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Khan/Jamil win student elections by landslide

Mar 04, 2010
by Chris Marosi

Yesterday, polls closed on the UIC Student Elections, leaving Roshina Khan the projected winner for UIC’s Student Member of the Board of Trustees seat with 38.8% of the vote, and Saad Jamil projected to win the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Presidency with 50.6%. The results are not final until any pending complaints are resolved and the vote is certified by the Office of the Dean of Students.

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Should you even bother to vote in this year’s Student Elections?

Mar 01, 2010
by Zachariah Wiedeman

I have earned a reputation among those-who-pay-attention as being a harsh critic of student governance at UIC and the political party known as Students for Better Government. There is little I can say at this point that won’t simply echo the hazing I have given student leaders and administrators alike on my blog usgwatchdog.com. However, because Student Elections are a major event at UIC, I would be remiss to not reflect the opinion of the Argus editorial staff as a matter of public record.

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University spending needs transparency

Feb 15, 2010
by Patrick Lenihan

Students at UIC came to this campus to be a part of a diverse community, to have a world class education, and to have the support of the University of Illinois behind them.

That is changing.

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