Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi, both MCAS ’22, will be the next president and vice president, respectively, of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College. The team won 1,289 of 3,208 total votes, or 40 percent, in Tuesday’s election.
News
UGBC Presidential Candidates Meet for Final Debate
The four candidates for president of the Undergraduate Government of Boston College—Spencer Sandusky and Kevork Atinizian, both CSOM ’22, and Urwa Hameed and Jack Bracher, both MCAS ’22—met for a final debate on Sunday ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Column, Opinions
UGBC’s Failed Response to On-Campus Racism Highlights Its Uselessness
The Undergraduate Government of Boston College held an impeachment trial for Christian Guma, UGBC president and CSOM ’21, on Feb. 17 on the grounds that Guma intentionally made an unauthorized statement in response to a series of bias-motivated incidents on campus in order to undermine the UGBC Constitution. While Guma’s conduct on the whole may…
Featured Story, Editorials, Opinions
‘The Heights’ Endorses Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi For UGBC President and Vice President
The Heights endorses candidates Jack Bracher and Gianna Russi, both MCAS ʼ22, for the 2021 Undergraduate Government of Boston College president and vice president. This endorsement is based on each team’s policy platforms and the 30-minute meetings that The Heights editorial board held with each team. Out of the four teams running, Bracher and Russi…
On-Campus Profiles
Bracher and Russi: Collaborative, Comprehensive, Compassionate
“I can’t go around my day being fine and dandy, and then knowing that students don’t feel at home here, or students feel unsafe … we don’t take it lightly,” Russi said.
On-Campus Profiles
Atinizian and Nakash: Execution, Transparency, Collaboration
“At the end of the day, you need a student government that listens, while at the same time, appropriately advocating and pushing the administration,” Atinizian said. “We’re the team that ultimately will listen.”
On-Campus Profiles
Hameed and Henao: Intersectionality, Activism, Institutional Change
“I’m ready to serve at an institutional level with an executive position within UGBC because of the intersectional activism that I’ve already done at that personal level,” Henao said. “I’ve seen it, I have fought for it, but most importantly I’ve lived it.”
Long-term Features, Top Story
Tired of Feeling Targeted
“I’m sad to say that, after four years on campus, that I feel like it’s the same campus that I came to four years ago,” Ugocha said.
Top Story, News
Group Asks Mass. Attorney General to Step In, Order BC to Divest
A group of Boston College alumni, local politicians, environmental advocacy groups, and scientists filed a complaint on Tuesday calling on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to order BC to divest from fossil fuels.
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UGBC Passes Resolution Calling For Upper Campus Accessibility
The Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling for the addition of a more accessible pathway to Upper Campus at an SA meeting on Nov. 17.
