Eight candidates are running for the Senate this year in what can be expected to be a fiercely contested election.

Functionally and compositionally, the Senate appears to be more akin to a board of directors at an increasingly corporatised institution.

Interrogating the power of student fellows.

A guide to the University Senate and the upcoming elections.

Victoria Zerbst and Naaman Zhou report

We don’t have a paper this week. Good thing the internet exists, hey?

USU Exec locked in Your newly elected USU Board is set to begin its term this week. On Wednesday, the board will vote in a new executive to govern for the following year. While each position is elected individually, a ‘ticket’ (or alliance) has formed between several directors which will all but guarantee them the…

Astha Rajvanshi reports.

The Honi Soit editorial team sifts through the rubble of the 2014 student Senate elections.