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May 4, 2004
New president’s focus is funding
Mike Helm
Mesa Legend
MCC students voted in a new president, vice president and treasurer
in the April 14 student government elections on the Southern and Dobson
and Red Mountain campuses.
Alisha Bloom was voted in as president, Kristen Weston as vice president
and Chad Jewell as treasurer. No candidate ran for the secretary position,
so one will be selected once the new government takes office.
The student government selected this semester will serve until the election
in 2005. The new government will be inducted May 8, and will officially
take over in July. The current government will stay on for a brief period
to help smooth the transition as the new group takes control.
One of the main goals for President-Elect Alisha Bloom is to make more
funding available to clubs on campus and improve involvement among students.
“The students in clubs are obviously trying to be involved, and
this year we didn’t spend as much money as I think we should have
on clubs. So next year I want to allocate more money towards them,”
Bloom said.
Another problem Bloom wants to address is communication between the government
and the average student who may only come to campus for classes.
“I haven’t really decided yet what I want to do for the student
population because this year we didn’t communicate as well as we
should have. We want to have a student forum at least once a semester
where we have any student who feels like they would like to talk to us
come and tell us what they think we should try to accomplish. We want
to be reassured that what we are working on is what the students want,”
Bloom said.
Money is budgeted at the beginning of each year and the student government
will propose a budget they would like to see in place. They specify how
much should go to each club, organization or activity on campus and submit
the budget to the student senate.
The student senate is composed of the president, vice president, treasurer,
secretary, a representative from each of the clubs on campus and individual
students who would like to sit as a member of the Senate. If there are
25 club senators in the senate at any time, there can be up to five independent
students in the senate. No independent seats were filled last year.
Vice President-Elect Kristen Weston will oversee the senate and is the
deciding vote if any proposal being decided by the senate results in a
tie. She will also assist in delegating money for certain clubs and activities.
Weston pointed out the government’s involvement in last year’s
AIDS Day and Walk in Phoenix. Activities such as these are going to be
a major focus of Weston’s while she is serving as vice president.
She is also involved in the planning for clubs, carnivals, Spring and
Fall Bash, Football Homecoming and Basketball Homecoming.
Any student interested in acquiring information about applying for student
senate or on activities and clubs on campus can go to the Student Activities
Center located in the Kirk Center.
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