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Friday, April 14, 2000
2 Teams to Make Bid for ASG Presidency
Students from N. C. State
and East Carolina compete
for the UNC system's
highest student position.
By Jennifer Hag in
Staff Writer
By late Saturday afternoon, anew
president will take the helm of the UNC
Association of Student Governments to
represent the organization during a
potentially stormy session of the N.C.
General Assembly.
N.C. State University Student Body
Treasurer Andrew Payne will team up
with fellow N.C. State student Seth
Whitaker.
The duo will face off against East
Carolina University Student Body
President Cliff Webster and his vice
presidential candidate, UNC-Chapel
Hill sophomore Liz Gardner.
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The presidential winner will also
serve as the lone student voice on the
Board of Governors. He will also face
the challenge of lobbying legislative
committees this summer to pass funding
for student financial aid and capital
needs.
Payne said the main role of the pres
ident was to determine the agenda of the
association and wear the hats of both a
fund-raiser and lobbyist.
“It’s important to look out for the sys
tem, but the president should look out
for the best interest of the students," he
said.“ The other 32 (BOG) members can
look after the entire system."
He also said he intended to take stu
dent suggestions on ways to deal with
issues that arose during the year.
“In the past the president has one
thought in his mind and mandates it, but
the president should take what the stu
dents suggest to the board,” he said.
Webster said the president’s job was
to serve as the liaison between students,
BOG members and legislators.
“With the experience that I and Liz
have, we can take (ASG) to anew ener
gy level,” he said. “It won’t just be an
association of voice, but an association
of action.”
Webster said he also wanted to create
a vice president of communications
position that would publish a UNC-sys
tem newsletter and organize dinners to
educate students about the ASG.
Both candidates said they would
lobby for the $36.8 million student
financial aid package in the General
Assembly and a multibillion-dollar bond
package to fund capital improvements.
Both candidates also said they would
take steps to increase ASG’s budget.
' SG currently has a $4,000 budget
paid by universities in the system, but the
association usually depends on fund-rais
ing events to supplement the allotment.
Payne said he planned to have fund
raising dinners and named former Joint
Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell as a possible
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Payne also said N.C. State adminis
trators and student government officials
had already agreed to supply office
space and administrative assistants and
pay office costs, such as postage.
Webster said he planned to create a
vice president for financial affairs, a
position the constitution provides for,
but has not been filled in at least four
years.
He said he would appeal to compa
nies for sponsorships and start a mailing,
campaign to past ASG presidents asking
for money.
“Past presidents have gone on to be
fairly successful, and 1 think they’d be
willing to give money to something they
supported in college,” he said.
Current ASG President Jeff Nieman
said he considered both candidates
equally qualified to hold the position.
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Campus Calendar
Saturday
8 a..m. - The location of the MCAT
exam has been moved to room 1
Carrington Hall.
The exam has been moved to
Carrington from 328 Phillips Hall.
All persons registered for the MCAT
should report directly to Carrington
Hall.
11 a.m. - The Carolina Cystic
Fibrosis Organization will be hosting the
Great Strides 5K Walk/Run for
Cystic Fibrosis.
Registration will last from 10 a.m. to
11 a.m. The walk officially begins at 11
a.m. and continues until 12:15 p.m.
There is no minimum donation to
participate.
The event is sponsored by Project
UNC and is open to the public.
Proceeds will go to support cystic
fibrosis.
7 p.m. - The Black Student
Movement proudly presents the a cap
pella Harmonyx Spring Concert in
121 Hanes Art Center.
The cost for the annual concert is $2
for Black Student Movement members,
$3 for non-BSM members.
Tickets are also available at the door.
Sunday
2 p.m. - William Stewart will direct
the UNC Guitar Ensemble in Person
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3 p.m. - An open reception will be
held at the Ackland Art Museum to kick
off the Masters in Fine Arts display.
The works of nine emerging
artists, all UNC graduate students slat
ed to graduate in May, will be displayed
at the museum through May 28.
Tuesday
8 a.m. - The UNC chapter of the
Self Knowledge Symposium will hold
a poetry slam entitled Rhymes, Rants
and Reflections at Caffetrio on Franklin
Street.
Prizes will be awarded for best stu
dent verse.
For more information, contact Emily
at eroach@email.unc.edu, or call 933-
9086.
4 p.m. - Seymour Simon, noted
author of children science books, will
present “From Paper Airplanes to
Outer Space, Science Books are the
Real Thing” in the faculty lounge of the
Morehead Building.
Simon will design his talk especially
for children at 4 p.m. and for adults at $
p.m.
A book signing and reception will fol
low the evening lecture.
Sponsored by UNC, the Morehead
Planetarium and the Chapel Hill Public
Library, the lecture will be the third
annual Susan Steinfirst Memorial
Lecture.