Student Union’s (SU) rerun of this semester’s senate election opened on the evening of Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. and will close on Dec. 5 at 9 p.m. The redo of the election comes after SU’s Constitutional Council found that the ballot required votes for 12 candidates for each Senate and Treasury instead of being able to cast votes for up to 12 candidates for each.

This semester’s Student Union election saw the lowest student body turnout since the spring of 2015, with 9.81% of the student body voting for 12 new senators, 12 new Treasury representatives, and members of the Arts & Sciences Council. 

All five of the proposed amendments to the Student Union (SU) constitution failed in a special election held from April 15 to April 16.

After a flyer from Patriot Front — a white nationalist group — calling to “deport invaders” and “keep America American” was recently found in Graham Chapel, several of WashU’s affinity groups organized an emergency town hall to address white supremacy in Tisch Commons at 6 p.m. on April 8. 

This semester’s Student Union (SU) election, featuring seats open in Senate, Treasury, and the Executive Branch, began this Tuesday at 9:00 pm CST and will end this Thursday at 9:00 pm CST. 

Student Union (SU) unanimously passed its $4.6 million general budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Feb. 18. This year’s Treasury budget was passed in 49 minutes, making it the second-fastest budget passed in SU history. The budget will create a new fund to pay for cleaning costs for student organizations, increase the budget for Night at the Pageant to $100,000, and decrease funding for student council.

January’s early winter storm was deemed “the most challenging winter weather event during my tenure at WashU” by WashU Facilities Grounds Manager Chris Anderson — and St. Louis’ winter may just be getting started. Current trends indicate more extreme winter conditions in St. Louis in upcoming years and decades, which has been a cause of concern for some students and faculty who feel that while WashU is ready, St. Louis is not prepared to respond.

Student Union’s (SU) Senate and Treasury leadership for this calendar year were elected in an internal election on Dec. 4. Student Life spoke to the Senate and Treasury’s eight new leaders to hear about their goals for the semester, with many members focusing on changing the budgeting, appeals, and correspondence procedure and addressing student concerns regarding academic resource accessibility, alcohol and substance abuse awareness, student health, and relationships with University leadership.

In Student Union (SU) Senate’s final meeting for the semester, senators presented reports regarding food accessibility for students and a resolution calling to extend the course-drop deadline, which passed unanimously, Nov 19. 

Student Union (SU) announced the results of this semester’s SU election, Nov. 14. In the election, 29.4% of WashU’s student body voted in 12 new senators and 12 new treasury representatives, as well as new members of the Arts & Science Council. Students also voted on five constitutional changes, all of which passed except for Amendment 5, which called for SU representatives to be compensated for their work in student government.