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Student Elections 2009
tuesday, february 10, 2009
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The Daily Tar Heel
IT’S IN YOUR HANDS. eeks of painting signs, signing petitions and dormstorming have come down to this. You now have
the power to choose the officers who will represent you in the next year. And your choices will surely resonate. These students will be the ones representing you to admin-
Student Elections 2009
The Daily Tar Heel
tuesday, february 10, 2009
CHOOSE WISELY.
istrators, state government and the commu- to make an informed decision. As Captain nity at large. The Daily Tar Heel has been Planet always said, the power is yours. working since before election season began DTH ONLINE: Hear straight from the candidates about their top priorities. Click “Student Elections” under “Special Sections.” to compile all the information you’ll need
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Meet your student body president candidates Ron Bilbao
Thomas Edwards
Jasmin Jones
Ashley Klein
Matt Wohlford
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Create innovative methods for generating student input. Work with student groups to best use resources such as UNC Mobile. Create Carolina 101, a semester-long informational class for incoming first-year students. Lead Project One, a student-led fundraising campaign. Engage students academically through the creation of upperclassman seminars. Create a peer mentoring program. Establish academic partnerships with the town. Push for more merit-based scholarships to make UNC more competitive even with enrollment growth. Ensure that need-based financial aid does not take a budget cut. Implement the results of current President J.J. Raynor’s Best Carolina initiative
Change student government into an organization that works for you. Place more academic advising resources online, including a mechanism to chat online with advisers. Bring more local foods to the dining halls. Create a tuition expense report, which details where revenue from tuition increases go. The report would be published online and publicized around campus. Get funding or grants to place more recycling bins around campus. Distribute debit cards to student organizations for event purchases. Create an alumni-undergraduate mentoring program. Create a service organization committee to foster communication and collaboration, pool resources and avoid duplicating efforts.
Create an open, honest and inclusive culture in student government. Accomplish our platform while still remaining flexible enough to tackle other issues. Improve public safety on campus as well as in the surrounding communities so students are never forced to choose between involvement and safety. Increase the amount of direct interaction between student government and the student body. Connect students to student organizations to ensure they have a place at UNC where their ideas and interests can be pursued. Collect feedback from students about issues student government is currently working to solve. Work with University administrators to reduce our expenses while ensuring that the student experience is not negatively impacted. Publicize the services currently funded by student fees to ensure accountability.
Inform students about resources that contribute to a successful academic career. Enhance the student life experience to help students connect to UNC. Facilitate more collaboration among student groups. Create a shared dialog about safety for all students. Connect off-campus students to one another and to the University. Work with issues faced by specific communities, such as transfer students. Encourage unity amongst the Greek community. Bring ATMs to South Campus. Establish a disaster relief team. Create an official public relations team.
Make UNC students feel safe on campus. Ensure that I have done everything possible to make tuition fair and predictable for students. Allow all students to track my platform progress on an efficient and informative Web site. Make every student able to access and become involved in student government. The Department of Public Safety will offer anonymous reporting as an option for sexually assaulted students. Create a reverse P2P route. Make community service easy to find and easy to do. Get the ”wireless in dorms” project up and running. Lenior and Rams Head dining halls will use less Styrofoam and plastic and offer more local foods. Combine course evaluations with a UNC Pick-a-Prof service on the new Student Central.
Use the Carolina Advocacy Committee to push the N.C. General Assembly to create more predictable tuition policies. Improve campus safety, especially by highlighting the Rave Guardian program. Advance the arts at Carolina, through streamlining and centralizing the performance space reservation process and creating a “New Arts Committee.” Help protect the environment by working with administrators to reduce waste, conserve water and eradicate invasive plant species. Make student government more diverse and highlight the diversity of events on campus. Create a green events guide to publish the activities of student groups. Make sure Student Congress adequately funds all groups, with the threat of a presidential veto of its budget if they are not.
Hometown: Greensboro Class: Sophomore Major: Public policy, communications Fill in the blank: “If you want a charismatic, inspirational visionary who will engage the administration to create limitless opportunities for students, vote for me.”
Hometown: Miami, Fla. Class: Junior Major: Political science Fill in the blank: “If you want a president with the experience, vision and drive to fight for you every day, vote for me.”
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As a sophomore, I’ll be here that extra year to see projects all the way through, so if I do start discussions with them on something, the following year I’d follow up with that.”
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The office should be filled with someone who can represent all the cross sections of the student body. … I see Carolina from so many different perspectives.” — on why he would make a good sbp
— on the advantage of being a sophomore
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Hometown: Baton Rouge, La. Class: Junior Major: Biology Fill in the blank: “If you want to be included in student government, vote for me.”
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. Class: Junior Major: Journalism, international relations Fill in the blank: “If you want an innovative leader concerned about your future, vote for me.”
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We’ve always said that I’m running for student body president because I want to serve the student body, and I feel that my experience and vision allow me to do that effectively.”
Hometown: Edenton Class: Junior Major: History, Spanish Fill in the blank: “If you want fierce dedication and innovative government, vote for me.”
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I feel like I embody the Carolina spirit — a feeling that’s developed through all the students that I’ve met and the work I’ve done on campus.”
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— on her leadership skills
— on why he’s running for SbP
Meet your senior class officer candidates Tim Nichols/Tina Chen-Xu
Meggie Staffiera/Sebastian Williams
Hometown: Seattle, Wash. Class: Junior Major: Economics, philosophy Fill in the blank: “If you want a candidate with the experience to persuade those with real power to get things done the way you want them done, vote for me.”
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I’m a motivator. … I love talking to people. I get really excited when I’m talking to the rest of the team.”
— on why she’s running for sbp
Everything in my platform is something I can do myself, or I say who I will work with to make it happen. I only wanted to say things that I thought were innovative and feasible.” — on Why his platform is the shortest
Meet your CAA candidates Courtney Brown
John Russell
Nicholas Varunok
All registered students with a PID and Onyen.
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Today, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. goals
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Online, at studentcentral.unc.edu, or at voting booths set up in the Pit and at Rams Head Plaza by the Board of Elections.
Work with the selection committee to ensure that we get a great speaker at graduation. Senior block seating at the Homecoming football game. Leave a legacy of giving seniors input and choice in the Senior Campaign. Networking nights to build long-lasting relationships with alumni. Raise $30,000 for Habitat for Humanity and build a house for a needy Hillsborough family. Fun for everyone. Whether you drink or not, we are going to have events planned so that you can have a great senior year, including hockey and bowling nights.
Have fun — with frequent bar nights, raves, senior class talent shows, a senior formal, masquerade ball, movie nights, holiday parties and ice cream socials. Create a better graduate advising program and host off-campus networking nights. Appoint dedicated, passionate, driven, organized leaders to work on our committees as marshals. Make graduation memorable through an engaging Commencement speaker. Prepare students for life after graduation through finance workshops and life-skill trainings. Leave a lasting impact on the Carolina community.
Have students understand what CAA does. Make bowl game ticket price upgrade policy clearer. Increase the appreciation for all student athletes. Have a football season kickoff. Donate money and equipment to underprivileged schools. Start a ticket exchange policy where tickets are redistributed the day before games. Get fans to “Stay till the End,” aka after singing the alma mater. Have the best fans in the country!
Create a large CAA listserv to better inform UNC students. Create a ticket policy for unused student tickets. Create monthly feedback surveys with prizes. Incentives and prizes for feedback on CAA. Diversify the CAA cabinet and committees. Increase communication and efficiency among the CAA, students and the athletic department. Downsize the CAA and give tickets back to students. Hold viewing parties for big away games.
Continue the tradition of having the best college sports fans in the nation. Promote spring sports to the entire campus by working with Carolina Fever and re-allocating budgets to show every student how incredibly talented all student athletes are. Re-structure the CAA to create maximum efficiency and hold my cabinet accountable. Work with the ticketing department on an already efficient policy to limit the amount of ticketless students. Spread my passion for UNC athletics to each and every student at UNC and contribute to their University experience in a way that many didn’t think was possible.
Hometown: East Flat Rock/Raleigh Class: Juniors Major: Political science, public policy/Asian studies Fill in the blank: “If you want a ‘dynamite’ senior year, vote for us.”
Hometown: Moorestown, N.J./Robbinsville Class: Juniors Major: International studies, economics/public policy Fill in the blank: “If you want a senior year that’s all about getting you where you need to go and having fun as you get there, vote for us.”
Hometown: Newport Class: Junior Major: Math, chemistry Fill in the blank: “If you want a fair ticketing policy and to have your voice heard, vote for me.”
Hometown: Cary Class: Junior Major: Business Fill in the blank: “If you want experience, dedication and leadership, vote for me.”
Hometown: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Class: Sophomore Major: Business Fill in the blank: “If you want a fun-filled year with great opportunities, vote for me.”
why These offices represent students in many administrative capacities, for example, on the Board of Trustees. They also control a significant amount of money from student fees — more than $1 million. To vote online, first log in to Student Central with your Onyen and password. Click on the “Vote in student elections” button, which will appear on the left-hand side of the page. To vote in person, find a booth manned by the Board of Elections.
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