UConn Student Body President Under Fire for Supporting Free Speech 4 Mar 2021 The student body president of the University of Connecticut (UConn) has fallen under fire by his peers in student government over his support of pro-free speech legislation on campus. The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Governing Board recently issued a “vote of no confidence” for student body president Mike Hernández over his support of a proposed free speech bill, according to a report by The legislation in questions seeks to protect the right of students to freely express their opinions within student government and at the university as a whole.