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won’t advocate statewide, but we
want to be more local. I think tu
ition is a big issue we would try to
address.
Q: What specific campus-orient
ed initiatives will you champion?
A: Parking is a big issue. With Sa
cred Heart Medical Center poten
tially moving, we’re talking about
trying to get some of their parking
structures. Also, with regard to stu
dent activities, schools of compara
ble size to the University have
homecoming celebrations, and we
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Deadline for Nominations: FEBRUARY 22, 2002
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit nominations for any faculty
members, .5FTE or greater, tenure or non-tenure related, who have taught at the
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teaching may occur at the undergraduate
or graduate level.
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designate a game as homecoming,
but we really don’t do anything
else. So we’re talking about having
a parade and a homecoming queen
and a dance and speakers.
There are clear places where
funding could be better allocated,
like in football tickets. There are so
few, it doesn’t seem unreasonable
that we’d buy a few more seats for
the students.
Q: How would you define di
versity? And how do you plan to
bring together the diverse voices
on campus ?
A: My definition of diversity is,
everyone is diverse in their own
way. No two people are alike, so I
think everyone’s diverse. It seems
like in the past it has just come
down to funding with various mi
nority groups, but we would like
to see them take a bigger role in
expressing their culture and their
diversity to the general student
body.
It seems like they have some
things like that now that aren’t that
well publicized or attended. We
could be putting a big emphasis on
the whole campus and shared cul
ture. It doesn’t seem like the ASUO
really responds to students. We
would definitely do that. We sup
port diversity pretty well.
Q: If two student groups were at
odds with each other, how would
you resolve the conflict?
A: You would have to mediate.
All you can really do is take both
arguments into account and count
them as much as possible, and if
nothing happens, make a decision.
We want them to resolve it them
selves so there won’t be any bitter
feelings later on.
We want both groups to go away
happy, but we’re not going to act in
favoritism to any group. We’re go
ing to weigh all the evidence and
merits to their arguments and com
promise as much as possible.
Q: If there was one thing you
could change about the University
instantly, what would it be?
A: It seems like the University is
run by ASUO, but it is centered to
ward one ideology, and we need
to get all voices and opinions and
representation out there. ... There
is a lot of emphasis on behind-the
scenes dealings, but it seems like
it’s ASUO and a select few, and
the other students don’t get the
benefit of that. A lot of other stu
dents just get ignored. ... A lot of
people don’t even know what
ASUO does.
Q: How would you do things dif
ferently than the current ASUO Ex
ecutive?
A: I would have a higher profile
and do more things that affect stu
dents on a daily or weekly level
and let them know that we’re out
there and working for them. We’re
using $8.5 million, and I realize a
lot of that’s tied up in programs
we’re already doing, and I think
that we should be able to make a
pretty big impact.
I want to be on a more personal
level with the student body as a
whole. I met (ASUO President and
Vice President) Nilda (Brooklyn)
and Joy (Nair) last year during their
election and I haven’t seen them
since. That would be an integral
part of our administration, to have
openness and be as available as
possible to our student body.
They’re really the bosses.
E-mail reporter Robin Weber
at robinweber@dailyemerald.com.
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