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2 Tuesday, February 8.1994 Voters 1 Guide to Campus Elections Student Body President Candidates GEORGE BATTLE Major; Political science Hometown: Charlotte PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Student Government Reform - Quarterly student body meetings - More student body president offices around campus - Student budget planned by the executive branch, rather than by Student Congress Human Relations - Annual human-relations summit - Permanent humarnelations policy committee - Emphasis on minority student and faculty retention Enhancing UNC Services - Establish an 800 number for Caroline - Eliminate the SIOO minimum meal plan for Carolina Dining Services Governmental Experience REBECAH MOORE Major; Journalism and political science Hometown: Lenoir PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Communication - Establish greater communication between student government and students and between students and UNC administration Campus Safety - Establish a Safe Ride program, in which students would provide transportation for other students - Expand the Student Patrol program - Place trained police officers in residence halls from dusk to dawn Student Voice in NX. General Assembly - Establish a permanent political action committee to lobby the state legislature for UNC-related interests Governmental Experience - Chief legislative lobbyist for Student Body ANDREW BALLEN AND SCOTT HIGGINS Majors: Ballen, political science; Higgins, journalism Hometowns: Ballen, Greensboro; Higgins, Cary PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Class Gift - Recommend the gift include contributions to the Carolina Community Foundation, which would fund special community service projects Senior Cohesion EDWARD MARSHALL AND HADLEY PEER Majors: Marshall, political science and religion; Peer, economics and psychology Hometowns: Marshall. Charlotte; Peer, Charlotte PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS University Career Services - Plan monthly speakers on job-related issues such as resumes and interviews Senior Volunteer Corps - Establish a list of service agencies so seniors can volunteer time each month Student Congress Districts and Election Poll Sites —— Fr*Bklia Street f £ McCorkle Place Alderman H " •> i tl A ~ <£| IRKenan POLL SITE a -I Granville Towers ■= Old Wes. Old Easr -=!hfflw <sl 12 "2 Cameron Avenue Old „ -- fAw-nrk Polk Place fi^ObSa&ttt Whitehead 1G ' f 15Jo^ef 14 \> 1 „ f ISAlexander C o ** V 2; Llzan A Bill , / Student Union 15 Connor / \ / Tower V \ Kenan Vx * Camllchael /> Health' jences \ POLL SITE / \ rC £ | Scale in Feet ( * Parker /-$■ s \ o 1000 J a? I OffCiwpwßwhOTruHnte Dirtriefrl „ f Avefy dm.fluSrt! mSSZSSn and J? \ Graduate Districts Columbia streets intersection until Estes Drive " a,POLL SITE Districts 1 through 10 are Dirt. 21s South and ea3 of the Franfffitand jChase graduate students Columbia streets intersection II districts, which are I Jt. 21s South and west of the Franklin and designated by graduate Columbia streets intersection IT /\ U,nn9haus and professional schools DM. 22s North and west of the Franklin and Crß|Qfl / as well as graduate Columbia streets intersection v f programs in particular DM. 23s North and east of the Frankkn and f • V* curriculums and Columbia streets intersection excluding Dtfl. 19 area J Hinton James \ departments. , SOURCE UNC FAdUTIES PLANNING OFFICE ELECTIONS BOARD TT - Former Student Congress representative - Internal chief of staff for Student Body President Jim Copland's administration President Jim Copland's administration - 'From The Front Line' project coordinator for Copland administration Senior Class Candidates I <^l1 jfiy ,w 4 r HUBS - Publish a newsletter to remind seniors of various on-campus services, such as University Career Services - Make Senior Week more inclusive with more diverse events I c * ' I I *jMX*WL n A. I I ti’ 'TSife/ -,vj S 9 % * ■"* Representative Marshals - Allow each campus organization to appoint a senior as a representative senior marshal to give input to the senior class officers CAMPUS ELECTIONS TOMMY KOONCE Major; Political science Hometown: Fayetteville PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Campus Security - Reform Point-2-Point to allow picking up any student within a designated radius - Install an automated door system in all residence halls Environmental Issues - Use all-recycled paper in copier machines - Increase the number of recycling bins around campus and in classroom buildings - Support Senate Bill 95, which would create an environmental fund to provide money for environmental projects Student Voice and Power - Make sure students have Input in all University actions - Reduce the size of Student Congress WAYNE RASH Major Public policy Hometown: Lenoir PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Campus Safety - Revamp Point-2-Point to limit daytime services and focus on nighttime services - Increase funding for the Victims' Assistance Fund with money from student activity fees Environmental Issues - Increase the number of trash cans on campus, especially along the main pathways on North and South campus - Push Carolina Dining Sen/ices to establish a refill policy on glasses in Chase and Lenior halls Student Life - Add another reading day to the exam schedule, preferably in the middle of the exam week MIKE CRISP AND PARSHANT DHIMAN Majors: Crisp, business; Dhiman, political science and Spanish Hometowns: Crisp, Gastonia; Dhiman. Kinston PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS The Carolina Senior Advantage - Design programs for all types of seniors - those entering graduate school, those entering the work force, those who are undecided Senior Involvomoßt JAMES SHIPP AND TIFFANIE HILL Majors: Shipp, physical education; Hill, physical education Hometowns: Shipp, Fayetteville; Hill, Fayetteville PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Senior Week - Plan a cookout in Polk Place - Plan a senior service project Senior Gift - Expand and revamp University Career Services by improving technology Student Congress Candidates There are no candidates for districts 2,3,4,6,7 and 8, but voters may write in candidates on the ballot The following are the candidates for Student Congress: DMifctf Jonathan Jordan Marty White DMrietS Gabrielle Loperfido Districts Steven Hoffman District 19 Traci Ladd Meredith Armstrong Amol Bhat Dan Dzara Student Congress districts 3 through 10 and districts 12 through 15 each have one open seat. Districts 1,2,11, 16,17,18, 20,22 and 23 each have two open seats, and districts 19 and 21 each have three open seats. The 10 graduate districts represent students in the following schools, departments and curriculums: Ditt 1: law; Ditt 2: education, social work and library science; Dirt. 3: business and journalism; Ditt 4: city and regional planning, economics, geography, history, political science, public administration; Ditt s:' comparative literature, English, folklore. DTH/IUSTIN SCHEEF 7 JHHBf Governmental Experience - Chief of staff for Student Body President Jim Copland's administration W j f Wb ■r * if wk lj Mi Wk JUMmmk ■ A WSW\ y| w ’ Governmental Experience - Student Congress member and chairman of the congress Finance Committee I- K'Jtm } - Plan monthly senior events through a Senior Class Social Committee - Implement a monthly radio show on WCHL to honor different seniors for their accomplishments Mr " "tSKH I Job and Graduate School Network - Work with the George Watts Hill Alumni Center to provide information and resources about jobs and graduate school opportunities Steven Wright DMrict 1 Therren Dunham Kara McCraw Christopher McGinnis Shane Ross DMrict 19 Virginia Moore Michelle Reeve Mrtrict29 Adam Bernard ■wnwii Erica Cornelius Jonathan Justice Tom Lyon Michael Youth BMrict22 Amy Cummins DMrict 23 Leigh Anne Huffman John Pritchard Thad Woody DMrict 12 Tara Servatius District 13 Dallas Duke Roy Granato W-b t.i fj wuw W Julia Gasperini DMrict IS Stacie Kummer Omar McCallop IKifiu C ft JmEEGHES -ViY Mnvi Khalilah Boone Monica Cloud DMrict 17 Steve Boussios Andrew Duncan Renee Wilkerson Dion Williams German, linguistics. Romance languages, Slavic languages, speech communication; Ditt. 6: anthropology, art classics, computer science, dramatic art leisure studies, math, music, operational research, philosophy, physical education, RTVMP, religion, statistics; Ditt. 7: biology, chemistry, ecology, geology, marine sciences, physics, psychology; Ditt 9: cell biology, anatomy, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, dentistry, genetics, microbiology/immunoiogy, neurobiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology; Ditt 10: medicine. CAA President Candidates JEN RASMUSSEN AND NIL DALAL Majors: Rasmussen, political science and sociology; Dalai, political science and speech communication Hometowns: Rasmussen, Winston-Salem; Dalai, Raleigh PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Homecoming - Hold a band party in Fraternity Court - Sponsor a comedy show with the Black Student Movement and the Carolina Union Activities Board Ticket Distribution - Continue general admission for football games - Split the basketball Super Fan block of 48 LOUIS PATALANO Major: Political science and English Hometown: Fayetteville PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Homecoming - Plan more integrated and diverse Homecoming events such as a combined comedy show and concert and expanded step show Ticket Distribution - Review the current ticket distribution policy - Increase the number of blocks for both football and basketball games Nonrevenue Sports - Promote attendance at nonrevenue sports events Student Involvement in CAA - Develop an open-door policy to allow student input in CAA activities CAA Experience - Served as associate Homecoming chairman RHA President sip.' Candidate JODY DAVIS Major: Psychology Hometown: Greensboro PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Visitation Policy - Work with University housing department to implement new visitation policy Programming - Survey students to determine what kind of events RHA should offer - Boost attendance at RHA-sponsored events Historical Exhibit - Develop an exhibit that would chronicle the history of housing policies at UNC RHA Experience - Served as Spencer Triad-Old Well residence area governor - Served on the Housing Advisory Board GPSF President Candidate IjBMBfiIMIIMiEWI Graduate School: School of Medicine Hometown: Goldsboro PLATFORM HIGHLIGHTS Teaching Assistants’ Salaries - Fight for salary increases for all teaching assistants - Make students more aware of the need for higher TA salaries Health Insurance - Push for graduate students to receive adequate benefits from Student Health Services Campus Awareness el Graduate Students - Increase awareness of graduate students by focusing on shared problems of graduate and undergraduate students, such as tuition and student fees Referendums Students will vote on five referendums in today’s election: I One referendum allows students to vote to decrease both undergraduate and graduate student activity fees by $3. If passed, it also would increase the portion of graduate student fees the Graduate and Profes sional Students Federation receives, from 15 per cent to 25 percent I Another referendum will determine whether student government will be allowed to continue appointing students to The Daily Tar Heel's Board of Directors. Members of Student Congress and the student body president appoint students to the board be ofyp laily (Ear llppl 1 seats into halves for certain games; extend block to all games Communication - Set up an information hotline to update students on CAA events CAA Experience - Rasmussen: Served as CAA Homecoming chairwoman last fall - Dalai: Served as CAA director of publicity ■k’ awfl . during which he worked on the Homecoming parade and a comedy show until asked to step down by current CAA President Daniel Thornton XHg^HNBMk .9 ■u cause the DTH used to receive funds from student fees. ■ An additional referendum would prohibit the DTH from ever receiving funding from student fees allotted by Student Congress. ■ Students also will vote to indicate their prefer ences on three visitation policies. The referendum will indicate to the University housing department the demand for each visitation policy. I The final referendum would prohibit the mem bers of Student Congress from receiving a stipend or salary. Currently, no member of congress receives a salary.