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OneTech 2016 v. Strive: 2016 SGA Executive Candidate Forum

Political debates have dominated television recently, with presidential candidates going head-to-head for votes. A similar scene will unfold tonight in room 353 of the College of Media & Communication. The 2016 Student Government Association Executive Candidate Forum allows the eight candidates vying for student votes to answer questions related to their desired office. Each candidate will answer […]

SGA Executive Actions Influence Grad VP Shakeup

With the end of 2016, the Student Government Association Graduate Vice President also ended his tenure as the representative of the graduate student population. Kevin Koestler left Texas Tech University and created a vacancy within SGA that had to be filled. Under Article 3 Section 4.5 of the SGA Constitution, when a vacancy occurs in any […]

SGA Elections: Meet The Blocs

Texas Tech Student Government Association election season has begun. This post introduces each bloc’s executive candidates, although they also have candidates for chief of staff, senator seats, journal clerk and more. The Executive Candidate Forum will be held February 22nd at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building Matador Room. Voting will take place February […]

SGA Debates Congratulating Police

By Kristen Barton Earlier this month at a Texas Tech Student Government Association meeting, debate arose around a resolution to show support for the Texas Tech and Lubbock Police Departments. The general clerk sends all the legislation for the meetings ahead of time so senators can prepare debates or votes for the resolutions. A congratulatory piece has […]

Strive Sweeps SGA Election

With a record turnout of 33,170 voters, the Strive campaign bloc—Ben Sharp, Alex DeRossi, Witt Westbrook and Kevin Koestler—won the 2016-2017 Student Government Association executive positions on Friday. Newly elected Internal Vice President Witt Westbrook said his initial response was a feeling of shock. Then, he realized what is ahead of him. “We’ve got a lot of […]

SGA Voting in Full Swing

Nothing brings Texas Tech students to the Student Union Building like this one word: puppies. Members of both Student Government Association candidate blocs—OneTech 2016 and Strive—brought dogs as they campaigned across campus on Tuesday, encouraging students to vote. Strive had many representatives, accompanied by one dog, handing out fliers with the bloc candidates’ names. The bloc’s […]

Weekly Poll: Who Should Be the Next SGA Executive Officers?

Super Tuesday has come and gone, but there is another opportunity for you to vote in a different election next week. There are two campaign blocs hoping for your vote, with four executive candidates each. Campaign bloc Strive is made up of presidential candidate Ben Sharp, external vice presidential candidate Alex DeRossi, internal vice presidential candidate […]

SGA Executive Candidate Forum: What They Want to Do For You

Dozens showed up to the Student Government Association Executive Candidate Forum on Tuesday to watch the OneTech 2016 and Strive campaign teams answer questions on issues they may face if elected to student government. The night kicked off with a debate between the candidates running for graduate vice president, Kevin Koestler of Strive and Chelsea Clark […]

Conversations with Candidates: OneTech 2016

Tanner Warmoth contributed to this article.  All students at Texas Tech have at least one thing in common: we are all Red Raiders. Student Government Association candidate bloc OneTech 2016 hopes to unify the student body even more. OneTech 2016 has ideas on how Tech can improve every student’s college experience. John Michael Getz, the […]

SGA Election Season Begins

Eight students will be vying for executive Student Government Association positions for the 2016-2017 school year. The two candidate blocs were announced Friday afternoon. The first is OneTech 2016, which is the third campaign bloc in the last few years to run under the OneTech name. Its candidates are as follows: President: John Michael Getz, junior […]