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2. I would like to inform the student body more about Senate through town hall meetings and more Senate visits to campus organizations.
cards at on-campus locations such as Wescoe Terrace and the Kansas Union.
Melisa Veon
Criminology/Sociology Wichita
tant, KU Tae Kwon Dio Club 1. I plan too talk to my constituents and talk to their concerns and make an attempt to get the answers to their questions or help them be pro-active toward change.
2. I would get as many opinions from people as possible about Senate Issues before deciding how to vote.
Student Rights Committee, Nunemaker Senator, University Council
Freshman Political Science Hutchinson
1. I would remain in contact with my constituents and represent their views
Numerous positions within my fraternity, IFCF Adopt-A-School Chair, SUA Forums Committee member.
This could include polling, visiting large classes or having direct conversations.
do all I can to see that Senators put aside coalition action in order to work for the best interest of the students.
Jaime S. Tucker ▲
Parsons
I will be a first year Senator with no previous KU Senate experience.
President of Hashinger Hall, maintain many outside interests
1. I want to find out what my constituents want from their University. There are many different candidates. A humble representative
2. From the looks of things, I would need to be a beacon to those minority students wishing to be on Senate that may be uneasy.
Ryan Price
Sophomore
Business administration and accounting Grand Island, Neb.
CLAS
Michael Maraherio ✔
Senior
St. Louis
New Student Orientation Advisory Board Chair, Student Alumni Association Alpha Delta Pre-law society
1. I think listening to students and understanding their concerns is important issues and concerns with
2. I would like to help Senate focus on important student issues. I would like more dialogue between Senate and the student population.
Michelle Dennard ▲ ✔
Political science
Finance committee for four years Vice-chair of Finance Committee. Recreation services board, replacement senator and transportation Board
SUA President, SUA live music coordinator, alternative spring break site
leader, Memorial Corp. board member
1. Continue to talk to students on important Senate issues. Actually work on issues and not merely talk. Encourage and work with University to meet needs of departments.
2. Involve more people. Publicize activities, issues at hand, opportunities to participate. Work on projects affect students and not be afraid to take on project challenges to take more time than merely "ending meetings."
Cody Simms ▲ √ Junior
History/East Asian languages and culture (Chinese)
Wichita
SUA forums coordinator,
SUA forums "Committee
member of the
year,"Kansan editorial
board member, alternative
spring break, Rock Chalk
Revue, student ambassade-
ron, Mortar Board, Owl
Society, Lamda Sigma Honors society, member Beta Theta Pi fraternity
1. I will provide an open and motivated mind which equally considers the needs of the student body with respect to their interests.
2. Anticipate problems before they flatten the student body, like linear tuition d. Push members of the class to take action.
Senate Environmental Awareness Board
Environmental science Leawood
Graduate Environmental Board Chairman, Student Environmental Awares Board, Environmental Studies Student Association
1. I am in contact with my constituents through many
organizations and have the ability to represent the issues that affect us directly with this contact.
Julie Numrich ✔
Communication Studies Overland Park
2. With a positive representation and the accomplishment of goals, Senate could be changed to more liberal positions.
Junior
Nunemaker Senator, Senator Panellenic, Senate Executive Committee, University Council, Orientation Assistant, Center for Community Outreach, Student Legislative Awareness Board, Chi Omega, Student Alumni Association, New Student Orientation Adjutant
sory Board, Commission on the Status of Women,
Sexual Assault Prevention Peer Education.
1. I will continue to be sure to try to answer the requests of my constituents. I am hoping to make a Web page to show what has happened and how I am representing them.
Sam Pierron ▲ ✓
2. I would change Senate inside and out. I have seen completely two different types of Senates. Things that would be possible are better orientation and getting to know each other better.
American Civil Liberties Union, All Scholarship Hall Council
Political Science
1. Speak in a forum where students often do not. I am not beholden to the administration or traditional ways of campus politics.
2. I would make structural changes to ensure campus-wide access to the halls of Student Senate power. Too few students from small of selection of campus have been able to take part in the inner workings of Senate.
Amy Ravis ▲ ✓
Religious Studies Overland Park
Co-chair Diversity Peer Education Team, KU Hillel
1. Being a senator would allow me the opportunity to play a vital role in opening discussions within the student body.
2. To make a change in Senate requires feedback from those who are
involved in and affected by the decisions made. I am committed to action, open-mindedness and availability.
Sarah Schreck ▲ ✔
Environmental Policy Lenexa
Senator, Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority, Environmental Studies Student Association, Student Rights Committee, Phi Alpha Society, faculty, subcommittees on senate Glossy Inserts, Linear Tuition Review
I plan to talk to students in
class and at Wescoe Terrace to
find what students need.
2. I would like to see the issues that Student Senate handles expand. Examples of this are bike lanes in Lawrence, landlord-tenant relations and issues that the Kansas Legislature works on.
Tiffany Seeman
Magazine journalism Kansas City, Kan.
Nunemaker, Vice-Chair of Rights Committee
1. plan to talk to friends.
classmates.
But the most important part of talking is listening.
2. The most important change I see in the attitudes of senators. Senators must learn to suspect one another in order to make positive changes.
Maria Abatjoglou ▲ ✓
Philosophy/Spanish Charleston, W. Va.
I. As a student athlete, I am that I can offer a potato to both student-athletes and student at the university.
President of Student Athlete Advisory Committee
2. I would try and get Senate to focus on issues that
1. Remain focused on the important issues which composed our platform, holding true the promises we made to the students we represent.
issues always seem to be the focus during the election period, but after all the hype you never hear
David Wisely
Rock Chalk Revue Directors Cabinet
1. I can best represent my constituents by reflecting their demands in my decision making and to follow through with my campaign promises.
2. I would like to end the conflict that exists now between different coalition
Mission Viejo, Calif.
President of Ellsworth Hall, Selected to be Resident Assistant in Ellsworth
Heather Yates
Bobby Bowes
2. I would change Senate to be more student centered.
I want to be a contact for students so that they don't feel as if Senate is a closed system.
I have attended meetings and stay informed
CLAS/pre-allied health
Ravtown, Mo.
Blood drive chair, Blood drive committee member, House manager, Interfraternity Council representative and risk manager of Alcatel-Lucent security, Interfraternity Council Constitution Review chair, Greek Ambassador
Junior
ent people and have established many friendships.
If keep each person I have met in mind and do what
they would want me to do, I can truly represent my
constituents.
Amy Brookerd
2. Senate would be improved by eliminating coalitions. The bi-partisan system interferes with what we are here to do: represent the students.
1. I have met many differ-
Mary Liu
Pre-Business Overland Park
Attended three or four Senate meetings this year Vice President of Marketing & Finance for Association of University Residence Halls for a year and a half, Intern for Leadership Institute.
constituent, I pledge to put all my effort into having their voices heard
2. I would have Senate be more positive and welcoming to those who don't have experience with it. Efficiency and communication are the key.
1. I am dedicated and loyal to all my work. To my
Political Science
Korb Maxwell ▲ ✓
CLAS and Journalism
Political Science/
American Studies
Law and
Two years University Affairs Committee, Lobby Coordinator, Student Legislative Awareness Board, Lecture Series Board, KU Honors Program, KU Honors Program, Pi Alpha Sigma, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Robert J. Dole
1. I plan to continue an active presence on campus and solicit the student body's feelings and concerns on student government issues. I will work to make sure students have access to student records in months other than March and April.
2. I hope to expand student input in higher governing bodies such as the Regents and Kansas Legislature by mandating senators to participate in student lobbying efforts.
Institute Steering Committee, Jubilee Cafe, College Republicans.
Heather Fields ✔
Student Senate Multicultural Committee
Lawrence
Vice President of Commission on the Status of Women, President of Greeks Responsible for Education Enhancing Cultural Sensitivity, Rho Chi, Greek Ambassador, Greek Endeavor Facilitator, Cochair for KU Woman's Leadership Conference
1. I want to express the concerns and wishes of the CIC to senas and also to see completion of proposed items.
Morgan Browning
Junior
2. I would like to see Senate work more closely with the student body. Diversity within Senate is crucial to establish equal representation of all students.
Academic Computing and Telecommunications Committee
Castle Rock, Colo.
Brooke Warde
Philanthropy/Community Service Chairman for Beta Theta Pi
1. I would do as much as I can to bridge the gap between Delta Force and Campus Cause, so that we can all work together for the advancement of the University.
1. I think it is important for a senator to constantly listen to his or her constituent fully address their needs.
1. Having meetings with people in my school. Schedule meetings with departments discussing concerns is another idea. My involvement help me represent my constituency.
Student Legislative Awareness Board
Communications Studies Greeley, Colo.
Panhellenic, Tri-Delt sorority, volunteer work
2. I want to bring a fresh, friendly view to Senate. I want more communication and true representation of the student body. I will try my hardest to make students feel they have a voice.
represent my constituents
Dave Diefendorf ●
Sophomore
Lecton, Colo
GRADUATE
Ellen Mir ▲ ✓
Partha Mazumdar ▲
1. Many graduate students feel that University issues don't affect them, but I would like to help them organize their power as students and public employees.
2. Senate should make more of an effort to educate all students about their ability to bring positive change to the University and the Lawrence community
Mathematics
Lutherville, Md
Robert Futrell ▲
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
I've done lots of stuff on Senate.
1. By effectively fighting he man
2. I would spend my time fighting the man.
Two years as a student senator
David Harris Journalism
Graduate Representative
1. I hope to be available and listen to graduate students to represent our views.
Historic Preserve
Volunteered as an under-
graduate at Kansas Newman
College
2. First, become familiar with processes. Then I begin to work through processes to make them fair and expedient.
Mark Horowitz ▲ ✔
Sociology
Springfield, Mass.
Graduate Semester
Acting President of Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition
1. Welcome their concerns and feedback about campus and community issues important to them. Stand for the key values of participation, open communication and critical consciousness.
2. Continue to work for a progressive agenda with Senators that want to better their community.
Heather Stras ●
Social Work
Lenexa
Alpha Omicron Pi
1. I will promote student issues that will help others.
I will focus my attention on issues that represent the needs of my constituents. I teach students about awareness about Student Senate issues to all students.
J. Todd Ormsbee ▲ ✔
Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition
1. The needs and interests of graduate students require particular attention in that most of us are self-supporting, and many of us have families and other obligations outside of campus.
2. Work to participate in the process and write bills to meet the needs of as many students as possible, primarily those students whose needs are not regularly met by the Senate's processes.
Tracie Schuler ✔
Tracie Schuler ✔
Higher Education
Administration
Lansing
Undergraduate: Business Senator for four years, Senate Operations Chair, Finance Chair, Student Rights Chair, Emporia State University Student President Higher Education Center, SCPA, Graduate Advisor, KU Ambassadors, Group Discussion Lead.
1. I will uphold and represent the issues and ideas of
college students. I also will inform graduate students of
their interests.
2. I would not try to change Senate, instead I would want to enhance it. I would encourage senators to keep communication with their constituents open through with making sure to enact their legislation.
Dave Stras ✔
Business Wichita
Editor in chief of Kansas Law Review Criminal Procedure Edition, Interfaternity Council, Chapter Advisor Theta Chi Fraternity, University Council Vice President, Chairperson of Legal Services for Students
1. I will focus my attention on the needs of my constituents and provide a strong argument.
2. I will focus all of my attention to making Student Senate more responsible to students.
Louisville, Ky.
1. I want to advance the interests of graduate students, which are directly connected to the interests of undergraduates.
2. Would promote more interaction between the
sister mission of the Senate and the
wider mission of the University.
Craig Davis ▲
Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition
1. Making the Senate aware of concerns the graduate students have on this campus and offering constructive solutions to those dilemmas.
2. I will try to add input from a different viewpoint to make Senate an organization that encom-
input from and disseminating information to constituents, and vocalizing concerns.
passes a wide variety of student perspectives.
1. Writing legislation, asking questions, solicitim
I have been a senator since my appointment in October. At my previous schools, I was also in Senate as a local member of the University Affairs Committee and Senate. This session, I helped write several resolutions. I'm also a Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition.
Camarillo, Calif.
President of Delta Upsilong Fraternity, KU Golf Team, Interfraternity Council Judicial Board Member
1. I will promote issues that deal directly with students' lives. In my 5 years, I never felt the effect of Senate decisions. I look to change that.
2. With no Senate experience, I am green to the process. I want Senate to deal with issues that will be resolved.
Sara F. Collas ▲ ✔ Sociology
1. I will listen to specific needs and concerns of my
I was the editor of One Community, a publication of the Office of Minority Affairs, for two and a half years. During this time, I served on the Multicultural Resource Committee. I also served as the Vice President for the Graduate Association of Sociology Students.
American Studies Grosse Pointe, Mich.
constituents while I serve as both a representative and advocate on Student Senate. For example, as Graduate Teaching Assistants, we still are waiting to have health care coverage.
SUA, KU Lacrosse, Peer Adviser Study Abroad
Patrick Cliff ▲ ✔
2. My primary responsibility and focus is to graduate students that I will be representing, so my companies with them. If this involves changing some aspects of Student Senate to benefit us as a group, I will
2. Senate needs to prove itself relevant to students at KU — both undergrad and graduate. This can only be
1. I feel that I will be able to represent graduate students — especially new students — with a deeper understanding of campus workings.
achieved by way of Senate producing critical campus change including security, bike lanes, and a
Tashia Bradley ✔
Higher Education Administration Orlando, Fla.
Outreach Co-Coordinator and Counselor
Graduate Assistant in the Office of Minority Affairs, KU coalition against Racism, Association for the Study of African-American History, KU Multiculturalism Programming Committee, ACPA, Higher Education Student Association, Minority Affairs Project
1 will provide an opportunity for students to bear the need heard by acting as a liaison between Samantha and Stella.
Matt Kuzinski
2. I would hope to add my expertise and help to continue to create an environment in which students' concerns are heard and resolved.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Brooklyn Park, Minn
5 seats
OFF-CAMPUS
Organismal biology
Served on University Affairs committee this year
Vice president of Action Alliance and member of Environs.
1. Alternative modes of transportation — bike lanes and citywide busing — should be an option for
see the new union space go to students for organization office space and the like.
2. I want to get more students involved. So few people are aware of the power that Senate has. It exists as a voice for the whole KU campus, but it desperately lacks adequate representation at this time.
Communications Overland Park
Hillel, Sigma Delta Tau
1. What I can do to best represent my constituents is allow their concerns to be heard.
2. I would inform students on the issues that Senate focuses on to make them more aware of how those issues could be changed to help them.
Nick Zaller Senior
Microbiology and Chinese Tulsa, Okla.
Student Rights Committee, Senate Environmental Awareness Board
Vice President of Biology Club, Kansan columnist, former Kansan editorial board member. SUA forums
1. Senate can get students involved by serving out-of-office office hours, setting
up weekly or bi-weekly information tables around campus and placing suggestion boxes in areas that constituents request.
Freshman
Matt McGuire
Student Rights Committee member, Kappa Sigma Friendship pledgeclass vice president.
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