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