UCSU

Do you know your student government? An elected group of students control about $30 million of student fees and each year guide funding for the major centers on campus and student groups. Yet many students still know surprisingly little about CU’s student government, CUSG.

A new set of student government representatives are gearing up for the next legislative season.

A line of legs in motion can be seen through the top windows outside pool area of the Rec Center on CU’s campus.

It’s a bright, Colorado afternoon on Easter Sunday as Charlie St. Clair pulls his white van into the vacant parking lot across from Folsom Field, adjacent to a service road.

Whether you know what UCSU is, have heard of it, or are in it, chances are you have no idea what the acronym really means.

With the spring student government elections starting next Monday, candidates for the tri-executive and representative-at-large positions are debating a diverse range of topics in an effort to garner awareness and support for their propositions as student government leaders next year.

The University of Colorado’s student government will have all new members take office, according to the UCSU spring 2010 election timeline.

Thirty-nine student candidates signed contracts to begin the campaigning process for the upcoming UCSU elections for the fall of 2010, according to UCSU’s media release.

UCSU has released the unofficial list of ballot numbers for the upcoming elections, said Jason Gonzalez, UCSU director of media relations.

Representatives from various student groups attended Thursday night’s UCSU legislative council meeting to make final appeals about the prospect of increasing their funds for next year.