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the campus in a positive direction and I am honored to be a part of it. I look forward to running for KUnited as the Freshman/Sophomore CLAS candidate and working to bring in Blockbuster kiosks around campus and our other positive platforms.
Christine Lee (KUnited)
Freshman
Microbiology
Omaha, Neb.
I am
confident and
excited about
the changes
and improvements that the
KUnited coalition has to offer
Lee
the KU student body, Lawrence and the entire state of Kansas.I would appreciate your support to continue building on a strong tradition!
Rob Lohse (KUnited)
Freshman Finance Topeka I feel that this year more than ever KUnited has the potential to help the University of Kansas take the right steps in
Lohse
improving the college experience for future students. I'm looking forward to running with KUnited as a Freshman/Sophomore CLAS candidate and doing my best to represent the opinions of my peers
Shenji Pan (Envision)
Pan
Freshman
Undecided
Changshu,
China
I am currently an Associate Senator on the Multicultural Affairs Committee. I love being active.
being actively
involved on campus and attend as many on campus events as possible- come say hi!
Freshman Tulsa, Okla. Business I am very excited about the opportunity to represent the freshmen and sophomores in the College of Liberal Arts and
Jenny Pisklo (KUnited)
Pisklo
Sciences at KU. I feel I can make a positive difference on campus, in the community and for Student Senate.
Brad Rector (KUnited)
Sopifomore
English Education
Shawnee
sawnee I believe that KUnited has the ability to change KU for the better for current and future students. I am looking
Rector
forward to running with KUnited as a Freshman/Sophomore CLAS candidate and working to lower the cost of textbooks to make KU more affordable for everyone, and to make other positive changes on campus.
Lauryn Reinhart (KUnited)
Freshman Architecture Kansas City, Mo I am running for student senate with KUnited because there are a lot of positive people who work hard to bring positive
and working to make KU a sustainable campus!
Alex Rippberger (KUnited)
change to KU. I am excited to be running with KUnited as a Freshman/Sophomore CLAS candidate
Reinhart
Biology
Olathe
If we don't start preparing the campus today, then it may be too late to stave off disaster. I am running with
KUnited as a Freshman/SopHomore CLAS candidate, and I hope that I have your support against the undead hordes.
Rippberger
Brandon Rogers (KUnited)
English Dallas
I am actively involved with Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, the Freshman Leadership Council, Student Union Activities, and
Rogers
the Student Alumni Leadership Board, and am an Interfraternity Council Appointed Officer. My unique and well-balanced perspective provides me with a great understanding of the diverse wants and needs of the student body, allowing me to better serve the Freshman/Sophomore constituency.
Sirus Saeedipour (Envision)
Sophomore
Sophomore Microbiology Overland Park
Overland Park
I am the Vice
President of the
KU Persian Student
Association, a member
of the KU
Debate Team,
and a member
Saeedipour
of the Senate Student Rights Committee. I am running because I feel like I can make a positive difference on campus and make the voices of students heard.
Javon Shackelford (KUnited)
Freshman
Finance and French
I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to serve as a Student Senator for my second year. If elected I
Shackelford
promise to continue the legacy and really take this University to the next level.
Sadie Simon (Envision)
with CREATE and Alternative Breaks. I am running for Student Senate with Envision because she shares the commitment of Envision for recycling, environmental stewardship, safety, and fiscal responsibility and is committed to ensuring that our student funds are spent in ways that reflect our values and needs.
Sociology Minneapolis I currently participate in Dance Marathon as part of the facilities and operations committee and I am involved
Rebecca Stout (Envision)
Simon
Abbie Tish (Envision)
Psychology
Chapman
I currently
serve as an Assi-
sonate Senator
for Rights Com-
mittee and a
Student Ambas-
sador. Envision
is a dedicated.
making this happen!
hardworking, and respectable group of Students striving to make you the ultimate place to get a quality education and I would like this position so I can do my part in
Freshman
Junior
American Studies Minneapolis
While seeking to get more involved at KU, I came across the opportunity to sit in on a few Envision meetings. Learning more about student senate especially Envision allow me to feel strongly about the ideas presented on the platform and I believe I can make a great contribution to student senate with dedication, passion and most of all action!
Stout
Kevin Wright (Envision)
English and American Studies Olathe
Sophomore
I am the treasurer for Hashinger Hall, an Assistant Debate Coach for St. Thomas Aquinas, and an intern for
Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins. I am running to inspire fear in my student constituents by creating an environment of random, irrational terror.
Lizzy Watson (KUnited)
Wright
Tish
Exercise Science
Freshman
Colleyville, Texas I think Student Senate is a great way to make a positive impact on the KU campus and student
body. I am running as a Freshman/ Sophomore CLAS candidate with KUnited and am looking forward to getting more involved on campus here at KU.
Sarah Weaver (KUnited)
Sophomore
I'm excited about running as Freshman/ Sophomore CLAS candidate. I am running because I love KU and
Overland Park
JUNIOR/SENIOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
want to make it an even better place for all!
Amanda Allison (Envision)
As a transfer student from Syracuse University, I have had the privilege of seeing how completely
Weaver
Junior ...
different universities are run— what works and what needs to be changed. Envision exemplifies transparency and highlights the true impact students could have not only on campus, but also in the world in terms of conservation and responsible leadership.
Jessica Brooks (Envision)
I am involved with Student Senate, University Senate, hold an internship at the Kansas State Capitol,
Prairie Village
Allison
Pleasanton
Senior
Senate is the organization that will best allow me to make a difference at KU, and Envision has goals that will help the lives of KU students today and throughout their future endeavors.
Katy Clagett (KUnited)
founded Corporate Accountability International at KU, and participate in Alternative Spring Breaks, and have started as a Boys and Girls club volunteer. I believe Student
Environmental Studies
Accounting and Spanish
Springs, Colo.
I have been involved in Student Senate in the past and look forward to getting involved once
Springs, Colo
more to try and help make Student Senate an entity that truly affects KU students in a positive manner. I am running with KUinited as a Junior/Senior CLAS candidate in order to accomplish this goal.
Brooks
Clagett
Kelly Cosby (KUnited)
Political Science Overland Park
I'm running for Student Senate as a junior/senior CLAS candidate because I want to represent the interests
of ALL students who have ideas or concerns. I am excited to run with KUNited because this coalition has developed its platforms directly from student input.
Cosby
Loren Cressler (KUnited)
English and Classics Hoxie
I am running as a candidate for Junior/Senior CLAS and believe KUnited's ambitious list of platforms will generate legal results. I am especially interested in helping KUnited work with the Office of Study Abroad to increase opportunities and funding for our already stellar study abroad program.
Cressler
Aaron Dollinger (KUnited)
Political Science and Communications
Leawood
Leawood Through my work with KUnited I have loved interacting with students and hearing diverse opinions on
what will better KU. As a Jr/Sr CLAS senator I am looking forward to bringing students more opportunities to study abroad and explore the world through first hand experience.
Dollinger
Alex Earles (KUnited)
Junior
Political Science and Communications
I look forward to running with KUnited as a Junior/Senior CLAS candidate. KUnited can build on the
Salina
strong traditions at KU and work with faculty and students to ensure KU is competitive and great place to call home.
Brian Jay Gilmore (Envision) Junior
I have been
Political Science and Psychology Topeka
I have been in Senate for one year and am committed to ethics reform, student group promotion, and general awesomeness.
Julia Johnson (KUnited)
Cell Biology
Gilmore
Hello students!I have contributed to the advancement of the undergraduate biology department
with my involvement in the Biology Majors Advisory Committee, and would like to expand my efforts to include the concerns and well-being of all KU students by representing the platforms of KUnited in student senate.
Leawood
Patrick Kennedy (Envision)
Junior
Spanish and Economics
EnvisionYourKU.org
I am currently involved with the University's debate team.I work teaching high-school-age kids
why public speech is not the end of the world, and help them knock out that annoying COMS 130 requirement before college. I am doin' it for Sherron!
Laura Kozak (Envision)
Junior
Kansas City, Mo.
Art History and African-American Studies
Co-President of CSW,a volunteer with the Willow Domestic Violence Center, and an accomplished Pokemon master I want to continue the tradition of giving KU Women's issues a voice in Senate and I firmly believe in the platform Envision is running on.
Kozak
Junior
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Meredith Pavicic (Envision)
I am running to promote women's issues on campus, make cool logos, and make Student Senate a voice for
Pavicic
all students, I am also secretly a superwoman, but try not to tell everyone that.
Mike Perry (KUnited)
I know that KUnited has what it takes to make a beneficial impact in the lives of the
students today
Chemistry and Finance Precine Village
Perry
and for the future. I am running with KUnited as a Junior/Senior CLAS candidate, and I am looking forward to the elections and the opportunity to serve you!
Junior
Monica Saha (KUnited)
I am excited to run with KUnited because of their dedication to multicul-turalism and
Neurobiology Overland Park
Saha
education.I am
Junior
English and Journalism Hays
specifically looking forward to expand Study Abroad to more places than we already do.
more CLAS Senator and am now running as a Junior/Senior CLAS Candidate. KUnited is a coalition of strong and
I was elected last year for Student Senate as a freshman/Sopho
Rachel Schultz (KUnited)
Communication Studies
Schultz
intelligent people wanting to better the University of Kansas for all students and I look forward to representing the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in an effort to do just that.
Sabillon
Jon Sabillon (Envision)
Student Senate is all about creating opportunities and facilitating constructive change for everyone at the University.
Senior
Envision has beneficial, practical, and realistic platforms that address real issues and that will impact the University in a positive way and I am excited to be a part of Envision and looks forward to the possibility of making KU a better place.
Overland Park
Sameer Sharma (Envision)
I am a member of SASA, the Social Chair ISA, a Jr/ Sr CLAS senator and served as a sub-committee member of the Alcohol Task
Sharma
Force. I am committed to making sure that we promote multiculturalism and diversity at KU as good ideas come from all places and innovation is predicated on good ideas. And I have no life on Wednesdays so it all works out,
Sarah Shier (KUnited) Junior
Political Science and History Salina
I have previously served in Student Senate as a Freshman Senator and Freshman/ Sophomore CLAS Senator.
and currently serve as vice-chair of the Student Rights Committee and a member of the Legal Services for Students Advisory Board. I feel that KUnited's platform comprehensively addresses the needs of KU students and I look forward to help making our campus a better place!
Kyle Turbitt
Junior
Junior Finance Overland Park
Turbitt
I feel that KUnited has the potential to better the campus as well as make the experience for KU's past, current, and future students
better. I look forward to running with KUited as a Junior/Senior CLAS candidate, and helping the university have a positive affect on its students and alumni.
Rebecca Tolman
Religious Studies Chicago
Chicago
I'm a Former Senator who took off a Year to help create the Alpha Kappa Chapter Of Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority here at KU. I'm an innovator who wishes to see if I can buck the system and prove that you don't need coalition politics to have an elected voice in Senate.
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