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i- NEW! THE BATTALIA! UA itinued from page 1 Aggielife garzo said, larsh Shah, a freshm The Battalion Page 3 • Friday, October 10, 2003 Student Body President Matt Josefy balances senior year and student representation By Daniel Chapman THE BATTALION hanical engineering majoi, that his hall. Walton, is one losest knit groups oncanp use of how involved in © e hall activities everyoneis, We are cutting trees he off-campus bonfire, ittend Silver Taps togei said. he lack of professional^ ic RHA is another bans affey said he is working pome. .ast year a small group of bers were not living upio Before his campaign last spring. Matt Josefy had not run for igh standards we have.ani any student government positions since the ninth grade. However, not stop him from getting started immediately after being elected. A day after giving the State of the University Address, Student Jody President Matt Josefy, a senior accounting major, sat behind in his office hard at work with all the responsibilities that ic along with his position. When I got to Texas A&M 1 had no interest in student gov ernment. 1 had no idea that I would end up in this type of posi- i,"Josefy said. “So when asked about what motivates me, it is liotmy desire to be in a political position. I really was motivated by the changes that I felt needed to be made.” On the forefront of Josefy's agenda of change is the idea of a mentorship program that links freshmen with upperclassmen and with former students in the industries in which they are interested. Essentially, the plan is to utilize the Aggie Network to befit students to the fullest extent, he said. have personally seen what mentorship could do for me. mapart of the FBI (Freshman Business Initiative) program that (helped co-found and have worked with for over two years,” he asked myself what the next step would be and that’s when [became involved in student government.” While many of the ideas put forth by Josefy seem on track with ident’s needs, some students say they feel a lot will have to be neto see these goals materialize. Richard Stevenson, a junior marketing major and Staff Conference Chair for the Residence Life Staff Council said if changes are to occur, the process needs must begin now. He said he believes Josefy has a good start with his philosophy bn mentorship, but is cautiously optimistic about how he is going implement his ideas and how well they are going to work. “He has laid down an outline on how he wants to run the men- lorship program, but actually getting the students involved is a lot jfworkthat would stretch for a couple of years,” Stevenson said, laking sure that the program lasts is in question, when it sounds ehe is leading the program and there would be no one to real- pick it up after he leaves.” Josefy said he knows that at times the cards are stacked against bimand he has to work twice as hard to balance school and his job responsibilities. 'Hesaid one of the biggest obstacles he faces is being a 21- college student taking a full load of classes and having a le won’t listen if you sent yourself iffey said, nother part of the Visioi calls for a “greater know by current residents of li story, tudying Texas A&M histon )bby of mine, and our dot® ots of their own rich histort; it a shame that peopledoni it," Mahaffey said, ah said that his halldis® ir history at meetings. I'he traditions of our ;s history are important. I > you feel a part of tlie ' Shah said, it all students feel like Longarzo, who sad ll’s history is not relevant i. I lived in an apartment ig, I wouldn’t care about is Longarzo said. haffey is also introducing^ Citing Flan in the Vision I'h is point system will if esidents on how well they forming. s is similar to the Texas lion Agency’s rating sys.- i that it evaluates what in under a president so ic next president know! vorks and what does not Mahaffey said. This helps transition between presi- :ach year by serving asa u mechanism. Man with a plan Joshua Hobson • THE BATTALION Matt Josefy is optimistic about plans for the upcoming year, including starting a mentoring program. He is currently in the Middle East for a wel coming ceremony for students at the Texas A&M Quatar campus. iich controls the Texas te and occupies wx'j office, says conservatw ow Texas should hat full-time job representing students to the administration. “It’s challenging to try to delegate out all the things that need to be done and to put it in the hands of those that will be able to be passionate and create the changes that need to take place,” Josefy said. “The more I can harness 44,000 students, the more we can accomplish together.” Many are unable to see what really goes on behind the scenes for the student body president. The hours put into work, speech writing, attending functions and taking a full course load is a task that few could handle. “More than anything there is a dedication to this job. If I was n’t committed to what I’m doing, it would be easy to slack off,” Josefy said. “On one hand there is an integrity issue in that there are 40,000 people that I am supposed to represent and if I don’t put 110 percent in, it is an integrity compromise.” While there are always critics, some students feel Josefy is tak ing care of business and doing what he was elected to do. “From what I can see. Matt is doing a great job as student body president,” said Kim Avant, a junior history major. “He seems to be changing what needs to be changed and pushing the University in a good direction, but most importantly he listens to the students and tries to channel that to the administration.” - ■ > ; in Texas’ congressional control the delegation 11; rrent district boundaries;- oycotted the Texas ris year over redistrictinf and thus kill redistrictinj jcrats fled to Ardmore, itayed away for four days ig in the regular legisla; ts went to Albuquerqifi beginning July 28 toslf i a second special legisla! returned when one el tubers defected and sail r to Austin, giviiij or urn they needed to lLION Chief day during the fall and spring semes j! iversity holidays and exam periods) 4 77840. POSTMASTER: Send add® on,TX 77843-1111. M University in the Division of Stodeit Reed McDonald Building. Newsr»! ite: http://www.ttiebattalion.net [ lorsement by The Battalion. 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