2008 Woodie Awards
Four Tickets Compete For USG Executive Office
Lindasy Fetzner
Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: News
Elections begin today for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) presidential and vice presidential candidate positions and run through Thursday at 5 p.m. Voting will take place on the USG Web site, usg.uconn.edu.
There are four presidential and vice presidential candidates, each with their own platforms describing the changes they hope to enact within the next year. The presidential candidates and their running mates include Ryan McHardy and Meredith Zaritheny, Cara McDonald and Mike Cronin, Robert Puff and Nicole Rougeot, and Vladimir Voinov and Daniqua Boulware.
Current USG President McHardy, an 8th-semester political science major and Zaritheny, a 6th-semester communications and political science double major, view USG as one of the most important instruments for change in the university community, according to their letter of intent.
"Our campaign offers the greatest level of understanding of the internal structure of USG, as well as the broadest level of outside relationships with the rest of the student community," the letter said.
Some of the conditions that they have committed to as part of their platform are continuing to work with the administration to promote student safety, more communication between the student groups and USG, as well as informing student of their rights on campus, according to McHardy and Zaritheny.
Other areas that the team would like to focus on include working with the mayor of Mansfield and the town manager to promote the student experience within the town of Mansfield development and relations. In addition, making USG as transparent as possible and working to make obtaining club funding a less cumbersome and confusing process.
"Our university and our student government are constantly improving, and we look forward to carrying this progress forward and continuing to produce beneficial change for you," McHardy and Zaritheny said.
Cara McDonald, an 8th-semester biology and political science double major and Mike Cronin, a 4th-semester history major, have taken a different prospective for their platform. According to McDonald, there is a large sect of the student body that is routinely neglected. As a result of this, the team has proposed a Diversity Action Plan to direct USG in the involvement of under-represented students by providing an inclusive and safe environment that fosters effective multicultural interaction and communication and reducing isolation of any group, McDonald said. The main goals of the Diversity Action Plan are to educate students about diversity on campus and increase collaboration among students of other cultures.
There are four presidential and vice presidential candidates, each with their own platforms describing the changes they hope to enact within the next year. The presidential candidates and their running mates include Ryan McHardy and Meredith Zaritheny, Cara McDonald and Mike Cronin, Robert Puff and Nicole Rougeot, and Vladimir Voinov and Daniqua Boulware.
Current USG President McHardy, an 8th-semester political science major and Zaritheny, a 6th-semester communications and political science double major, view USG as one of the most important instruments for change in the university community, according to their letter of intent.
"Our campaign offers the greatest level of understanding of the internal structure of USG, as well as the broadest level of outside relationships with the rest of the student community," the letter said.
Some of the conditions that they have committed to as part of their platform are continuing to work with the administration to promote student safety, more communication between the student groups and USG, as well as informing student of their rights on campus, according to McHardy and Zaritheny.
Other areas that the team would like to focus on include working with the mayor of Mansfield and the town manager to promote the student experience within the town of Mansfield development and relations. In addition, making USG as transparent as possible and working to make obtaining club funding a less cumbersome and confusing process.
"Our university and our student government are constantly improving, and we look forward to carrying this progress forward and continuing to produce beneficial change for you," McHardy and Zaritheny said.
Cara McDonald, an 8th-semester biology and political science double major and Mike Cronin, a 4th-semester history major, have taken a different prospective for their platform. According to McDonald, there is a large sect of the student body that is routinely neglected. As a result of this, the team has proposed a Diversity Action Plan to direct USG in the involvement of under-represented students by providing an inclusive and safe environment that fosters effective multicultural interaction and communication and reducing isolation of any group, McDonald said. The main goals of the Diversity Action Plan are to educate students about diversity on campus and increase collaboration among students of other cultures.
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