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Town Hall-Style Meetings to Spark Discussion of Alternative Review Process

by Ryan Atallah

This week, the ASSU will resume discussion of the Alternative Review Process (ARP), which defines Stanford’s judicial procedure for hearing allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, relationship violence and stalking. The next two weeks may prove to be integral in solidifying how the process preserves the rights of accused students and alleviates the barriers that [...]

Julian Castro, Stanford Grad, Keynotes at Democratic Convention

by Kyle Huwa

The stars have aligned for Stanford graduate Julian Castro.

An Update on the ASSU Horse Race

by Kyle Huwa

In the midst of some major changes in the Executive race dynamics, it might be good to step back from them and assess the horse race between the two major slates.

Send in your prediction for the ASSU Executive Race!

by Kyle Huwa

Now that voting is wrapping up, let’s have a predictions contest…

Why I’m Dropping Out: A candid look at the ASSU elections process

by James Mwaura

It is with great disappointment that Charles and I are announcing the end of our campaign. It seems we attempted to climb a mountain too high, faced a tweeter/video blogger too relentless, challenged a political schematic too masterfully designed to maintain the status quo. We attempted to play Ralph Nader in a Bush-Kerry election, assuming [...]

An Appeal for Civility as Voting Begins

by Nadiv Rahman

Student government is NOT real politics. There, I said it. It is unfortunate that we have degenerated to mud-slinging that’s befitting of a national political race. As the election window opens, I would urge the students of Stanford to recognize that those we are accusing of a plethora of malpractices are members of a tiny [...]

ASSU Executive Debate 2012 Highlights

by Anthony Mainero

Monday night, the Review filmed the 2012 ASSU Executive debate at the CoHo, featuring all three remaining slates: Zimbroff-Wagstaff, MacGregor-Dennis-Druthi, and Open Source.  Much of the debate was a back-and-forth sparring session between Zimbroff-Wagstaff and MacGregor-Dennis-Druthi.  Open Source, the Chaparral’s slate for this year, provided a few moments of witty commentary, and even rather blatant [...]

ASSU Executive Debate Wrap-up

by Kyle Huwa

The ASSU Executive Debate occurred this evening, featuring the three remaining slates: Macgregor-Dennis/Druthi, Zimbroff/Wagstaff, and Koning/Ameli, the joke Chappie slate.

ASSU Executive Websites Are Live

by Kyle Huwa

Both executive slates have recently launched their websites. Standards were high this year after the Stanford 2.0 slate rolled out their sleek design last year.

Cruz and GDC Drop Pursuit to Ratify

by Kyle Huwa

The GDC has chosen not to pursue ratification of the revised ASSU Constitution