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V.P.’s ready to back president Weiss to use experience Bushway willing to learn Marilyn Bushway,.West Linn High School graduate running for Associated Student Gover nment vice president is a business communications major, and former senator working in the ASG ways and means committee at the College. With a background in parlimentary procedures and basic secretarial' skills as secretary for a high school FFA (Future Farmers of America) program, Marilyn said she has the “time and dedication necessary for effectiveness as ASG vice president.” Aside from her responsibilities in school, club reviewing and assessment, Bush way sees the need as vice president, to more effectively deal with school clubs’ ideas and concerns. The vice presidential candidate said overall, that there is a lack of “following through” with ideas in ASG. “Ideas have a way of fizzling out, when they go through the various stages of orientation. One program that student, Phil Boitnott, tried to implement was a housing project that visiting students would use. Although it was a very good idea, it never solidified,” she said. Appropriately as a national forensics participant at the College, Bushway noted communication between elec ted officials and the student body essential to getting ideas and plans to reach the working stage. “By checking distribution and use of school funds, and assessing their validity , I hope to improve how they are spent, and make room for other programs that might work more effectively,”« Bush way said. Bushway plans to look closer at the needs and problems of club members and College students in general. “Many club members and students don’t know what is needed to get their ideas off the ground, students included. I think it is vital that they under stand what action to take,” she said. Kline uses background “I’m not running on a ticket because I’m running on my ex perience, and what I’m backing is what I want to see done,” says ASG vice presidential candidate Denise Kline. Kline, who is the current ASG student activities director, says that by running on.a ticket, a candidate gets associated with the president and their ideas can be mixed together. “All the people who you are on a ticket with may not have the same goals,” said Kline. Kline is seeking the office because she has been involved in student government before, both in high school and now. “I enjoy it,” she said. Kline was a senator last year along with serving on the elec tion committee for the budget, and department liason for the Ag-Industrial Department. She is now president of the speech club, traffic appeal board member, financial advisory, Ways and Means member, chairman of the activities committee, and co-chairman of the inner varsity Christian fellowship. Kline wants to improve communication with clubs, by meeting with advisers and presidents, “to invite students to become involved, to share information,” said Kline. The vice presidential can didate says of ASG, “thev don’t carry through much of what they plan. We didn’t get people as oriented as they should have been.” However, Kline pointed out some good points of this year’s ASG. “The legal aid service, the video network, ride ex change and book swap are a few of the accomplishments we’ve made,” she said. “Our senators and officers need to know their basic ‘jobs’,” said Kline. “I plan to serve as a sounding board for ASG and the students,” said Kline. Secretary Forming a better organization of her position, and helping to form a more cohesive body within the Associated Student Gover nment are some goals that Beth Thompson has if she is re elected to the position of Associated Student Gover nment secretary. f Appointed to the position during the early part of winter term, Thompson has found her first experience in politics beneficial in better acquainting her with parliamentary procedure, improving her secretarial skills and generally “being in the middle of what’s happening around the school.” Page 4 “The ASG-sponsored ac tivities that have taken place this year have been well accep ted and well attended by students,” she said. “Many of the committees that have been formed to solve problems have achieved their goals and im proved certain areas.21 Thompson, who devotes two to three hours a day to her duties as secretary, hopes to transfer to Lewis and Clark College within the next couple of years, in pursuit of a bachelor of arts, and possibly a masters degree, in history. ‘There is also a possibility that I will study law,” she said. “Careerwise, I would like to write.” Marilyn Bushway J Denise Kline Richard Weiss, candidate for Associated Student Gover nment vice president, thinks the key to problem-solving in - .ASG is experience. “One of the biggest problems with ASG, not especially this year, is that they usually have to start out with base zero and formulate everything. from scratch,” Weiss said Weiss, a five-term ASG Senator, has served on many committees at the College in cluding the citizens Long Range Planning Committee, student chairman of the citiaens committee for the Budget Levy, the Student Support Service and was in- strumental in the. formation of the music and reporting club. Weiss is seeking the position of ASG vice president “because I really enjoy working with people.” “I would try to improve the information on elections, which is part of the vice president’s job. I would start cultivating people right now for fall senate elections,” Weiss said. Weiss would also like to work with clubs, to help coor dinate their and ASG’s, efforts. One idea Weiss has to help th« problem is a Monte Carll Night. “All clubs and ASG pl ticiparits would set up a gal bling casino using' pall script—no money, just pal script,” he said. “We wol have an auction at the end fori prizes using this paper scrip« think it would bring clubs aS ASG together for a project to] work together on. ” ■ “It takes experience to I able to perform in any role of; leadership,” he said. Richard Weiss Manager informe Attitude helps Allen “We are here for the stu- dents,” said Ron Allen, can- didate for the position of Associated Student Gover- nment business manager. Allen, a sophomore at the College, wants to see the business manager more in- volved in the Ways and Means Committee meetings. As it is, according to Allen, the business manager has no vote in the committee. “The business manger works closely with the budget, so can give some feedback to the commit tee,” said Allen. A business major, Allen plans to go on to Portland State University to earn his masters degree in business. He would like to get involved in state legislature. “The ASG has a lack of fin- ding out things from students. We need to look at all organizations and re-evaluate,” said Allen. This is Alien’s fourth term on student government. He is in volved with the Ways and Means committee, and suggestion box committee, among other activities. Allen says he will give ASG “what it needs, and what it takes to get the job done.” He has taken many leader ship courses in the past, has been involved with the plan ning commission and has levied for the science building. Ron Allen MacFarlane sees needs A business major in his third term at the College, Darren MacFarlane, candidate for Associated Student Gover nment business manager, ser ved as a public relations man for the Agriculture Business Club at the College and has had past experience in student government in high school. MacFarlane believes the biggest problem in ASG this year has been a lack of diver sity. “There were a lot of business majors and speech students in ASG. More people are needed from drama, science, agriculture and nursing areas,” MacFarlane said. MacFarlane hopes to have ASG activities better publicized next school year. “McCarty’s administration was run very efficiently, but ac tivities do need to be publicized more to increase revenue,” MacFarlane said. If elected ASG business manager MacFarlane will be working on the zero-based budget for ASG. “I hope to find funds that are not being used properly and put them in to travel accounts for different clubs who help publicize the College,” MacFarlane said. D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Darren MacFarlane I Wednesday, April 25, lfl
