^/voters’ guide -
VP academic affairs
James Cleary
sophomore
economics
James Cleary
I want to be vice president for
academic affairs because 1 feel
that there are several fundamen
tal changes needed in the area of
academics. Working on the aca
demic affairs committee I have
seen good and bad things done.
What I want to do is, first and
foremost, increase student input
concerning academic matters. I
want to create a Student Aca
demic Board — an outlet stu
dents can use if they have aca
demic problems. 1 also want to
create a joint academic commit
tee — one between the Student
Senate, the Faculty Senate and
the administration.
Specifically, I want to concen
trate on several areas and imple
ment them if possible. This in
cludes course/instructor
evaluations, Q-drop, preregis
tration policy and core curric
ulum. Finally, 1 will do my best
to represent student concerns to
the administration and the fac
ulty.
VP student services
Carol Ellison
sophomore
journalism
The student service commit
tee of Student Government is re
sponsible for all services that are
available to students. It is my de
sire to lead this committee in
those areas that are in most need
of improvement. I have been a
member of the student service
committee for two years and was
a sub-chairman of Campus Im
provement for one year. I am
qualified to direct this committee
in the future.
If elected, I would like to con
tinue and improve the Student
Book Exchange. To secure more
student input, I would continue
the Issues and Grievances Com
mittee. The campus is in need of
more change machines for stu
dents. I have already gotten one
machine for the Commons area
and would work for more in the
future. I would have the com
mittee work toward a solution to
the bicycle and handicapped
problems on campus.
Carol Ellison
VP external affairs
Douglas Baird
sophomore
industrial distribution
The office of vice president
of external affairs has a pri
mary function of serving as the
liaison between the A&M stu
dent body and the Bryan-Col-
lege Station community. Con
sequently the person seeking
this position has to be able to
represent a cross section of
A&M’s student body as well as
perform administrative func
tions efficiently. I am this per
son. During the 1984-85
school year I have served as
the treasurer of the association
of former Fish Drill team
members. Administrative re
sponsibilities include manag
ing an account in the tens of
thousands of dollars. This ex
perience, combined with being
a representative between the
association and former stu
dents, will be valuable in the
transition to dealing with local
businesses, governments and
citizens. Additional people-
oriented activities include
Class of ’87 class council and
fish camp counselor.
Ken Skaggs
senior
agricultural economics
By running for vice presi
dent of external affairs, I hope
to make Student Government
a more visible and viable rep
resentation of the student
body. My qualifications in
clude:
Third Battalion sergeant
major, member of Alpha Zeta
National Agricultural Honor
Fraternity, student senator
(agricultural senior), member
of the 1984 Alpha Zeta Re
gional Conclave Committee,
distinguished student and a
Navy scholarship.
If elected, I will work to
make students’ views more re
spected by the University and
surrounding communities. I
particularly want to see the
Bryan and College Station city
councils pay more attention to
students’ needs and desires. I
will investigate the feasibility of
providing an A&M-run cable
system for dorm students and
work to keep tuition increases
as small as possible.
VP finance
Mills Roberts
senior
biomedical science
I would lime to be vice presi
dent for finance because:
1) I was an active member on
the Student Senate’s finance
committee last year.
2) Last year was the first year
in a long history of student serv
ice fee increases that there was
no increase. I hope to do the
same next year. I hope to revise
the bank study and provide fur
ther research on other such
VP rules and
regulations
Mike Sims
I seek the office of vice pres
ident of rules and regulations
primarily because of the things
I can do within the Student
Senate that will in turn benefit
the entire student body.
Having been actively in-
Clay Baker
I am running for vice presi
dent of rules and regulations
because I believe I can offer
our student body what it de
serves: experienced, effective
leadership from its Student
Government representatives.
I have two years experience
on the Student Senate. As a
freshman senator (‘83-‘84), I
served on the rules and regula
tions committee as well as ex
ternal affairs’ Aggie Olympics
committee. This year I served
as Aston/Dunn senator and
worked on the finance and stu
dent services committees.
The rules and regulations
committee hasn’t accom
plished everything it should
Mike Sims
sophomore
agricultural education
volved in the Student Senate as
well as the only candidate who
has served on the rules and
regulations committee during
the past year, I believe myself
to be uniquely qualified to fill
this office.
As vice president of rules
and regulations. I hope to of
fer the students a change. In
the past, many students felt
that the Senate acted in an un
reasonable manner. Strong ad
vocacy of existing student in
put programs as well as new
programs is at the top of my
list of priorities. Finally, I be
lieve that if the Student Senate
is to be effective, it must hear
the voice of the students, and if
¥ th| students are to be heard,
the time has come for their
strong support of our return
to reason.
Clay Baker
sophomore
business
have this year — we have seve
ral unresolved issues to deal
with:
• We must delineate be
tween “resolutions” and “bills.”
This year an expression of
opinion by the Senate (a reso
lution) was vetoed, and the
Senate has a right to express its
opinion.
• Reapportionment of Sen
ate seats must be studied thor
oughly to minimize problems
during senate consideration.
• We must refine the proc
ess for filling vacancies.
• We must resume reviews
of the blue book and reinstate
representation on the Univer
sity rules and regulations com
mittee.
• If proposed constitutional
reforms are passed, the com
mittee must implement ways to
ease in the transition to the
new rules.
I would also like to work
with academic affairs on such
issues as changing the present
“Q-drop” and “dead week”
policies.
With your support, we will
be able to effectively deal with
the issues mentioned above
and insure that Student Gov
ernment acts and works re
sponsibly for ALL students of
Texas A&M.