StuGov elections reopened

SETH JARVIS Staff Writer court was often used from 3 p.m. until closing hours and was often packed. Students could play games such as basketball, volleyball, ping pong and pickleball.

Student Government elections are being redone and are now May 1 to May 5. If students voted during the first election week they must revote.

“This whole space was 19,000 square feet, so we essentially lost that,” Porter said. “We had to push everything into our auxiliary gym, which is just the length of one basketball court, instead of three, so intramurals were impacted, our patrons, they all have to share a space now.”

Rec Center supervisor, Addison Walker said, “I think everybody has adapted to our multipurpose gym. There are people there all the time, whereas before it was only really intramural games.”

The elections initially took place between April 17 and April 21 but are being redone because of the cyberattack which resulted in Information Technology Services having to wipe much of the University’s servers. Students have the opportunity to vote for three ballot measures for this election.

Colleen O’Reilly and Mairin Warner are the candidates for president and vice president, respectively. O’Reilly said one of their goals was to improve the transfer student process and better accommodate them as they begin their time at Truman State University. One way to improve the transfer student experience would be to assign them an adviser more relevant to their major rather than simply assigning them to a freshman-level adviser.

Warner said another major goal is to restore the Truman Environmental Coalition to help unify the variety of environmental groups on campus. Warner said they also want to focus on food sustainability and working with Sodexo to further those goals.

Kennedy Cooper, current president of Student Government, said she has a couple unfinished projects to finish upon reelection. First, she said she wants to be the chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee again and recommend gender identity be added to the University’s non-discrimination policy. She also said she wants more diversity aspects added to classes, such as how diversity impacts various fields. For example, a nursing major might learn how to take care of patients from different cultural backgrounds.

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