USG elections

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From left , juniors Dillon Doyle and Jim Francescon both are running for student body president in the 2010-2011 Undergraduate Student Government elections. Voting continues until tomorrow.

The USG oversees and distributes $1.4 million to promote student activities and organizations.

Vote and voice your opinion on how the funds are spent.

USG Election Guide

CRAIG HIROKAWA

KATIE BERNELL

NICK ANDERSON

ANDREW BROWN

JACK BOUCHARD

NIKKI DEUTSCH

VANESSA TORRES GANGOO

JULIA GODSHAW

On-Campus Senator candidates Two will winKATHERINE SNOWHometown: Boulder, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: Intl. Business, Communicationsgoals• Work with Sodexo to improve the quality and variety of food with a focus on organics• Establish a Pioneer volunteer program• Establish an offi cial “School Spirit Day” during Pioneer Days

“If you want to see USG transparency and change, vote for me.”

JULIA GODSHAWHometown: Greenwood Village, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: Political Sciencegoals• To see the student body be comfortable with the living situation on campus• Promote more activism on campus• Bring more sustainable options to campus

“If you want to see living on-campus or in Greek houses improve as well as be

involved, vote for me!”

Hometown: DenverClass: JuniorMajor: Business Administrationgoals• Identify what students care about on campus• Collaborate student organizations• Recognize the commonalities in passion of senators

“If you want to see concern for the needs of students and eff ective action, vote for me.”

ERICCA MCCUTCHEON

VOTESophomore Senator candidates Two will win

SAM WHITEHometown: Chandler, Ariz.Class: FreshmanMajor: Biologygoals• Unity amongst campus• Conjure spirit on campus• Increase transparency amongst Senate

“If you want to see the upmost concern and hard work for the sophomore class,

vote for me.”

Hometown: DenverClass: FreshmanMajor: International Studies, Communicationgoals• Educate those around me about the world in order to eff ectively engage in learning and service

“If you want to see a campus that is cohesive, inclusive, and supportive, vote for me.”

VANESSA TECKHometown: Dallas and Littleton, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: Marketing, Managementgoals• Hold a college fi eld day• Implement a greater participation of students on Arbor Day• Hold games like capture the fl ag

“If you want to see a balance between fun and getting things done in student

government, vote for me.”

JORDAN LOYD

Senior Senator candidates Two will win

Hometown: Belgrade Lakes, MaineClass: JuniorMajor: Philosophygoals• Place greater emphasis on the liberal arts, environmental awareness and student health

“If you want to see both dedication and creativity in student government, vote for me.”

Hometown: HoustonClass: JuniorMajor: Integrated Sciencesgoals• Build a more unifi ed campus • Have more campus events such as barbeques• Have more spirit at sporting games

“If you want to see unity, vote for me.”

Hometown: Alburquerque, N.M.Class: JuniorMajor: History, Political Sciencegoals• Establish a better Departures program• Have more senior involvement• Build class unity

“If you want to see integrity at DU, vote for me.”

JACK BOUCHARD MINDY STONE KELLY WALKER

DCB Senator candidates Two will winJEREMY LYNCHHometown: Littleton, Colo.Class: JuniorMajor: Management, Marketinggoals• Finalize plans for the Daniels student-run store• Improve networking opportunities• Enhance the student and alumni mentoring program

“If you want to see more access to USG and continued dedication to Daniels, vote for me.”

Hometown: Caracas, VenezuelaClass: JuniorMajor: International Businessgoals• Provide more job and career opportunities• Represent the voice of DCB students• Develop the framework for DCB to gain more recognition and prestige

“If you want to see the best out of your DCB experience while seeing your degree

appreciate in value, vote for me.”

VANESSA TORRES GANGOOHometown: Grand Rapids, Mich.Class: FreshmanMajor: International Businessgoals• Work with Daniels administration to build a corporate partners program• Be more effective in connecting students with alumni• Have better access to the Wall Street Journal

“If you want to see more student voice in Daniels, vote for me.”

CHARLIE WONDERGEM

JORDAN LOYD

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Not pictured: Milan Chatterjee, Carrie Gamper, Jeanne Ireland, Trevor Kroeger, Caitlin Lorenz, Jeremy Lynch, Ericca McCutcheon, Mindy Stone, Kelly Walker

USG Election Guide

AHUM SenatorRunning unopposed

Hometown: Alburquerque, N.M.Class: JuniorMajor: International Studies, Germangoals• Create a language tutoring program• Create more unity among AHUM majors since every subject within is very different• Create less apathy toward USG

NIKKI DEUTSCH

Off -Campus Senators Two will winCARRIE GAMPERHometown: Baltimore, Md.Class: JuniorMajor: Marketinggoals• Create an internal partnering network• Build spirit and unity within DU

KATIE BERNELLHometown: HoustonClass: JuniorMajor: Marketing, Communicationsgoals• Increase accessibility of resources for student orgs• Improve student and alumni relations• Promote the DU Shuttle

LUKE NIFARATOS

DARIO OGAZ

DORIELLE PARKER

STUART PORTMAN

KATERINE SNOW

VANESSA TECK

SAM WHITE

CHARLIE WONDERGEM

SONIA ZARUBA

International Studies Senator candidates One will win

Hometown: Aurora, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: International Studiesgoals• Establish an academic recognition program• Create an INTS committee• Establish a bi-weekly or monthly newsletter

“If you want to see true devotion to you, vote for me.”

LUKE NIFORATOS DORIELLE PARKERHometown: Littleton, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: International Studies, Englishgoals• Integrate INTS Students into the community• Continue the standard of excellence• See this spirit of collaboration spread

“If you want to see free, independent thinking and a senator dedicated to bringing all students

together, vote for me.”

NICK ANDERSONHometown: Allentown, Penn.Class: JuniorMajor: International Studiesgoals•Encourage more student involvement • Ensure better hours in the Cyber Café in order to make the relations in the building more tangible • Involve the right student led organizations into the Korbel School activity

HRTM Senator candidates One will win

Hometown: San FranciscoClass: FreshmanMajor: HRTMgoals• To be the image of HRTM• Create a buddy system for study abroad • More recycling

“If you want to see a positive and passionate representative for the HRTM

programs and USG, vote for me.”

SONIA ZARUBA DARIO OGAZHometown: DenverClass: FreshmanMajor: HRTMgoals• Create a supportive and resourceful community within the HRTM school • Work with current HRTM student orgs and help the students who want to create new orgs• Serve as the “voice” to HRTM Students

“If you want to see an inclusive, united HRTM community, vote for me.”

STUART PORTMAN

NSM SenatorRunning unopposed

Hometown: St. LouisClass: FreshmanMajor: Biology (Pre-med)goals• Increae NSM student inclusiveness• Encourage students to work with the pre-professional adviser• Increase shadowing and clinical volunteer opportunities

SECS SenatorRunning unopposed

Hometown: Cokato, Minn.Class: JuniorMajor: Computer Engineeringgoals• Show the rest of campus what happens in the School of Engineering & Computer Science• Create a SECS undergrad research bulletin• Introduce a mentorship/tutor program

TREVOR KROEGER

Junior Senators Two will winMILAN CHATTERJEE CAITLIN LORENZHometown: Henderson, Nev.Class: SophomoreMajor: Political Sciencegoals• Give additional funding for student orgs• Eliminate wasteful spending• Establish a re-turn from study abroad program

Hometown: Loveland, Colo.Class: SophomoreMajor: HRTMgoals• To see more juniors connected with campus• To do monthly socials to help juniors stay in touch with each other and campus• Implement a program that helps juniors coming back from abroad reconnect with DU

Perf. Arts Senator candidates One will win

Hometown: Littleton, Colo.Class: SophomoreMajor: Music - Cello Performancegoals• Continue to investigate the unavailable minor• Continue the "What? There are no practice rooms available?" venture• Promote students voicing concerns, solutions

“If you want to see me attempt to sight-read orchestral excerpts, vote for me.”

ANDREW BROWNHometown: Centennial, Colo.Class: JuniorMajor: Vocal Performancegoals• To see Lamont involved in the DU campus, and vice versa through better publicity and interaction by both parties

“If you want to see more people involved in the performing arts, whether in ensembles

or in the audience, vote for me.”

JEANNE IRELANDSOCS Senator Running unopposed

Hometown: Parker, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: Political Science, Intl. Studiesgoals• Increase and promote awareness of inclusive excellence in the social sciences• Improve the unreliable wireless in Sturm• Increase transparency between Senate and the student body

CRAIG HIROKAWA

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Doyle, Francescon discuss platforms

Why are you running for student body president and vice president?

Dillon Doyle: “We’re running to empower students and to create a student government that solves student issues with student solutions. So that may sound very, ‘What does that mean?’ What that means is we’re going out there and we’re talking to students and listening to them and we’re making an eff ort trying to continue what they [USG] have done throughout the year and focus on issues that students want solved and actually solve them with stu-dent solutions.”What do you think are some of the biggest issues at DU?

Megan Marshall: “One of biggest issues that Dillon and I have been hitting on with a lot of students is that there are executive scholarships right now, that the president and vice president will be paid for what, I think, should be a volunteer opportunity. I think there was a big confl ict of interest when it was voted in. Another

big issue is the fact that student govern-ment does get free season tickets to hockey games and a lot of them don’t even go.”

DD: “Senate has a negative percep-tion. People think that the Senate is there

to take their money and is there to screw over the students. I think sometimes, like through execu-tive scholarship and buying ourselves season hockey tick-ets, we defi nitely per-petuate that. So then when we listened to the students and say, “OK, you don’t want us to buy them [hockey tickets] for

ourselves, and you want $5 tickets back and you want the Safe Ride to work. If you add up executive grant and senator hockey tickets that equals around $6,500. When elected, we’re going to get rid of all that and invest in buying hockey tickets to two of most important games [for all students]. It’s symbolic and increases spirit and it’s a gesture of faith and will build bridges that I think we lost over some of the years. Instead of student money for 25 people, it’s student money for all the students.”

Hometown: Aurora, Colo.Class: FreshmanMajor: Public Policy, Sociology

MEGAN MARSHALL

Hometown: Minneapolis, DenverClass: JuniorMajor: Digital Media Studies

DILLON DOYLE

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Hometown: Greely, Colo.Class: SophomoreMajor: Political Science, Journalism

FELIPE DIAZ

Hometown: DenverClass: JuniorMajor: Real Estate, Finance

JIM FRANCESCON

Why are you running for student body president and vice president?

Jim Francescon: “Because I’ve had such a great experience this year being able to help the campus out. Th ere’s so many things were started this year that next year, with the con-nections we’ve been able to build this year, and a lot of the things we weren’t able to get going, we can push through next year and make happen. Being vice president and having been able to meet vari-ous administrators and gain really good relationships. Where in a lot of cases, when you have someone new coming in, even from just a senator position, those relations necessarily aren’t made and sometimes they haven’t been as positive as those ones I’ve been able to cultivate this year.

So being able to utilize them we can really hit the ground running and get a lot done next year. We have such a great vision for next year. We sat down and kind of started building our ideas and fi gure out what we’re going to do and we just really,

really feel like this is the year we can do a lot of good for this campus.”

Felipe Diaz: “I’ve gotten really excited about the vision we have for next year. Jim and I, personally, are two very diff erent

people, but like he said, this is a great chance to connect and it’s something I’m really excited to be a part of.”What do you think are some of the big-gest issues at DU?

JF: “For the undergraduate stu-dent population, I feel like we have so many great little areas of our campus that really

thrive on their own, but if we could connect them, imagine what we could accomplish.

Another problem I think we have is in regards to our international students...We’ve worked really hard way to develop a plan on ways to bring international students and inte-grate them with the domestic culture here.”

FD: “I think student awareness of the Undergraduate Student Government and the transparency of it…We’ve got ton of plans for video addresses, radio addresses and we will have a website.”

USG Election GuideMay 4, 2010