Feb 28, 2011

February 28, 2011

Volume 95: Issue 8

Ke Alaka i THE LEADER

ESS R P X E ISSUE 2

2011-2012 BYU-Hawaii Student Association Elections Ke Alaka`i

BYUHSA ELECTIONS 2011-2012

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Chase Carlston Mandy Leuluai

Platforms Service

We would like to continue the vision for the service center in the Aloha Center, giving students opportunities to serve in their perspective areas of study. This opportunity will enable more students to not only qualify for graduate programs, but it will also help them to serve God. Growing interest in Peace building certificates has enlightened our understanding of certificates and its usefulness. Therefore, with the service center we would issue a service certificate.

Communication

Creating an awareness of the current policies unites the school. To create this, we would like to have “awareness firesides.” For students, they will be able to voice opinions more easily. Along with this, we desire to become better acquaintances with leaders on campus.

Leadership

In order for students to better compete; we would like to assist in seeking leadership positions. Leadership certificates and classes will help students to know how to fulfill upper positions.

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We hope in our mixing pot of students of every race, color, and background we can have a more diverse team involved in Service, communication, and Leadership that will begin to influence students toward the establishment of peace internationally.

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Description Chase Carlston is a Math major with a minor in Bio-Chemistry. He plans on going to Dental school to practice orthodontia. Chase is very active in his studies but when he has some free time he loves to hike, skateboard and surf with his friends. Mandy Leuluai is an Accounting major. She plans on going on to pass the CPA exam for accounting. She enjoys playing basketball and spending time with family and friends.

We, Chase Carlston and Mandy Leuluai, are current students seeking to improve the lives of others here at BYU-Hawaii. As students we have envisioned on ways to improve the University and our vision is in line with the vision BYUHSA has now. We see the need for service, communication, and leadership but our emphasis will strongly reflect building peace internationally. President McKay said, “from this school…. will go men and women whose influence will be felt for good toward the establishment of peace internationally.” We want more student involvement both from the mainland and internationally.

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Brent Lambson Jeremiah Taylor

Platforms Bridging the Gap

Together, Brent and Jeremiah are going to bridge the gap between student families living in TVA and the single student population. A united campus of married and single students is not just their goal; a united campus is the best way to create a better learning environment where students with completely different backgrounds and life experiences can come together to enrich each other’s lives. They want to increase the awareness, excitement levels, and overall outcome of university events, increase community involvement as well as community sponsorship for these events.

Bridging this gap is not an overnight activity, nor is it an unreachable goal. Simply holding activities that form to each group equally, such as a water social, would bring the entire campus together. An increase in event popularity and reputation will come from the excitement of better prize giveaways. Increased awareness and sponsorship from the community can be achieved through simple giveaways from local businesses in exchange for advertisements.

In order to improve relations between TVA and the university, another focus would be to establish the criteria of one Executive Director per Vice Presidency to concentrate on molding activities to accommodate students with families.

Description A native of Meridian, Idaho, Brent Lambson grew up as a hard-working young man, enthusiastic about serving others. Brent has volunteered his time as a student representative at Meridian High school, as a Special Olympics committee member and as an Eagle Scout. He also was privileged to serve the people of Argentina as a full time missionary. While maintaining high academic standards here at BYUHawaii, he has found time to serve our student body as VP of Special Events where he has put his natural-born leadership qualities to work improving the quality of student activities. Brent has always been focused on finding ways to improve the well-being of those around him.

Jeremiah Taylor moved to BYU-Hawaii two years ago with his wife and daughter. While pursuing a degree in Biology, he has maintained a focus of family first while achieving high levels of academic success.

He served in Sweden as a full time missionary where he learned the value of honest communication. As an avid sports enthusiast, he has volunteered as a youth basketball, softball, and baseball coach, using these avenues to help the future leaders of tomorrow develop selfconfidence and leadership attitudes.

Together, Brent and Jeremiah are going to bridge the gap between student families living in TVA and the single student population. A united campus of married and single students is not just their goal; a united campus is the best way to create a better learning environment where students with completely different backgrounds and life experiences can come together to enrich each other’s lives. They want to increase the awareness, excitement levels, and overall outcome of university events, increase community involvement as well as community sponsorship for these events.

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Mark Ackerman James Gaddy

Platforms Mark Ackerman and James Gaddy wish to build communication and unity at BYU-Hawaii. We call communication and unity “unication” or the other way around “Community”. We see ourselves serving our fellow students as leaders of BYUHSA. Similar to many students, we see that the student body and the administration don’t communicate as effectively as they could. As a unified community BYUH will be able to better fulfill its mission, “Enter to learn, go forth to serve.”

Description Mark Ackerman (Resident Advisor, Junior in Operations Supply Chain Mgt.) and James Gaddy (Former Resident Advisor, Media Services Tech. and Junior in Information Systems.) intend to develop greater communication between the administration and the student body through social media and entertainment. Encourage student involvement and opinions by providing more attractive methods of interaction.

Building a community is not easy, currently there are only a small percentage of students in leadership positions, and we intend to use effective communication as a tool to empower students. Information communicated effectively is the best way to motivate people to act. As student leaders we will reach out to a greater number of students by providing more opportunities to lead, and to serve. What better way to fulfill the mission of the university than to put it to practice before we leave.

We will change the methods of interaction (i.e. Student bulletin and BYUHSA facebook page).

As we communicate more effectively, the student body and the administration will come closer together and establish unity. Our goal is as the scriptures say, “One heart, One Mind” and the best way to do that is by building relationships and giving opportunities to lead that will prepare students to “go forth and serve.”

We will provide more effective and accessible media that gives students weekly updates that entertain and inform them on how BYUHSA is working with the administration to make their lives better.

These changes will increase the voice of the student body, because they will have a greater motive to participate because it is more appealing.

Calendar of Events Monday February 28, 2011 - Friday March 4, 2011: Teams campaign around campus Thursday March 3, 2011: Meet the candidates 11am ACR Mall Thursday March 3, 2011: VOTING 12pm - 4pm ACR Mall (Free candy bar if you vote),

4:30pm - 6pm Outside TVA Office (Free candy bar if you vote) Friday March 4, 2011: VOTING 9am - 4pm ACR Mall (Free candy bar if you vote) **If one team earns more than 50% of total votes, elections will be finished within the first week.

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Photos by Sam Sukimawa