Candidates make their platforms known
Traveler Staff
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: News
Aaron Hess
"I want to see more involvement in the ASG because I don't feel that students are equally represented yet," said Aaron Hess, who is running for the Associated Student Government secretary position.
Education of how ASG works as a "fundamental basis" of what happens on campus is extremely important, he said.
Hess, from Broken Arrow, Okla., is a freshman political science major with a Spanish minor. He has been involved in Fresh H.O.G.S., and he said he is ready to be involved in a lot more activities next year.
Despite being a freshman, Hess said he is qualified to be ASG secretary and that "most of the secretaries in the past were second-year students."
If elected ASG secretary, Hess said he wants to see better development and wider promotion of programs, such as Safe Ride, Razorback Readership and Crosswalk Safety Awareness Day. More people should know about the programs and what's happening with them, he said.
Hess said he thinks the recycling competition this year between residence halls has been very effective.
"If we put recycling boxes on each floor in every dorm, that would be so much more effective next year," he said.
He supports allowing students of any college to fill vacant ASG seats, he said, because filling all of the seats would make for a more efficient student government.
Regarding the upcoming campuswide tobacco ban, Hess said, "it's wrong to make seniors or juniors quit smoking because it is a personal choice, and they should quit smoking on their own.
"But I also think it will be good to bring awareness for any future students coming to this to-be-tobacco-free campus," he said.
As for tuition increases, "most people don't want to see that happen," said Hess, who wants more scholarships offered in light of the tuition increase.
Hess also thinks the HPER building "is pretty much efficient, but maybe some renovations inside might be good," he said.
If the administration allowed students to have more of a voice in decision-making, students could feel like they really have a choice in what's going to happen, he said.
"I want to see more involvement in the ASG because I don't feel that students are equally represented yet," said Aaron Hess, who is running for the Associated Student Government secretary position.
Education of how ASG works as a "fundamental basis" of what happens on campus is extremely important, he said.
Hess, from Broken Arrow, Okla., is a freshman political science major with a Spanish minor. He has been involved in Fresh H.O.G.S., and he said he is ready to be involved in a lot more activities next year.
Despite being a freshman, Hess said he is qualified to be ASG secretary and that "most of the secretaries in the past were second-year students."
If elected ASG secretary, Hess said he wants to see better development and wider promotion of programs, such as Safe Ride, Razorback Readership and Crosswalk Safety Awareness Day. More people should know about the programs and what's happening with them, he said.
Hess said he thinks the recycling competition this year between residence halls has been very effective.
"If we put recycling boxes on each floor in every dorm, that would be so much more effective next year," he said.
He supports allowing students of any college to fill vacant ASG seats, he said, because filling all of the seats would make for a more efficient student government.
Regarding the upcoming campuswide tobacco ban, Hess said, "it's wrong to make seniors or juniors quit smoking because it is a personal choice, and they should quit smoking on their own.
"But I also think it will be good to bring awareness for any future students coming to this to-be-tobacco-free campus," he said.
As for tuition increases, "most people don't want to see that happen," said Hess, who wants more scholarships offered in light of the tuition increase.
Hess also thinks the HPER building "is pretty much efficient, but maybe some renovations inside might be good," he said.
If the administration allowed students to have more of a voice in decision-making, students could feel like they really have a choice in what's going to happen, he said.
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Phil
posted 4/08/08 @ 10:57 PM CST
I certainly support a campus wide smoking ban. I'm sick of smokers blocking entrances and busy pathways while smoking. Keep the smoke far away from non-smokers please. (Continued…)
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