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Monday, February 7, 2000
SBP Candidates Explain Experience, Vision for UNO
By John O'Hale
and Elizabeth Breyer
Staff Writers
Editor’s Note: The DTH will run
candidates’ profiles on the same day as the
editorial board prints platforms.
Michael Harris
Michael Harris, a junior political sci
ence and history major from Shelby,
said his experience on the attorney gen
eral’s staff shaped many of the decisions
he has made in his campaign for student
body president.
He recalled his first case working
with the Honor Court.
“Here was this girl, and I had to sit at
the table with her and determine her
academic career - that was when all the
big ideals we talk about in a campaign
like this start to mean something.”
Harris’ campaign now revolves
around affordability, community service
and cross-culturalism.
His platform includes renovation of
the Campus Y and making University
Day a day of public service. “No other
candidate takes as strong a position on
community service as I do,” he said.
Harris said diversity issues, including
recruitment of minority students and
making UNC a more welcoming place
to minorities, should be at the top of the
next student body president’s agenda.
Harris has been involved with the
Elections Board as well as the marching
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Matt Martin
Matt Martin, a junior business major
from Goldsboro, said one of his prima
ry goals was to improve the accessibility
of student government.
“Students who don’t have a voice in
student government don’t know how to
get that voice,” he said.
Martin said the student government
should act as a vehicle of communica
tion. “Many people are not aware of the
many academic programs that (UNC)
offers, such as the writing center.”
Having worked with the N.C.
General Assembly and the Court of
Appeals, Martin said his lobbying expe
rience was valuable for building con
nections between UNC and the state.
He also plans to increase the pres
ence of student groups in the executive
branch. “Too often, it is exclusively
(Student Body President) Nic (Heinke)
who represents the University.”
Martin said he wanted to increase stu
dent government’s accessibility to grad
uate students. “Many graduate students
don’t really feel a part of the campus
representation,” he said. “I want to keep
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a good relationship with the Graduate
and Professional Student Association.”
Brad Matthews
Junior Brad Matthews, a political sci
ence and international studies major
from Boise, Idaho, became interested in
the presidency when a friend faced
insurmountable red tape.
“1 had almost turned in the paper
work to go to study abroad,” he said.
“However, during a two-month long
thought process, 1 had realized that 1
had the experience to benefit students.”
Matthew s said his main vision for the
office was to improve communication
between student government and the
student body. “Many times, I’ve read
about an event in The Daily Tar Heel
that I didn’t even know about,” he said.
“I want to establish a campus calendar -
a central spot where students can learn
about campus activities.”
Matthews also said he wanted to
found a life skills seminar -a class where
students could learn about practicalities,
such as how to mortgage a house.
“(UNC) gives us the skills to think, but
we also need the skills to survive.”
Matthews began working with stu
dent government during his first year at
UNC., when he helped to found the
Freshman Focus Council.
He has served on the Student
Advisory Committee to the Chancellor
and the Enrollment Task Force.
Matthews has also had experience
lobbying in Raleigh, helping to secure
$9.3 million for renovations to the
Undergraduate Library, which are cur
rently postponed.
Most recently, he has served as senior
adviser to Heinke. “I learned to see things
in their entirety,” he said. “I want to help
students acquire the tools to succeed.”
Joshua Ray
Cooperation and contact mark the
presidential vision of junior political sci
ence major Joshua Ray, a die-hard
Chicago Cubs fan from Waynesville
who considers himself an excellent com
municator and coalition builder.
Ray stressed the importance of inte
grating students in every campus orga
nization, as well as increasing coopera
tion with the faculty and staff.
He also said he would bring unique
potential for unit)' among major organi
zations at UNC and eventually, across
the state.
“Corey Bell (candidate for Carolina
Athletic Association president), Gaffney
Gunter (candidate for Residence Hall
Association president) and I are already
working together,” he said.
He said creating such a strong base in
cooperation allowed him to feel that if
elected, his only fear for his presidency
would be losing to Duke.
Other issues that Ray cited as impor
tant were keeping tuition low, expand
ing student services such as Point-2-
Point and the UNC ONE Card and
increasing renovations on campus.
Ray is the governor of Upper Olde
Campus. He has been involved with the
Young Democrats and served as the
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Erica Smiley
Sophomore Erica Smiley, a political
science and mathematics major from
Greensboro, stressed that student gov
ernment must be completely responsi
ble to its constituents.
“A large group of students, including
myself, saw the need for accountability,”
Smiley said. “I decided to run since I have
the qualifications and the motivation.”
Smiley said she was concerned with
the proposed tuition increase’s possible
effect on University accessibility.
“Last semester, I helped lead the
march to Morehead Planetarium. We
(over 400 students) led a silent protest.”
Smiley also participated in a
December forum w'ith the Board of
Governors. “Students, parents and tax
payers came to voice their opinions,”
she said. “It was definitely the best.”
Smiley has held positions in the
Young Democrats, the Black Ink, the
Black Student Movement and the
Alliance for Creating Campus Equity
and Seeking Social Justice.
She has also served as the Rules and
Judiciary chairwoman for Student
Congress, which successfully indexed
the Student Code and changed the
Congressional districts. “I don’t want to
make empty promises,” she said. “We’re
not just building resumes.”
Preston Smith
Junior Preston Smith, a political sci
ence major from Rialto, Calif., was
inspired to form his campaign while
studying abroad in Brazil last semester.
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“Studying abroad was the best thing I •
have ever done - it opened my heart
and mind,” he said. “It gave me time to
step away from Carolina and be ere-!
ative, coming up with problems and
solutions without being inundated by
the problems.”
Some of the issues central to that
vision include accountability, commu
nity and empowerment of students.
Smith outlined plans to become more
in touch with the student body, includ
ing multimedia chat sessions and
progress meetings in the Pit.
“I wear orange all the time and don’t
plan on hiding in Suite C - I will be
very visible and truly want students to
come talk to me all the time,” he said.
He also detailed his intention to make
community service classes part of every
major, involving all students and faculty.
Smith said helping students develop
financial independence was crucial.
“Five thousand-plus kids will be com
ing to this campus,” he said. “We need
to consider where we put them, where
we park their cars, how to feed them
and whose pocket it comes from.”
His plans to deal with financial prob
lems include organizing a forum for stu
dents to trade or sell textbooks with one
another rather than buying them from
Student Stores.
“Once we generate revenue, we can
start taking care of ourselves,” he said.
Smith has been active with Heels on
Wheels, Habitat for Humanity and
Student Congress.
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