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Show Westminster College Volume 30, No. 16 Friday March 11, 1983 Salt Lake City, Utah Cameron Evans, who plans to attend Law School after graduation, is optimistc about the 1983-8- 4 school year. "You cant be afraid of change, he says. Westminster College of Salt Lake City is one of the finest private institutions in the country, and as it goes should student so its through changes, government. Laurie Sullivan Allison Haegen: Knowing the Ropes like working with people, and I enjoy the political and personality nuances associated with the job, replied Allison Haegen without hesitation when asked why she is running for ASWC president. This she backs up by revealing her ideas for governing, and stressing previous experience in student government. Haegen, an Applied Politics major, plans to spend approximately 80 hours on the job, during which she would "work to get students pulling together for the betterment of the College. Her platform consists of three major points: 1 - setting up separate committees of traditional and nontraditional students to obtain input from each group, 2 establishing better and more direct communication with the College administration, and 3 - assisting the admissions office with recruiting to let prospective students know that Westminsters a viable institution, not just a place to ski." Claiming the changes in the school boiled down to a choice of hurting some or hurting all, Haegen admits she doesnt like some of the changes but feels they were necessary for the survival of the College. She believes that from having worked with the administration on the new plans she gained an knowledge she feels could benefit understanding of them student government. a subject Haegen is And then there is experience quite willing to talk about. She is currently Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, having been a member for three years. She served two years on both the ASWC Budget Committee and the Constitution Revision Committee and has been a member of the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly for three years. Haegen regards experience as one of the key aspects of her candidacy. Having worked very closely with members of the past three ASWC administrations, I feel Ive learned a lot from them, she said. She also lists exposure on campus as being helpful in her ability to function as president. Because I know a large percentage of the student population, I believe they will feel comfortable coming to me with problems and I She does not support the removal of student representatives from the Board of Trustees and says she Leslie Horkan: More Student Involvement Leslie Horkan explains in a somewhat disbelieving tone how in 1982 she was appointed Associate Justice of ASWC and never informed until the end of the year, when they needed me to be in a yearbook picture. Consequently, she now stresses substance when talking about student government.1 All members of the three branches must be involved in the process and all have meaningful jobs. I wasnt given anything to do, and I wouldnt like to see that happen again, she said. If elected ASWC president, Horkan claims it wouldnt, then cites increasing overall student involvement in the College as the major premise of her candidacy for president. For instance, she would like to see dead hours introduced time set aside for specific student activities conflict that dont with class time as noontime seminars do for many students. Horkan views the lack of student involvement as a problem to be overcome. Due to our smallness, we have the opportunity to be a close-kn- it group. Motivating people will be difficult, but student government must be the catalyst. She plans to circulate questionnaires to get student feedback on their concerns and needs and make all meetings of the three branches open to students. Leslie Horkan talks a great deal about student involvement. So how does she intend to motivate people and serve as the catalyst she maintains ASWC officers must be? "I can deal well with people. I have a lot of experience working with people, she says. Theres another reason: Leslie Horkan is handicapped. Whenever My handicap has made me more of a Ive needed something. Ive gone out and done it on my own. She also believes her serious attitude toward school would carry over into student government and be of benefit er. go-gett- to students. Regarding the recent College changes, Horkan voices the support. Something definitely needed to be done with budget in order for Westminster College to exist, she said. Were going to lose a lot of good programs as well as students, but something had to be done, and I had no better alternatives. would push for having that changed. Students needed those lines of communication. Leslie Horkan is currently a Junior majoring in psychology. Following graduation she intends to enroll in graduate school, be awarded a Ph. D., and eventually work or with the handicapped, in the field of gerontology she adds. Laurie Sullivan Cameron Evans: A New Direction If elected, Cameron Evans, the lone male candidate for president, plans to spend summer vacation in the ASWC Executive Cabinet office hammering out budget proposals, mastering parliamentry procedure and putting his campaign platform into operational reality. Evans approach is evident in his Cameron Evans buttons and fliers present campaign have saturated campus but will that technique be feasible when it comes down to running ASWC? Evans says, Yes, definitely. He intends to send memos to all organizations funded by ASWC before taking the oath of office in addition to having all appointments made before May Term ends. Following that, Evans says hell concentrate on coming up with activities to get nontraditional students more involved at Westminster, look for ways to streamline ASWCs $50, OCX) budget and push for reinstatement of student representatives on the College Board of Trustees. Evans has no prior student government experience, but rather than viewing this as an obstacle, he sees it as beneficial. Its a matter of experience vs. a new start. With the recent school changes, new traditions will be started. Were getting a new constitution, new sports . . . and my administration will also be a new direction moving forward with the Colleges, he explains. Evans claims the lack of any time requirements and the fact that he doesnt hold a job will enable him to spend considerable time managing ASWC affairs. I feel Ill be able to devote more time to the office than many of the people who have held that position in the M past. off-camp- us ideas. Laurie Sullivan Four Students Run For Three ASWC Positions Four people submitted their petitions for three ASWC positions as of the deadline last Thursday, March 3, according to Scott Snow, Chief Justice. Incumbents Julie Bell and Trudy Rocha are running for the same positions theyre holding now (Vice President and Treasurer, respectively), WBAPSA Secretary Stephanie Panos is the sole candidate for Secretary, and Shaw Center board |