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Show THE THUNDERBIRD SUSC MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1989 PAGE 7 vie for administrative slot Kelepolo, Chapman Both executive council place BY reorganization, increasing school pride and spirit on list of priorities organizations ideas so there will be more organized activities KATHLEEN MIDGLEY to promote spirit. Vying for the position of administrative vice president are Liz Chapman, a junior majoring in communication of the Just Say Yes party, and Focus party candidate Everett Kelepolo, a junior majoring in business administration. The decision-makin- g position of administrative vice president includes overseeing the executive council, creating activities, and following up on activities. Chapman says her major qualification for the job is her experience in the executive council; she has been a member for three years. Being on the council has given her a head start, she said, because she knows where and how changes need to be made. The executive council will be reorganized if Chapman is elected, she said. She wants committees to be formed to work on activities rather than the single assistant currently being used. The money to pay the assistant will instead be used to and buttons for those on the committee, purchase making them recognizable faces on campus. Often students volunteer to help but are turned away because there is nothing for them to do. Chapman said that shouldnt be the case. If students are volunteering to help, they should be able to work, she said. Students who plan and organize activities are more excited about them, she noted. She would also like to have more activities that involve the community, she said, because students comprise a large portion of the town. Chapman will consider how to budget funds more effectively as well. She said she would like to plan more free activities for students, who often pay twice for activities once with activity fees and again at the door. The money to have free activities is in student government, she said, but just isnt being used efficiently. Chapman also wants to open a position for a spirit leader, someone to communicate-betweestudent government and the cheerleaders. This mediator could coordinate the two T-shir- ts n on myriad Chapmans opponent, Kelepolo, said he too will make a position for a spirit leader who will motivate students into taking pride in the school. To make room for the new position, Kelepolo plans to eliminate the special events position, transferring its accompanying responsibilities to the united arts director. ASSLISC will award a scholarship to the individual chosen as the spirit leader, who will oversee the SUSC Cheerleaders and plan activities to help students get the overall Thunderbird spirit with pep rallies and bonfires. He said he understands the importance of getting involved in school activities and would like spirit and involvement to be promoted. As the Latter Day Saint Student Association president, Kelepolo currently plans activities to motivate students to become involved in the institute program. He also planned activities as president of the lettermens club at Eastern Arizona Junior College. Our primary purpose is to gain a higher education, he said, and then to gain a social education. Kelepolo would like students to be excited about staying at SUSC. To do this, he plans for more activities. We have the resources to create these activities, Kelepolo said. We just need to use them. To develop the social education, Kelepolo would like to have the executive council and the Student Activities Board sponsor one activity per month. He said his plan includes six activities per quarter, including one concert and Starlight Club performance plus other events planned by the executive council. The additional activities will provide students the opportunity for a more active social life, he said. Competition between STAB and the executive council will mean an increase in quantity and quality of activities, he said. Clubs are the voice of the students, Kelepolo said, adding that he would encourage them to share activity ideas with c'ouncil members. Original ideas will come from new people on the executive council, too, he said. v i Liz Chapman ballot Thunderbird on fees, Computer issues Education to provide a stronger and more recognized diploma. He feels that as a new face around campus with new ideas he can help identify student needs. Campaigning as School of Science senators for the Focus party are Julie Slade, Mark Holyoak, and George Henrie. Having served in the senate last year, Slade said she has learned how the school and the student government runs and feels qualified to continue that service. If elected she said she would maintain support for Science Center renovations, increase recruitment for science clubs, and organize the science career board. Holyoak said preparing students for careers should be a role senators need to embrace. We can help find jobs and opportunities, he said, by inviting speakers, such as doctors and dentists, and holding workshops and seminars. Henrie said increased publicity would help increase the value of an SUSC science diploma. Edy Smith, Del Smith and Jeff Koyle, senatorial science candidates for the Just Say Yes party, expressed similiar concerns with notable emphasis on raising the importance of an SUSC degree. The present science labs have outdated and broken equipment, and Del Smith said modernizing these facilities is high on his priority list. He said each of the three science senator candidates on his ticket came from different emphases and, consequently, covered the entire school of science. Edy Smith said she would like to alleviate the problem of inadequate parking spaces in the Science Center area and feels a need to provide more campus recognition of the Block and Bridle club. Students may vote for three candidates in their own school. In addition to selecting next years student leaders, SUSC voters Wednesday will influence decisions on two other campus issues. One question on the ballot will measure student receptivity to a $5 quarterly student fee increase to fund improvements on the SUSC computer labs. The second question seeks student input on The Thunderbird. The ballot will ask if students wish the paper to be printed thrice weekly, containing world, national, state and local news and, if so, whether they would accept a $2 per quarter fee hike to fund the expansion. ASSUSC Election Chair Rod Rivers said the election ballot is one of the few ways to get input on campus issues from a good cross section of the student body. He noted, however, that only half of the student voters have answered similar questions on the election ballot in past years. Both parties run prudent campaigns and Just $1,700 limit parties falls far Spending by Focus BY Say Yes JODI REINARD While those seeking ASSUSC office have had election promises and campaign platforms on their minds this last week, the hopeful candidates can affirm that at the heart of the entire process lies cold hard cash. ASSUSC election bylaws set funding limits that parties and independents cannot exceed. This years limit is $1,200, excluding donated materials, which can total an additional $500. Last years limit was a straight $1,500, said Election Chair Rod Rivers, which combined donated materials and private services. This years candidates received an increase of $200. To ensure that candidates dont exceed the set limit, both parties are required to submit receipts of all expenditures to the election committee before general elections. The committee itself ultimately determines the worth of donated services. Im sure (the two parties running) are fairly under the limit we set, said Rivers. Although candidates are allowed a total expense limit below of $1,700; but this years hopeful student leaders affirm Rivers claim that their expenditures fall far short of that spending cap. The Just Say Yes Party has taken a thrifty approach in spreading its message. We are low cost; we do with what we have, said the partys presidential candidate Karl Rostron. We feel we can get our point across without spending, he added. The party has decided to let each schools senatorial candidates take care of themselves, said Rostron. He estimates that the party has raised a total of $140 from area businesses. Focus party presidential candidate Jan Shelton said her party has also ran a financially conservative campaign. We decided that we were students first, she said, noting that she and her fellow campaigners realized that seeking ASSUSC office must be done without incurring significant debts. She said the party has raised some $650 all of which was privately contributed by the party candidates. An additional campaign cost for each party, collected by the election committee, is a $15 deposit to ensure clean-u- p after the campaign, said Rivers. |