sophomore law and public policy major.

Junior Evelyn Sanchez holds up a sign that reads, “Unite to ignite,” during the Unite To Ignite rally Oct. 16 in front of Sample Gates. “Multicultural students don’t get much representation in IUSG,” she said.

Rainbow Coalition members speak on demands for IUSG during Friday rally

Oct 18, 2020 10:12 am

Students held signs and listened to speakers in front of the Sample Gates.

Documents obtained by the Indiana Daily Student show on Sept. 10, Kyle Reynolds and Charlie Willis, two of ReviveIU’s leaders, submitted a complaint against ReImagineIU, their coalition’s main competitor. The 76-page complaint alleged multiple violations of the election code and asked IUSG’s election commission to disqualify nearly all of ReImagineIU’s candidates.

IUSG coalition files complaint before congressional election trying to disqualify rival group

Oct 15, 2020 11:24 pm

ReviveIU and ReimagineIU each endorsed dozens of candidates.

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