Four candidates run for ASG President
By The Santa Clara
Conor Fraher and Kanishk Desai
"We want to enact lasting change here on campus."
Some of their main goals include the following, based on the platform they are building from text messages and emails from other students.
Drinking Policy Changes: Talking about a red cup/open door policy
New Local Businesses/24 Food Places/Bars: support student supported businesses
Better relationships with Santa Clara Police Department and Campus Safety
We live in Silicon Valley, raise our profile with local companies and collaborate with them!
More classes in schools you aren't in: Engineering classes for Business Students, Communication classes for Engineering students, etc.
Update Technology: on eCampus, Novell, class registration, internet connectivity, etc.
Make every sports event like the Gonzaga game!
Later hours at Learning Commons/Benson
More fun and cohesiveness between on and off campus life and organizations
Build the brand of Santa Clara
But above all - We want our platform to be influenced by you guys. In the end, what the school as a whole wants is what we hope to achieve.
Jenna Saso and Matt Macdonald
"Start Traditions, Leaving Legacies"
Safety: Educated Partier Program Expansion; make it more comprehensive and have a greater presence amongst students.
Escort Program Expansion; effort to ensure students have option to be walked home on late nights.
Tradition: Fight song initiative; promote the once-great tradition of singing our fight song with pride.
Luck of the Buck; infuse Bronco events with the Luck of the Buck spirit and use horseshoe statue to show our school pride.
Expand Senior Week.
Alumni Park Tailgates.
Intramural championships in Leavey Center and Buck Shaw Stadium.
Lunches with student athletes.
Swig Lights - red for Bronco pride.
Academics: Streamline pathways information and selection process, and bridge gap between honors program and pathways.
Library open 24-hours during week 10.
Later hours in Lucas Hall for studying.
General business minor.
Enhance pre-law advising program.
Relations: Increase Bronco News access, start ASG "Potty Talk," newspaper section, weekly lunches with Matt and Jenna.
Rebecca Solomon and Aven Satre-Meloy
"Cultivating a Culture of Success"
Breaking the bubble: Encourage active social engagement with issues beyond the Santa Clara "Bubble."
Serving with a purpose: Institute a service-oriented component in Residental Learning Communities on campus and work to increase community wide service days at Santa Clara.
Teaching with technology: Create and launch a mobile app for Santa Clara complete with links to eCampus, email, interactive maps and social media.
Give students the technology training necessary to be competitive candidates in the 21st century.
Provide technology workshops for professors to increase classroom technology for teaching purposes.
Cultivating a culture of success: More RLC classes, scholarship promotion and career preparedness.
Educating for the environment: Work to promote sustainability as a lifestyle both on and off campus through programs like Grad Pledge, Sustainability Exchange and others.
Connecting our campus community: Form a more collaborative and cooperative relationship among CSOs to establish support and event planning system to make campus more connected and inclusive.
Promote an adopt-a-game system to facilitate greater attendance at sporting events and cultivate stronger sense of Bronco spirit and pride.
Robert Leupp and Alex Solaguinto
"Connect yourself. Express yourself. Share your voice."
A more connected alumni base: Easily connect with our alumni for job interviews, referrals or just some career advice with the help of the Alumni Association Office and LinkedIn.
We are surrounded by some of the world's most dynamic and innovative companies, and we plan to connect you with the armies of Santa Clara alumni currently working there.
We recognize that attending Santa Clara is not a four year endeavor, but membership in a lifelong family. We plan to put programs in place to improve your experience as a Santa Clara alumnus.
A more engaging Santa Clara experience: Bring back the tradition of a Formal Ball for every class, not just the seniors.
Work with Benson svtaff to bring back more events in the Bronco.
Greek isn't a bad word: Update the university's Discrimination Policy to include prejudices against students in an off-campus fraternity or sorority as a form of discrimination in situations such as on-campus job interviews.
Our other deas: Electronic intramural sign-ups.
Email notifications from mail room.
Off-campus parking permit program.
Revamping ASG's Involvement in Santa Clara's Sustainability Efforts.