2016 ASG Election Snapshot

Nicolas SonnenburgTHE SANTA CLARAApril 21, 2016A guide to this year's Associated Student Government election candidates. There are three tickets for president and vice president—check out their policy goals and prior experience. ASG Presidential Candidates

Lauren Betschart (President)

Angelina Marioni (VP)

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Policy Goals

  • Improve student relations with Campus Safety and SCPD
  • Netflix accounts in place of movie channel
  • Open Ricard Observatory to students
  • Create 5 year plan for ASG rechartering
  • Publish minutes for executive branch meetings on ASG’s website
  • Creation of an executive council composed of expert members from groups like Unity 4 and the LGBTQ community

Experience

  • Betschart: Freshman Senator, ASG Senate Chair, ASG VP of Finance, Student Affairs University Policy Committee member, Loyola RLC Community Facilitator
  • Marioni: Senate Chair Pro Tempore, Spoon SCU Founder, Violence Prevention Program Collaborations Committee

Greek Affiliation

  • Betschart: none
  • Marioni: none

Lidia Diaz-Fong (President)

Fred Feyzi (VP)

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Policy Goals

  • Publishing minutes and agendas for ASG meetings with university administration, staff and faculty
  • Implementation of a large social event for every class level
  • Changing the Engineering IP Policy so that students have the exclusive right to senior design projects after graduation

Experience

  • Diaz-Fong: Freshman senator, Marketing Chair of ASG Public Relations Branch, LEAD scholar, Capitol Hill intern (Washington, D.C.)
  • Feyzi: ASG Associate Justice for two years, ASG Chief Justice

Greek Affiliation

  • Diza-Fong: Alpha Delta Pi
  • Feyzi: Tau Kappa Epsilon

Ray Whelan (President)

Isaiah Everett (VP)

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Policy Goals

  • Increasing communication between Greek life organizations and university officials
  • Holding regular forums with campus leaders from groups like multicultural clubs, Greek life, Ruff Riders and and the RLCS
  • Pursuing a partnership between ASG and, the political science department and politically-oriented student clubs to increase awareness about the national election

Experience

  • Whelan: Senator at large for Leavey School of Business, Global Fellow (Hyderabad, India), ACE leadership program member, VP of the Economics Association
  • Everett: Freshman and sophomore senator, Cyphi RLC Orientation Leader

Greek Affiliation

  • Whelan: Sigma Chi, Alpha Kappa Psi
  • Everett: Sigma Chi

Contact Nicolas Sonnenburg at nsonnenburg@scu.edu or call (408) 554-4852.

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