The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/student-assembly-elections/)
Moments after being sworn in, Student Assembly President Pedro Da Silveira ’25 was voted out of office by his S.A. peers due to an arising sexual assault allegation. The current president of the S.A. is unclear due to discrepancies in the governing documents.
The 2023-2024 year Student Assembly representatives were announced on Tuesday.
On Thursday, the Student Assembly passed Resolution 31 — which pushes for University-mandated content warnings for graphic and sensitive material in classrooms — and disputed Resolution 32, which proposed amended election rules.
The results of the Student Assembly elections for the 2022-2023 school year are in with Valeria Valencia ’23 winning the position of SA President.
Although candidates are making tremendous effort to garner support for their campaigns while SA voting is open, many students say they do not know much about the S.A. or what its purpose is.
So, today I encourage you to reclaim that power. Use your voices to demand better. Vote in this spring’s Student Assembly elections from May 2 to May 4.
The Student Assembly has elected the official new Vice President of Finance — Valeria Valencia ’23 who previously served as first generation student representative at-large.
As the end-of-semester funding deadline approaches, the Student Assembly is in the midst of finding a new vice president of finance following the resignation of Morgan Baker ’23.
The newly elected freshman and transfer SA representatives share their excitement to begin their new positions and address the issues they campaigned on.
Patrick Mehler ’23, president of Cornell Votes and the director of elections for the Student Assembly, hopes to continue civic engagement work as the newly elected alderperson for Ithaca’s Fourth District.