The Chronicle is accepting endorsements for DSG presidential, EVP candidates

The Chronicle will be accepting endorsement letters for the 2025 Duke Student Government presidential and executive vice presidential elections. Submissions will be reviewed from March 21 to March 29. All accepted endorsements will be published by March 30 at 11:59 p.m.

This year’s candidates for president are juniors Katelyn Cai, Comfort Markwei and Tara Singh. The candidate for executive vice president is junior Dylan Cawley. Voting opens at noon on March 31 and closes at noon on April 1.

Student organizations are encouraged to attend the DSG forum featuring the presidential and executive vice presidential candidates on March 25. Student groups who are unable to attend may opt to reach out to the candidates individually. If a candidate declines to meet, it should be noted in the endorsement letter. 

We will accept letters from any student organization that conforms to the guidelines below. We will not accept personal endorsements from individuals.

1. The Chronicle expects that members of organizations with significant personal or professional associations with candidates will recuse themselves from the endorsement process for that position. This includes public or substantial participation in the campaign of any candidate. Any conflict of interest that would jeopardize a non-prejudiced consideration of a candidate should result in a recusal. If recused, a member is barred from any form of participation in the endorsement process for that position. This includes asking questions in meetings with the candidates and writing the endorsement. Endorsement letters must include a list of all organization members who were recused, if any.
2. If a candidate will be, currently is or was formerly in a leadership position for an organization, that organization cannot issue an endorsement for the position that the aforementioned candidate is campaigning for. 
3. If an organization wishes to publish an endorsement letter, the president of the organization must email Editor-in-Chief Abby Spiller (editor@dukechronicle.com) and Opinion Editor Alice Qin (opinion@dukechronicle.com). All candidates running for each endorsed position must be CC’d on the email as well.
4. The email must include an attached endorsement letter and the following statement: “I, the president of [organization name], certify that all Chronicle endorsement rules were followed in the formation of this letter. I understand that failure to adhere to the rules undermines the election process, as well as the integrity of my organization and The Chronicle.”
5. Endorsement letters must be signed by the leader of the student organization and include their full name, school and graduation year. 
6. If a candidate wishes to challenge an endorsement letter on the grounds that any of the rules above have been violated, they may submit by email a formal challenge to the editor-in-chief stating their claims. The president of the organization must be CC’d and may respond to the challenge. This challenge must be received within three hours of the endorsement letter email sent under rules 4 and 5. The Chronicle holds the exclusive right to adjudicate the merits of any such challenge.
7. Letters may not exceed 300 words. The leader of the student organization will be listed as the author of the letter and named in the byline. The byline will also note that the letter was written and submitted on behalf of the student organization. Organizations submitting endorsement letters are also encouraged to register their endorsements through DSG.
8. The Chronicle holds ultimate discretion in deciding whether an endorsement letter would be published. If The Chronicle determines that any of the aforementioned rules have been violated in the formation of an endorsement letter, that letter will not be published. 

Abby Spiller is a Trinity junior and Volume 120 editor-in-chief. Alice Qin is a Trinity senior and Volume 120 opinion editor.

Abby Spiller | Editor-in-Chief

Abby Spiller is a Trinity junior and editor-in-chief of The Chronicle's 120th volume.