Providing a voice for Washburn students since 1897 Volume 144, Issue 20
February 28, 2018
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WSGA kicks off campaigns Two pairs announce their campaigns for WSGA presidency and vice presidency at Feb. 21 meeting Elections for Washburn Student Government are officially underway. The Feb. 21 meeting of WSGA featured the president and vice president teams of Zac Surritt and Jim Henry, and Jack Siebert and Sydney Fox, announcing their candidacies. For Siebert, a sophomore communications major, his time as the administrative assistant of WSGA this past year helped show him that some change needs to happen. “I believe in [the idea of] don’t just complain about something if you’re not going to try and fix it,” Siebert said. “A big reason I wanted to run is that WSGA could be serving its students in a more capable manner and right now we’re not doing that. Instead of gossiping and complaining about it to friends I’d rather do something.” The Siebert-Fox campaign is running on three main points. The first is student wellness. Siebert said that this includes both physical and mental health. He believes that there are many services on campus that are under utilized that can be promoted better. “We have things such as $5 STD testing,” Siebert said. “People don’t really take advantage of that. When you’re out of college, that sort of testing and check-ups, those things cost a lot of money.” In addition to health services already available, Siebert is also hoping that Washburn can expand its health services to things such as substance abuse support groups like Alcoholics Campaign announceAnonymous. ment Feb. 21 at WSGA The second point senate meeting. for the Siebert-Fox campaign is campus safety. Siebert hopes to accomplish this in a few ways. The active bystander training is something that Washburn has been doing for a while, but Siebert believes that it would be helpful to promote it to all campus organizations. At 7 p.m. March 7 in “We want to use Mabee Library, the [the] iConnect candidates will program,” Siebert engage in a debate said. “It’s a program with questions submitWSGA uses where ted previously as well senators are paired as new questions from up with an organizasocial media. tion.” Siebert said that he knows the more people and organizations are involved with the bystander program, the better off the campus will be. “There’s studies Finally, the election culminates with voting that show that these which will take place sort of trainings March 12-14 with the actually do help,” winners announced Siebert said. “People March 16. are more likely to not engage in certain manners after they’ve heard these tips.” Siebert noted that he has been through the training, and Fox is actually a facilitator for the program and that it has helped him. The other part of campus safety that the Siebert-Fox team is campaigning for is better community interaction with the Washburn University Police Department. “The fact that they’re campus police, the Wash-
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big part of that is the implementation of digital ICards. Siebert said that he has done a lot of research on the topic and believes that it is something that Washburn could benefit from. “I’ve lost my ICard a few times or forgotten it at home when I needed it,” Siebert said. Other tech updates include an update to the main Washburn website and the utilization of open access resources in classes, especially to cut down on the cost of things like textbooks. While the team of Siebert-Fox is using these three points to run their campaign, they are also open to other ideas, and are WSGA campaigns hoping that other continue with an opportunity to meet the students will engage candidates from noon in conversation. They to 1 p.m. today, Feb. 28 have been tabling, and in the Union Underwill continue to table ground, in which the throughout the camcandidates will have a paign to talk with stumoderated panel dents about issues that discussion. After the are important to them. panel, students can “I’m loving tabling submit questions that might arise. honestly,” Siebert said. “I get to have these one-on-one conversations with people and get them to look at my A second debate platform.” hosted by Washburn The other team runStudent Media will be ning is not new to camlivestreamed from paigning. Zac Surritt, Washburn Review’s Facebook account at along with his running 7 p.m. on Thursday, mate Jim Henry, ran March 8. for president in last year’s election, losing • live to Alexis Simmons and Scott Weinkauf by only 10 votes. The loss did not deter Surritt from staying involved with WSGA. “I think that even as devastating as it was, it was still my passion and still something that I needed to do,” Surrit said. “So I became budget director. I think that looking back, I really value my experience because if I hadn’t have lost, I think that I would’ve done a See Campaign, Pg. 3
Track and Field closes season on high note Dr. Seuss wisdom “Don’t give up! I believe in you all! A person’s a person, no matter how small!” -“Horton Hears a Who”
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