Democratic presidential candidates have proposed student loan forgiveness. Here’s what that could mean at Stanford
Economics professor Luigi Pistaferri shared with The Daily his thoughts on some 2020 Democrats’ proposals.
Tag: elections
GSC talks advisor relationships, elections and grad student block party
The first meeting of the 2019-2020 Graduate Student Council (GSC) reflected on the year’s successes before looking to the future with elections of officer positions, announcements from R&DE regarding summer plans and a discussion of academic advisors and their role in the graduate school.
Q&A: Mayor of Kaohsiung, a Taiwanese politician on a meteoric rise, talks cross-strait relations
Han Kuo-yu sat down with The Daily to discuss Taiwan-United States collaboration, cross-strait relations and Taiwanese democracy.
Undergraduate Senate, GSC elections results announced, reveal low turnout
At only 34.3 percent total voter turnout, the election saw only half of undergraduates participating, and only 21.9 percent of the graduate student population — numbers lower than last year’s 57.4 percent and 34.1 percent, respectively.
Beyond their platforms: a look at the 2019 ASSU candidates
A record number of candidates are running for Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) this spring. With elections just over four weeks away, The Daily surveyed candidates for Undergraduate Senate, Class President and Executive to learn about their lives at Stanford. Out of the five slates for Executive, six slates for Class President and 43…
All but one of 54 candidates secure necessary signatures to get on spring elections ballot
With Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) elections just over a month away, candidates spent the past week attempting to make it on the ballot. By the end of the petitioning period, 53 out of 54 candidates — all candidates except the Sophomore Class President slate Cedro Corn — had gathered enough signatures. However, their efforts underscored…
Senate discusses ASSU election reform
In its 19th meeting, the 20th Undergraduate Senate discussed overhauling the Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) election process to add a filing step to the petitions process.
‘They muzzle technology’: panelists discuss technology’s role in elections
On Wednesday evening, members of the Kofi Annan Commission on Elections and Democracy in the Digital Age gave a panel discussion on the opportunities for and challenges of electoral integrity created by technological innovations.
