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+Eric Williams * Eliot Kerlin
RHA President Candidate
Howdy! Tm Eric Williams ’98,
and Em running for position of
president for the Residence Hall
Association (RHA). I have lived on
campus for three years, and all
three of those years I have been
active in RHA. As president, I
would improve the efficiency of
General Assemblies (GA), increase
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the residents’ awareness of RHA and its programs,
build better relations between RHA and other
organizations, strengthen on-campus recycling
and improve RHA’s programming. I have been a
voting member of the GA for over two years. I am
currently the vice president of operations. As vice
president of operations, I have been working with
the A&M administration and carried out adminis
trative duties for RHA. On many occasions, I have
filled in for the current RHA president while he has
been away. Last year, I was the Appelt Hall
Delegate and director of Casino, the largest stu
dent-run casino in the world and the largest RHA
committee. My freshman year, I proxied for Aston
Hall and was aWing Representative. Also, I was in
RHA’s freshmen leadership program, Freshmen
Leaders in Progress (FLIP). Thank you for taking
time to read this. I would appreciate your support.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding
RHA, you may reach me at E-T@tamu.edu.
Mike Hoy
RHA President Candidate
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Thinking of RHA, two words
come to my mind, untapped
resource. The potential for the
Residence Hall Association to
have more influence in various
areas of on-campus issues is
unlimited. Adjustments around
campus affect the members of
RHA (which includes ALL on-
campus hall residents) more than any other
group. The residents give RHA the power it has,
and when the residents use that power, it
becomes greater. After the “untapped resource"
of RHA has been tapped, it ceases to be a
resource and becomes a tool. Similar to the
power of RHA, that tool becomes stronger each
time a resident uses it. Facilitating the use of
RHA would be my primary focus. The route to
increased awareness is through hall councils,
which serve as a link for the residents to con
nect with RHA and its endless benefits. Every
on-campus, non-reg Aggie is a member of the
Residence Hall Association and my mission, if
you will, is for each one of those students to tap
RHA’s power for their own benefit.
Student Body President Candidate
Creative logos? Flashy fliers!
Gigantic signs? These are all nice.
And while innovation, creativity
and persistence are important
attributes of a leader, I believe true
leadership must be composed of
values, service and vision.
Howdy, my name is Eliot Kerlin.
I’m a senior finance/pre-med
major from Fort Worth, and I want to share with
you why I am campaigning to be your next stu
dent body president.
Values: At Texas A&M we pride ourselves on
commitment to the Aggie Honor Code. I Firmly
believe the student body president has the duty to
uphold the values of honesty, responsibility,
courage and compassion because of the visibility
of the position and the trust the students place in
their leaders. I felt that my values allow me to
serve you with effectiveness and integrity.
Service: It is my fervent belief that we serve God
through serving others. Thus, I am campaigning
for student body president not to lead the student
body, but to serve the student body. Leadership
without service is not only useless, but arrogant. I
have dedicated my college career to public service
in several areas including four campus advisory
boards, Student Senate, and as resident advisor in
Lechner Hall. Serving as an English teacher to
international students made me realize that stu
dent leaders have the responsibility to reach out
and work for all parts of this diverse student body.
I am now excited at the opportunity to be voted as
chief servant for students at Texas A&M.
Vision: The theme for my campaign is “Real
Change for Aggieland, Academics and Aggies."
However, you cannot have real changes if you have
not identified real solutions. I have a solid plat
form, with tangible ways to impact and improve
A&M. My platform consists of fifteen thorough,
well-researched, detailed planks which promote
genuine change for Texas A&M and her students
now and in the future.
Unfortunately, there isn’t enough space for me to
detail all my ideas, so I can discuss only a few plans I
have for next year. There is much work to be done
around Aggieland, including adding more dorms, a
unified campus-wide recycling system, creating car-
pool parking lots and repairing roads and sidewalks.
Improvements for academics, including teacher
training for new professors, adding a school of
music and fine arts, offering sign language courses
and expanding the medical school to include a mas
ters of healthcare administration. I am also con
cerned about issues for Aggies such as ending on-
campus monopolies, expanding Aggie Bucks off
campus and establishing on-campus crisis pregnan
cy center access. If you have any questions about
me or what I stand for, please visit me at
http://internet.tamu.edu/eliot. I’ll e-mail you back!
Eliot Kerlin. Firm in my values. Committed to
service for all students. Vision for the future. My
past proves I can lead; my vision proves there is
much we can accomplish in the future for Texas
A&M. When you vote Wednesday and Thursday,
vote for a real leader who wants to initiate change
in our university for everyone’s best interests. Vote
Eliot Kerlin for student body president.
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