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MMC Student Government creates series for incoming students

By Katrina Velez Contributing Writer The Student Government Association’s “Meet and Greet: What I Wish I Knew” opening segment invited students on Tuesday, Jan. 13, to hear its members speak about what they wish they would have known when they first started FIU. SGA representatives briefed students about its current projects for the academic year. […]

Company to own and operate student housing across from MMC

Photo: EdR’s University of Arizona pool is an example of one of the “tropical” features the company will incorporate into the new off-campus housing development across from MMC. Photo courtesy of Susan Jennings, vice president of corporate communications and marketing at EdR. Madison Fantozzi//News Director Students may find themselves studying poolside in 2014 with the […]

Allegations filed contesting 2012 elections

Following the announcement of the winning Student Government presidential ticket as Laura Farinas and Alex Castro, four grievances were filed to the Student Government Supreme Court questioning the legitimacy of the 2012 SGA presidential election.

Farinas ticket wins presidency by 0.8 percent

Presidential candidate Laura Farinas and her running mate Alex Castro won the student government presidency at the Modesto Maidique campus in an election that brought out almost the second largest student voter turnout in the State University System.

Allegations of voter fraud filed against Farinas-Castro campaign

With evidence of voter fraud and failure to comply with the Student Body Elections Code, presidential candidate Sanjeev Udhnani and his running mate Connor Mautner filed two court orders today to the Student Government Supreme Court questioning the legitimacy of the 2012 SGA presidential election.

Farinas and Castro win

With voter turnout up 44 percent of the student population, Laura Farinas and Alex Castro clinched the win for president and vice president of Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus. In Panther Square, the results of Biscayne Bay Campus’ uncontested presidential elections announced Pablo Haspel and Oluwatobi Adekoya the winners.

EDITORIAL: Candidate behavior not up for debate

Disastrous, embarrassing, petty as this debate turned out, it has, on the bright side, drastically simplified the voter’s decision-making process. A candidate’s immaturity, so fundamental in matters of leadership, renders their platform irrelevant, as no plan, however wise or well-intentioned, can be carried out efficiently if the president does not know how to behave.

Presidential debate begins with candidate walk-out

A presidential debate of three turned into a discussion of one, as two out of the three presidential tickets for the 2012 Student Government Council at the Modesto Maidique campus walked out of the debate session on April 2.

Farinas, Castro ‘want to change’ SGA

With the goals of “innovation, transparency and representation,” senior Laura Farinas and sophomore Alex Castro are currently running for the presidential ticket at the Modesto Maidique Student Government Council Elections of 2012.

Professor breaks down love in light of Valentine’s

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, William Berry, professor of psychology, dished out the truths about the L-word.

Discipline misapplied in retreat incident

At the end of the Fall 2010 Semester, The Beacon ended its run with a surprising and disappointing report involving wrongdoing on part of the Student Government Council of Modesto Maidique Campus.
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