| 1. What are your goals if elected Student Government Association
president? |
We need to define the TCU Student Government Association to the Student
Body. It is essential that they understand that House and PC comprise SGA.
Accountability is the idea that students need to feel confident in SGA's
ability to accomplish things, since we are only as strong as the trust
of the student body. Focusing on better technology is a key initiative
in the coming year. Technology needs to be something that benefits its
recipients and makes life easier. |
| 2. What are your qualifications to serve as SGA president? |
As current Student Government Association treasurer, I actively work
with the House of Student Representatives and with Programming Council,
both in a collective and independent sense. This is an edge since, over
this last year, I have seen how these two entities interact. I know how
they need to continue to work under the umbrella of SGA. |
| 3. What is the No. 1 issue you think the House should address
next year, and what is your suggestion for what the House should do? |
These are the top two issues for both House and PC, since the president
works with both. The House of Student Representatives needs to make students
understand that it is THEIR link to accomplish goals and communicate with
the administration. The Programming Council needs to further show the student
body that this campus is their home through events that actively interest
them. Ideally, students should feel that there is enough to do around campus
on the weekends. |
| 4. What is the one unique thing you have done as a student at
TCU that sets you apart from other students? |
One of the unique things about me is that I am minoring in Japanese.
This is indicative of my desire to find new experiences that are challenging
and diverse. I often search out such experiences, which explains partly,
why I am running for SGA President. |
| 5. What do you see as the role/job of SGA? |
This is a two-part question. The role of SGA is not only to provide
students with an outlet for their complaints, ideas, issues, issues, but
also to provide students with a sense of community through programming.
The job of SGA is to work with students and to indicate its role. By continuing
to progress with its job, SGA can successfully perform its role on this
campus. |
| 6. What do you think was the greatest triumph of the past administration?
What has been the biggest disappointment? |
Our greatest accomplishment has been the recent restructuring and
the newly established constitution; SGA has build a strong foundation from
which I can build. Our greatest disappointment is that we, as an administration,
were unable to accomplish all our goals. That is why we need a president
that is willing to step in and continue work on these issues and goals
rather than create new ones. The reason is that, often, SGA just cannot
complete everything in only one year. |
| 7. What, if anything, needs to be changed about how the House
operates? |
Although we have addressed many fundamental problems with the recent
changes in the House constitution, we need to make the House much more
interactive and accessible. This is a job for the VP of House since that
will be their area of expertise. This is now possible since the VP of House
will have more autonomy and control than in previous terms. |
| 8. How do you define your leadership style? |
My leadership style is a combination of two ideas. I lead by example
because I believe that when people see you accomplish things, they are
more inclined to follow. I, also, do not expect anyone to work harder than
me. The second idea I work from is that I want to connect with people on
a personal level because this improves communication and comfort while
making people want to work harder because it is more of a family setting. |
| 9. Is diversity a problem at TCU? If so, what do you think the
House can do to help increase diversity? |
Yes. One of the primary ways that House can better diversity is to
work with administration to determine student initiatives. On the other
side of SGA, PC can better diversity through events that will help to recruit
and retain students that are considered diverse. My view of diversity is
that it is something that each one of us have, a unique quality that sets
us apart from others. We need to continue to recruit well-rounded students
to achieve diversity. |
| 10. How do you plan to get the average student more involved in
student government? |
I feel that SGA often loses focus on what the "average"
student wants. To combat this we need to find out what students want. That
means talking with students and getting out around campus to better understand
what is happening so SGA can get more feedback. Informal focus groups of
students from different areas of campus are one way I think will help accomplish
this. We need to see what appeals to students and provide that outlet for
them. |
