Show Wednesday April 17 1974 Page 13 Candidates give their plans ideas for offices Financial VP The ASUSU financial vice president is charged with the responsibility of supervising all expenditures of ASUSU monies which annually amount to about $206000 per year Either Rex Burgon or Bruce Israelsen will have this responsibility following the final elections tomorrow and Friday In an interview with Student Life recently the two students told of their views and goals for the office Israelsen a in junior and said he would like to do away with miscellaneous fund accounts “There is no such thing as a miscellaneous expense” he said He also said that he would like to give groups such as AWS BSU and MECHA reports on their financial standings just prior to their planning of emphasis weeks Burgon also 22 and majoring in economics with a finance and accounting emphasis said he' would use the financial board and ‘his time to inform organizations using ASUSU funds of ways to majoring -- financing minoring in economics up-to-da- best account te for their ap- propriated monies Burgon a junior from North Logan said he’d like to see the financial board not only give suggestions at the beginning of the year (during budget sessions) but also work with funded organizations throughout the year “I’d also like to see budget requests made a lot more specific” he said “This would make for a better organized machine for ASUSU We won’t have groups with large sums spending them on parties at the end of the year if they have some oney left” However he said he knew of no instances when this had hap Student Relations VP pened in the past and this rule would only be to prevent this kind of occurrance Johnson and Ted Perry Johnson is running on the platform that the present advisory system is failing to meet the needs of the students the question of calculators is still an issue in the college of science and that greater student input to each senator is required Johnson said that he would like to see a system where the students could choose their ad '' Israelsen said he would set up a representative financial board his consisting of himself secretary and three to five students The purpose of the board would be to get a good overview of how students want their money used He said he would try to get montly financial reports from funded organizations and also get accurate budget requests from S& V I b" Vice-preside- Rex Burgon w Sr improving attend to city-camp- nt Rod Godfrey The University stands to show a lose in enrollment next year and the candidates agreed that a school up high stepped be would program promotions Ws funding “I’d like to make the system clear to all people who get ASUSU to avoid funding on finances and questions he said “Then maybe reports” won’t out run of money” they said that the financial Burgon students relations as well as representing the students at Executive Council is the job of Student Relations Running for this office are Alan Spendlove and beneficial Godfrey said a special committee could be created made up of students representing various areas of the state These students could help to answer questions that the audience may be reluctant to ask faculty Godfrey said representatives Snendlove said that he would in four different areas to organizations seeking ASUSU I york vice president has equal responsibility to the students whose money he has control over and to the different groups improve enrollment at USU He said he would work in student formulate productions a welcoming committee to greet visitors to the campus advertise and invite students from other schools to campus activities and events and host interaction workshops with high schools and junior colleges In the area of greater com- munication Godfrey said that he would like to see more advertising and offering in the Salt Lake area due to the large populace and potential enrollment in that area Spendlove said that he would like to correlate the student medias so that the general studentbody would be made aware of the what when and where of campus life funded “When the Executive Council decides how the money should be spent it is the responsibility of the financial vice president to see that the funds are spent in the most effective way possible” Burgon said However he said the responsibility to the different groups has not been given enough attention in the past Israelsen said the basic responsibility of all student officers to to the student body “In fulfilling this responsibility you automatically cover the duty to the different organizations” he said “You effectively control the student funds by keeping student interest in mind at all times” Both candidates agreed that they will if elected try to involve people in an attempt to improve the financial student office Science senators speak out Science senator hopefuls for the final election going to be held tomorrow and Friday are Kevin Enticing USU visors rather than be assigned to one He also said that he would like to hold a meeting between college members and college council Family life senators give ideas Alan Spendlove Godfrey Of great concern to the candidates for Family Life Senator Marjorie Case and Debra the proposed is Stevens class especially for chemistry home economics education majors Ms Stevens feels the class is important because at present the home ec ed majors must take the same chemistry class as chemistry majors take Ms Case said she is no longer a home ec ed major because of this chemistry class and feels the need for a new class in the area is necessary Family Life Council needs to better serve the members of the college with more input and communication activities stressed concerning Ms Stevens said Ms Case sees her duties lying the area of doing what the students want and the way to accomplish this is through the in NATURAL RESOURCES STUDENTS college council Perry is running on the platform that he will represent the science student Ron at Academic Senate He is also using his past experience to get in with the organization of student government as part of his promotion platform Final Elections 18-1- 9 It are Thursday and Friday April will be to your best interest to vote for Jlfl BURRUSS for Ialural Resources Senator Jim isn’t goin to use this space to make those Financial VP Qualified Experienced Hard Working For Efficiency and Improvement in: - Financial Information Reporting - Requisition System - Work for Financial Board typical grandious campaign promises He realizes the liminations of his office and so he has come up with a few ideas which though they be realistic are by no means inconseqvential His concern is to better the educational experience of his fellow NR students to work out hassless promote the good stuff and represent your interests in campus government For example he wants to improve research materials in the library check into possible scholarships set up a job information service improve conservation week and give you honest information as to his own performance on your behalf for more information Call him at 753-242- 6 questions or what-have-- ya ¥ |