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Meet the three SGA presidential candidates for 2018-19 school year

A LOOK INSIDE

MICHAEL QUINLAN

Quinlan wants to focus on college affordability, Greek life community, issues like parking/ safety and uniting Mountaineers. Michael Quinlan is a junior political science major from St. Albans, West Virginia. From spring 2017 to fall of 2017, he was the campus coordinator for WVU Turning Point USA. Quinlan is a brother of the Sigma Nu fraternity and a tour guide for WVU. Riley Keaton is the vice president candidate. Thinking about the future of WVU, Quinlan said the first issue that should be tackled is college affordability. “The first big issue that we see is affordability here at WVU,” Quinlan said. “Anyone who wants to come to WVU should not be priced out.” Quinlan said he would try to promote “fixed tuition,” which is the cost of WVU during your freshman has to be the cost your senior year. In February, the University released a moratorium preventing social activity on fraternities, as well as raising the GPA requirements of Greek Life. By 2020, the minimum GPA to join will be a 3.0. Quinlan emphasized worry with several other aspects of Greek Life, such as deferred recruitment and how students are encouraged to get a lease on an apartment during their first semester of college, thus making it unlikely they will live in a fraternity house. Quinlan said SGA should sit down with Greek Life to figure out what can be done to improve Greek Life without “doing things that are really going to be a detriment to Greek Life.”

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TYLER BREWSTER

Brewster wants to combat racism, enhance campus safety and provide a more welcoming environment on campus.

Tyler Brewster is a junior political science student from Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is the current SGA President Pro Tempore. He is the vice president of the Student Alumni Association and was a board member of the Residence Hall Association during his freshman year. Sydney Luther is Brewster’s vice president candidate. Providing a safer campus is one of Brewster top proirities. “There are a lot of dangerous intersections on campus where pedestrian are at risk,” Brewster said. “There are so many places on campus that are dark. It’s simply not smart to have people walking in unlit areas.” Brewster mentioned a video that spread on social media several weeks ago of a WVU student using a racial slur towards a black bartender. “I don’t think these things happen in isolation,” he said. “That young man had been empowered to speak like that. I have reasons to believe that many others on this campus feel and think the same way.” “Coming from a small West Virginia town, I really didn’t ever see diversity until I got to WVU,” Brewster said. “We really need to train our student body on what is acceptable and what is not about other cultures and how to respect them.” Brewster said he would be pushing for a multicultural center in the Mountainlair, which is scheduled to be renovated in 2020.

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ISAAC OBIOMA

Obioma wants to increase inclusivity in Student Government Association (SGA), engage with other student organizations/Greek life and promote city involvement in WVU. Isaac Obioma is a junior international studies student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During his sophomore year, he was SGA Events Director and a member of the BoF. A member of WVU NAACP for the past two years. Last summer, he will be working with the Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Obioma works at Coffee Company over the summers and during break. During the 2017, he was studying abroad in Strasbourg, France. Abbi Yachini is the vice president candidate. Obioma said he wanted to make WVU a more inclusive campus if elected. “Many students on campus are not involved, but they’re also not involved in anything,” Yachini said. “They don’t feel like they’re part of the conversation.” Obioma said the first step was social media outreach and engagement. Also, Obioma wants to create a task force that works with student organizations. This will make it easier “for people to contact student government, to voice their concerns to student government.” Obioma said he wanted to bridge the gap between students and city council, to help address problems such as parking, quality of roads and pedestrian safety. “We didn’t go into this saying we want to be student body president and vice president,” Obioma said. “We went into this saying, ‘Hey, well this is an issue we want to work on in the coming year.’”

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