Posts tagged Student Representation
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Rigid DC election requirements keep DC college students off the ballot
For many candidates, gathering 25 signatures is as simple as knocking a few blocks worth of doors, or standing outside a large apartment complex in their Single Member District. But for college students, whose districts consist solely or mostly of dorms, getting 25 signatures is next to impossible. Keep reading…
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Breakfast results: Less Brown, more rainbow
Grosso beats Brown; Voters say yes; Capitol Hill upholds Hine; Students do well; Euille and Dems win Alexandria; Rail wins in Hawaii; All the transportation votes; Lines were long. Keep reading…
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9 college students running for ANC seats
Something unprecedented is happening at the most grassroots level of DC’s democracy. For the first time ever, 9 college students are choosing to run for seats on Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. These candidates represent part of a broader trend of enhanced student engagement in local affairs. Since DC Students Speak launched at Georgetown only 2 years ago, the organization… Keep reading…
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Students: Don’t listen to the Hoya, vote in DC
Yesterday, the Georgetown Hoya student newspaper published a provocative editorial calling on students to not vote in DC, and rather vote absentee in their home states. That’s terrible advice. The reasoning behind the piece was that with DC disenfranchised in Congress and its 3 electoral votes guaranteed for Obama, students would “get more bang from their ballot”… Keep reading…
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ANC 3D redistricting gerrymanders students and residents
On Sunday night, a redistricting subcommittee for ANC 3D voted 4-3 to endorse a plan that illogically divides long-standing and well-defined neighborhoods. It blatantly under-represents and marginalizes the American University student population for solely political reasons. Keep reading…
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Unreasonable Georgetown ANC redistricting plan moves ahead despite compromise proposal
The redistricting plan for Georgetown’s ANC 2E, which unfairly and illegally marginalizes students, has moved on to its next phase. Officials should replace this with a compromise plan that I have proposed. Last month, I wrote in detail about the problems that exist in the plan. Only 1 of the 8 single-member districts comply with size limits in the law, also ignoring the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trouble with nonprofits
Not that type of service; Tighter rules for nonprofits?; Bikeshare in Bethesda?; Improve a small triangle; New faces around Gray; Georgetown ANC drama continues; Greater Washington is majority minority; And…. Keep reading…
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Georgetown ANC redistricting plan marginalizes students
A redistricting plan proposed for Georgetown’s ANC 2E would dramatically under-represent students attending Georgetown University. The proposal is a direct attempt to limit student involvement in neighborhood affairs. Yesterday, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E redistricting task force adopted a redistricting plan proposed by the group’s co-chairs,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who’s in charge?
Gray to announce DDOT head; Poor bear brunt of DC cuts; Bixi in trouble; Bus pass holders still paying; Bringing down Skyland; Faster is safer in Prince William?; ANC objects to students testifying; A chat with DHCD Director; NPS to improve Mall wayfinding. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Nothing is the same
Downtown a different place today; Hine gets even smaller; Student street parking gets harder; Train operator puts out track fire; What is WMATA worth?; Bike to work in May; More news on bikes; Parking is big government; And…. Keep reading…