2008 Woodie Awards
Student senate elects executive cabinet
Austin R. Fast
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: Campus
Associated Student Government (ASG) student senators debated late into the evening Tuesday as they prepared for the upcoming year by holding a second round of internal elections for the 2008-09 executive cabinet.
ASG selected junior Thad Boggs as ASG's secretary for off-campus affairs and first-year Una Hrnjak as secretary for diversity affairs. The organization also unanimously approved sophomore Bethany Bowyer as secretary for academic affairs and current Residence Hall Association (RHA) programming director Matt Forest as secretary for on-campus affairs.
In the traditional process of cabinet elections, each of the candidates presented a brief platform before fielding questions from the senate.
As next year's secretary for off-campus affairs, Boggs sees his position as a liaison between the Oxford community and Miami students.
"Overall, it's important to have this relationship between Miami students, Miami University and Oxford be a symbiotic one," Boggs said. "Enhancing that culture of cooperation and respect for one another and one another's concerns should be the overarching theme of the committee."
Boggs said his highest priority will be getting "beer pong table violations" demoted from the current fourth degree misdemeanor charge, while also planning to focus on improving voter registration among Miami students and setting up a database to assist students searching for roommates to share off-campus housing.
Jen House, who has served as secretary for off-campus affairs for the past two years, said Boggs is highly capable but warns that he will need to work more quickly than she did, as Boggs can only be in the position a year before he graduates.
"I am very happy that Thad is taking over my position," House said. "He is more experienced in working with local politicians and I think that will help him (acclimate) quickly."
ASG selected Hrnjak for secretary of diversity affairs from a competitive field of five candidates. Hrnjak, who was born in Bosnia and lived in Germany before moving to the United States, said she hopes to see a shift in attitudes toward diversity at Miami.
ASG selected junior Thad Boggs as ASG's secretary for off-campus affairs and first-year Una Hrnjak as secretary for diversity affairs. The organization also unanimously approved sophomore Bethany Bowyer as secretary for academic affairs and current Residence Hall Association (RHA) programming director Matt Forest as secretary for on-campus affairs.
In the traditional process of cabinet elections, each of the candidates presented a brief platform before fielding questions from the senate.
As next year's secretary for off-campus affairs, Boggs sees his position as a liaison between the Oxford community and Miami students.
"Overall, it's important to have this relationship between Miami students, Miami University and Oxford be a symbiotic one," Boggs said. "Enhancing that culture of cooperation and respect for one another and one another's concerns should be the overarching theme of the committee."
Boggs said his highest priority will be getting "beer pong table violations" demoted from the current fourth degree misdemeanor charge, while also planning to focus on improving voter registration among Miami students and setting up a database to assist students searching for roommates to share off-campus housing.
Jen House, who has served as secretary for off-campus affairs for the past two years, said Boggs is highly capable but warns that he will need to work more quickly than she did, as Boggs can only be in the position a year before he graduates.
"I am very happy that Thad is taking over my position," House said. "He is more experienced in working with local politicians and I think that will help him (acclimate) quickly."
ASG selected Hrnjak for secretary of diversity affairs from a competitive field of five candidates. Hrnjak, who was born in Bosnia and lived in Germany before moving to the United States, said she hopes to see a shift in attitudes toward diversity at Miami.
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