{"id":1451,"date":"2025-04-22T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2025-04-28T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:41:37","slug":"ashlie-oxford-to-lead-sga-next-year-only-other-opponent-disqualified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/ashlie-oxford-to-lead-sga-next-year-only-other-opponent-disqualified\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashlie Oxford to lead SGA next year, only other opponent disqualified"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SPS graduate student Ashlie Oxford is slated to be the next chairperson of NYU\u2019s Student Government Assembly after garnering majority support in its <\/span>first popular election<\/span><\/a>. The day before polls closed on Saturday, CAS junior Emma Bell \u2014 the only other candidate running for the position \u2014 was disqualified from the race for alleged \u201cderogatory remarks.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe McDonough, a Gallatin junior and the SGA elections commissioner, told WSN that Bell violated the election\u2019s marketing guidelines, which prohibit candidates from making \u201cany personal references about your opponent, derogatory remarks about school or any group, profanity, and inappropriate language or messages (e.g., references to drugs or alcohol).\u201d McDonough said he was made aware of Bell\u2019s infraction on Thursday evening, after Oxford and Bell <\/span>campaigned for two weeks<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bell, who currently serves as a CAS senator and is also running for CAS senior class president, said that the Election Commission\u2019s decision was \u201cvery disappointing\u201d and that she was not comfortable detailing her alleged violations of the guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to my supporters and for the people who showed up and participated in voting,\u201d Bell said in an interview with WSN. \u201cI\u2019m going to remain committed to serving the student community at NYU.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A member of SGA said that Bell had publicized a promotional poster for her campaign in a group chat for a student organization, encouraging members to scan a QR code and vote for her as chairperson \u2014 which violates the election guidelines for this year\u2019s popular election. Current SGA chair Angela Chou said that although Bell\u2019s specific infraction is confidential, she confirmed that a candidate would violate the election guidelines by campaigning through \u201cmass texts or calls,\u201d which was reiterated to Bell and Oxford multiple times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oxford, who currently serves as a senator-at-large for student activists, said that she still hopes to work with Bell next year as the SGA chair. She said that she plans to get feedback from returning SGA members to help further their goals as student leaders, and feels grateful that the student body expressed its trust in her to lead the student government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was SGA\u2019s first year conducting a popular election, and it is incredibly unfortunate that one of our candidates was disqualified after two weeks of actively campaigning,\u201d Oxford told WSN. \u201cI hope people will realize that it is not a simple task to throw yourself into the spotlight, and I\u2019m unbelievably proud of myself and Emma for embracing this challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a recent <\/span>universitywide debate<\/span><\/a>, Oxford shared her plans to hire a student engagement director, who will strategically analyze trends to better identify the events that attract students\u2019 attention, and implement a \u201cfive-point plan\u201d that includes creating inclusive spaces for students and administrators to engage in dialogue. Oxford has also said that she aims to <\/span>create spaces for students<\/span><\/a> to communicate directly with administrators \u2014 a recurring demand of students and faculty at on-campus demonstrations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This past academic year, Chou has overseen initiatives related to increasing students\u2019 accessibility to basic resources, including the creation of a Basic Needs Center to offer <\/span>free, short-term housing for students<\/span><\/a> in need and improving mental health awareness. Chou also helped establish an online <\/span>Swipe it Forward program<\/span><\/a> to incentivize students to donate meal swipes and approved the <\/span>Initiative Fund<\/span><\/a> to make food more accessible to low-income students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that they continue to advocate for that amazing work \u2014 for housing security, food insecurity and transportation issues moving into this year as well,\u201d Chou said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely evidence that the student body should be very involved in the elections process, and the SGA is always listening to what students need and want.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amanda Chen at achen@nyunews.com.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This story Ashlie Oxford to lead SGA next year, only other opponent disqualified<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SPS graduate student Ashlie Oxford is slated to be the next chairperson of NYU\u2019s Student Government Assembly after garnering majority support in its first popular election. The day before polls closed on Saturday, CAS junior Emma Bell \u2014 the only other candidate running for the position \u2014 was disqualified from the race for alleged \u201cderogatory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}