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LIVE: Protests erupt in downtown Atlanta in response to the death of George Floyd
Editor’s Note: This article will be continuously updated. Will Solomons is reporting on-scene in real time, with writing by Ada Wood. Friday, May 29, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. Since Monday, protests have erupted across the nation in response to the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody on Monday. And within the last month, protests have also taken place in response to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
SGA presidential candidates suspended from campaigning
Kaelen Thomas and Nigel Walton faced off on the debate stage, now they will face off in the runoff election. Photo by Shel Levy | The Signal SGA presidential candidates Kaelen Thomas and Nigel Walton have been suspended from campaigning during the runoff by the election commission due to campaign violations filed against them. According to the complaints, Thomas was suspended for two Class C violations.
On first day of SGA elections, students experience voting issues
Voting for the Student Government Association’s 91st administration kicked off this morning. Most students so far have been able to vote with no issues, save for just a few. Ira Livnat, who is presidential candidate Kaelen Thomas’ campaign manager, reached out to The Signal with concerns that he was unable to vote. He said and provided evidence that when he tried to log in, the portal on pin.gsu.edu was not showing a space for him to vote.
Impeachment committee order defeated at Atlanta Senate meeting
Five days before the annual SGA debates at the Atlanta Senate meeting, the senate debated articles of impeachment, campaign manager involvement and the responsibilities of an SGA member. A special order to create a committee to investigate articles of impeachment against Sen. Takia Tinsley was defeated at the Atlanta senate meeting this past Thursday. Tinsley is currently a candidate in the race for Atlanta executive vice president.
SGA swears in new leadership at Atlanta meeting
With the Student Government Association election season underway, SGA faced a problem: the resignation of their university-wide and Atlanta communications director and Downtown campus election commission chair. Evan Malbrough, who has participated in multiple politically active organizations on campus such as Vote Everywhere and the Young Democrats of Georgia, announced his resignation shortly after the last SGA University-Wide Senate meeting on Jan. 23. His resignation came on Jan.
Candidates are announced and the SGA election season begins
SGA continues making progress to strengthen the connection between the Atlanta and Perimeter campuses. Photo by Ada Woods | The Signal Today, students got a look into who could be representing them in the upcoming 2020-21 school year as the Student Government Association election for the 91st administration is now underway. While some positions will be highly competitive, others were nearly decided today.
Students form local March for Our Lives chapter
March for our Lives Atlanta chapter meeting to work on gun violence in Atlanta. Photo by Shel Levy | The Signal Over a year ago, the March For Our Lives movement was established in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Students and advocates began to petition legislators to enact stricter gun control in the hopes of preventing other mass shootings and gun violence.
Students are scared for their lives. What is GSUPD doing?
An armed robbery and an attempted kidnapping took place overnight Thursday, leaving students scared for their lives. The robbery, which took place around 11:40 p.m., happened right outside of Student Center West and Chick-fil-A. Student Paul Nkengasong said he was under the bridge on Collins Street when the incident occurred. “One of them pulled a gun and circled me, and the other one came and grabbed my backpack, and we went back and forth for a little bit,” he said.
Students counter-protest religious demonstrators
Photo by Unique Rodriguez | The Signal Unity Plaza erupted into a student-led counter-protest this afternoon against Street Preachers, a familiar sight for many Georgia State students. The organization sends a handful of its members with signs to the campus. They gather in one of the free speech zones beside the statue of Pounce to condemn everything from lifestyles to sexual orientations to other religions.
The Great Debate at Georgia State
Enrique Pujals (left) and Peter Minetos debate onstage at the second annual Great Debate. Photo by Unique Rodriguez | The Signal Georgia State got to bleed both blue and red at the second annual Great Debate, hosted by political activism student organization Vote Everywhere GSU. The debate kicked off Monday evening between the Georgia State College Republicans and Young Democrats.
Jones ejected from presidential race for ethics violation
Presidential candidate Anthony Jones was officially disqualified from the 2019 Student Government Association election Thursday morning. The SGA Election Commission delivered the verdict after hours of deliberation behind closed doors yesterday. The decision was made in response to an official election complaint filed Wednesday by student Shaquille Johnson in which Jones was accused of breaching campaign ethics rules.
Conversations with presidential candidates: Nashbi Grand-Jean
Nashbi Grand-Jean said it was “more of a spiritual calling” that lead him to pursue the office of SGA president. The junior Resident Assistant was inspired by former SGA President Fortune Onwuzuruike, who told him about the position. “He was one of the first people who told me, ‘Hey, you know it’s something to consider. You know your senior year, your junior year, to run as president,” he said.
Conversations with presidential candidates: Ira Livnat
He’s a freshman who has already taken up the mantle of a leader by being CEO of PantherHackers, but does Ira Livnat have what it takes to lead the student body? He certainly thinks so. “I lead by example,” Livnat said. When asked about his lack of experience in SGA, he said that he didn’t see a problem with it and that it could actually act in favor of him if he were to win. “Sometimes not knowing can be your greatest ally,” he said.
Five SGA officials went to Israel for free. That may have violated their constitution.
When they’re sworn in, Student Government Association officers vow to uphold and adhere to their constitution. But a recent 10-day trip to Israel five officers embarked on — entirely free of charge — raises concern over a potential violation of those vows.
Abrams disputes Kemp’s self-declared victory
In one of the most-watched races in the U.S. this election season, Republican Brian Kemp crowned himself victor of the governor’s office against Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7. As the election creeped further into Tuesday night with no clear victor, many onlookers — most notably, Abrams herself — believed a runoff to be likely.
An iconic Georgia State relic, 93 years in the making
On a gloomy Thursday afternoon, The Signal entered those steep and spiraling passageways one last time before its promised demise—finally, after two years of planning—in the coming months. The hallways above the third floor are barren, save for the relics of experiments and decades-old academia. Mysterious chalkboard drawings, towers of pizza boxes and beakers of amber solutions were some of the remnants providing evidence of a once-bustling facility.
Georgia State top donor gifts potentially inflated stock
Correction: A version of this story that ran in print on Aug. 21 incorrectly stated Parker H. Petit was the president of the Georgia State University Foundation’s Steering Committee. Petit is the chair of the committee. “He doesn’t stop until he destroys people’s lives.” Those were the words spoken by Mary Armstrong, a former account executive from MiMedx, the biopharmaceutical company based in Marietta, in reference to Parker H.
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