<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3W8JPl_1H1ML1Aq00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3W8JPl_1H1ML1Aq00" width="2000" height="1334" ><figcaption>Serin Koh/Sun File Photo</figcaption></figure>Course enrollment, a resolution to get Starbucks off our campus, a town hall with President Kotlikoff — plenty is happening at Cornell right now. Naturally, the Student Assembly has a ton to say about all of it. Pretty soon, we’ll have nine new voices to add to the crowd — and it’s in your power to pick them! Voting for the Fall 2026 Student Assembly Elections opened (and by that, we mean it will be in your inbox) on Wednesday. We have two election cycles every year; in the fall, it’s typically just freshmen and transfer representative elections, and then in the spring every seat is up for grabs. We’re doing something a bit different this fall: naturally, freshman and transfer representative candidates will be on the ballot, but our currently vacant seats will also be on the ballot. If you’re a freshman or transfer student, you will receive a second email from OpaVote with your freshman or transfer representative ballot. Cast both! There are also elections happening for two seats in the College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to one for Dyson School representative and one Veterans representative!Typically, we fill these vacant seats through a formal application and interview process, but we wanted to put power back in your hands this year. Student Assembly should be composed of people democratically elected by their respective constituencies. When national attention was focused on our school following the lawsuit filed by Jane Doe, the Student Assembly stepped up to the plate to advocate for students. We held a public hearing on sexual violence at our meeting on Oct. 1 — the first student-organized forum for students to vocalize discontent. That same meeting saw the unanimous passage of three resolutions pushing for administrative transparency and more comprehensive consent trainings during orientation at the start of the year. Since that meeting, the Assembly has considered a total of eight resolutions to build a better culture at Cornell for those that report sexual assault, with more to come. The Student Assembly is committed to ensuring that Cornell is a place where any person can pursue any study — and feel safe while doing so. Elections are the time of the semester when that goal expands with our representative body. Remember that your vote counts.Even if running for a seat isn’t your jazz, there are other ways to get involved. The most active and engaging aspect of Student Assembly (especially this year!) is our 14 fully functional and proactive committees. The best part about our shared governance system is that we can workshop resolutions within committees and receive a broad range of inputs from across the student body. Typically, our committees are chaired by representatives, but this year, our Infrastructure Fund Commission is chaired by a community member: Franklin Berry ’30. This demonstrates the power that undergraduate students have in shaping our Assembly; you don’t need to be an elected member to be a student leader. You too can apply to a committee and contribute to the Cornell community. That being said, no matter how high in the ranks you rise as a committee member, greater participation from all students in the shared governance system is instrumental to improving the work of the committees and the Student Assembly.If you haven’t received a ballot upon your reading this, please reach out to our Director of Elections Sophia Trapani at sa-elections@cornell.edu or the Office of Assemblies at assembly@cornell.edu.Student AssemblyThe Student Assembly is one of five shared governance bodies that serves all Cornell undergraduate students. It crafts policies that tangibly affect all areas of student life, and it meets every Thursday at 4:45 PM in the Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room. Their vice president for communications, Alexander Walters, can be contacted at apw65@cornell.edu.</div></body>

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Course enrollment, a resolution to get Starbucks off our campus, a town hall with President Kotlikoff — plenty is happening at Cornell right now. Naturally, the Student Assembly has a ton to say about all of it. Pretty soon, we’ll have nine new voices to add to the crowd — and it’s in your power to pick them!

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Course enrollment, a resolution to get Starbucks off our campus, a town hall with President Kotlikoff — plenty is happening at Cornell right now. Naturally

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