Two student governments disbanded by campus administrators are operating again this fall.
Officials at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa abolished the Student Government Association in 1993 after violence marred the election process. One of the candidates for president that year was beaten at her home and had a burning cross placed in her yard.
Although no organization was officially blamed for the incidents, the woman had been running against a candidate supported by a clandestine group known as"The Machine,” which had controlled the student government for years. The group is said to be composed primarily of members of the university’s predominantly white fraternities and sororities.
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