2008 Woodie Awards
ASG continues cabinet elections
Dave Matthews
Issue date: 4/13/07 Section: Campus
Associated Student Government (ASG) continued to transition into next year, as the organization filled three more executive cabinet positions at its Tuesday meeting.
Student senate elected sophomore Alex Barlow as next year's communications director, junior Jen House as secretary for off-campus affairs, and first-year Bethany Bowyer as secretary for academic affairs, as well as appointed 10 new Student Court justices.
The procedure for electing next year's communications director, secretary for off-campus affairs, and secretary for academic affairs were the same as the previous week's, when ASG elected a new treasurer and secretary for diversity affairs - each candidate had approximately two minutes to present his or her platform before fielding questions from all of ASG. After questioning, student senate voted by secret ballot in executive session (without the presence of current cabinet members) to determine the winner.
The race for communications director, whose responsibilities involve publicizing ASG sponsored events and maintaining the ASG Web site, was the most contested election with six
candidates running.
A wide variety of issues were brought up in the candidates' opening statements, including getting publicizing ASG events through the Miami Television News Network, providing monthly inserts in the Miami Student, and integrating ASG's Web site with Blackboard.
Barlow, who recently wrote a feature on students' lack of awareness of ASG for MQ before being elected as communications director, is excited with her new role despite having no prior experience with ASG.
"I feel like I can make connections with students," Barlow said. "Students can have a voice through (ASG) to make them aware . . . so they feel like this is their campus."
House, who was secretary for off-campus affairs this past year, ran for the position again because she felt that not all of her goals were completed this year, especially in the advent of Oxford City Council's proposed outdoor drinking game ban.
Student senate elected sophomore Alex Barlow as next year's communications director, junior Jen House as secretary for off-campus affairs, and first-year Bethany Bowyer as secretary for academic affairs, as well as appointed 10 new Student Court justices.
The procedure for electing next year's communications director, secretary for off-campus affairs, and secretary for academic affairs were the same as the previous week's, when ASG elected a new treasurer and secretary for diversity affairs - each candidate had approximately two minutes to present his or her platform before fielding questions from all of ASG. After questioning, student senate voted by secret ballot in executive session (without the presence of current cabinet members) to determine the winner.
The race for communications director, whose responsibilities involve publicizing ASG sponsored events and maintaining the ASG Web site, was the most contested election with six
candidates running.
A wide variety of issues were brought up in the candidates' opening statements, including getting publicizing ASG events through the Miami Television News Network, providing monthly inserts in the Miami Student, and integrating ASG's Web site with Blackboard.
Barlow, who recently wrote a feature on students' lack of awareness of ASG for MQ before being elected as communications director, is excited with her new role despite having no prior experience with ASG.
"I feel like I can make connections with students," Barlow said. "Students can have a voice through (ASG) to make them aware . . . so they feel like this is their campus."
House, who was secretary for off-campus affairs this past year, ran for the position again because she felt that not all of her goals were completed this year, especially in the advent of Oxford City Council's proposed outdoor drinking game ban.
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