SGA officer candidates

Crowded field yields some spirited races

Published: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Updated: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 18:03

The Inkwell

Ellen Evans is running for SGA Vice President.

Ty Slater

SGA Senator Ty Slater is running for SGA Vice President.

Eleora Marcel

Eleora Marcel is running for SGA Secretary.

SGA Officer Candidates 2010

Ellen Evans

"My goal is to do my job with excellence and to always incorporate the students' opinions and requests in my decisions. I am running because I want to make sure that the student body is and always will be SGA's number one priority, to bring more school spirit to the university, to make sure that there is an equal opportunity for all students (commuting students and on-campus residents), and to let every student know that I will work hard. I will make time, and I will be dedicating 100 percent of me to this position."

Ty Slater

"SGA's purpose I believe […] should be a government for students by students. As an elected student leader we must all remember to serve the interest of the student body at large. I believe firmly that AASU can and will be the best but it begins with us uniting this campus, each student, and each organization, and by reaching out to our surrounding community. I am the only candidate and registered student at AASU that has served in every capacity of our Student Government, and I have built strong relationships with faculty and students here at AASU in my many efforts to better our university. That is why students should vote for me, if for not anything else […] my commitment, service, and dedication to them and our university for the past three years has been unwavering."

Eleora Marcel

"My goal is to increase school spirit, continue the great communication within the Executive Board and Senate, accurately take minutes and send the information out in a timely manner as well as keep a close relationship with the student body by communicating with the Recognized Student Organizations so they are updated with the Student Government as well as the Campus Union Board.
I promise to fulfill all the duties as SGA Secretary with dedication and professionalism in a timely and orderly fashion."

Attempts were made to contact those individuals not pictured. Not pictured are vice-presidential candidate Rae Moe and secretary candidates Kimberly Brown and Courtland Hendricks.

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Campus crime blotter

Sodexo employees arrested, banned from campus

University Police Department Officer Michael Tyler met with a student Jan. 19 at 6:47 p.m. in the Pirate's Pantry after she noticed her United Bank debit card was missing. The student believed she lost the card in University Hall. However, through her online checking account, she discovered the card was used twice in the Pirate's Pantry that day at 3:05 p.m. and 5:35 p.m.

"The card was used improperly," said Police Chief Wayne Willcox. "That's financial transaction card fraud."

The first transaction was for Playtex tampons and a 0.2 oz bottle of Clear Eyes, totaling $5.54, and the second consisted of Nacho cheese-flavored Doritos and TGIF's spinach artichoke dip, totaling $4.79. The Pirate's Pantry staff returned the card, which had been left by the unknown offender at the counter, to the student. The manager on duty informed Tyler that a Sodexo employee ran the debit.

"Through investigation, we were able to determine that there were two employees that had some culpability and both of them got charged," Willcox said.

Austin Andrews and Jessica Moyer were arrested, banned from campus and taken to the county jail.

Cyberbullying, drugs, theft on campus

University Police officer Meagan Zike returned to police headquarters Dec. 1 in response to a report of a stolen bicycle. The student secured his mountain bike with a combination lock to a bike rack in front of the Student Union around 11:20 a.m. that morning. When he returned from classes at approximately 3 p.m., he discovered that his bike was missing.

"The problem with the cheap combination locks is that they're kind of made of a pot metal," Police Chief Wayne Willcox said. "Pot metal is where they kind of cast it — they take the metal and put it into a mold, and it sort of assumes a shape. The problem with casting is they can be very weak and also very cheap. If you really want to lock up your bike, you should use a U-lock."

Dispatch sent Officer Kenneth Louk to the Compass Point Clubhouse Dec. 3 after a student reported that her laundry was stolen from the dryer around 11 p.m. The student lost various Housing T-shirts, jeans, a hoodie and several other articles of clothing.

"We see this from time to time. This is an open campus," Willcox said. "This isn't somebody taking a T-shirt they wanted. This is somebody who just wanted to take a bunch of clothing. We have had issues with people coming on campus, and sometimes they're just looking for opportunities if the doors are open."