Q and A President

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N: Wants to have students and government more accessible.

L: dealt directly with peers when working as a manager at Coldstone Creamery. I was fortunate enough to attend 5 leadership conferences with Quinnipiac- one of which was COSGA. I would like to see the SGA a little less formal- I think we could have one dress down meeting.

D: Quoted A New Day. Things don't get done in the organization unless hard work is done. The President must lead by example so that things get accomplished.

Question 2: What do you think is the biggest challenge facing QU and SGA and how do you plan to overcome these challenges?

L: Changes to the graduation and it really upset the students graduating 2010 and foreward. I need to walk in there and talk to President Lahey and tell him to stop making unilateral decisions. We need to show that we are professional and educate them and let them know we are here. As SBP I will do my best to do that.

D: I think a recurring theme within student government, we've had a lot of on going members come in and say we didnt know SGA has meetings on Wed at 4:15. We need to utilize VP of PR a lot more and demand respect from administrators. We represent over 5500 students and administrators cannot take the time and that is disrespectful, they need to be at our meetings and we need students of the public to be able to come and talk about the problems.

N: check Brendan's blog...

Rebutal :

L: I think what I pointed out is that we have to realize that if we dont go in a respectful way they will close the door on us. I feel if I go in there in a respectful way they will listen.

D: I think when we look at the whole administration issue you need to be very respectful, and you can also take the upper hand. We see a lot of things here at school, such as Caplin when he got the library open 24/7. There's a fine line between respect and demanding what you want.

N: I just want to say while what they have to say is nice and fine, but what I've seen is contradictory. The ways we have gone about it have failed us.

3. If elected President you are also a voting member on the board of trustees, what will your primary goal be.

D: We can see in residential life we have students putting $500 deposits down and then learning that they are living in York Hill. Dean asked for a repeat of the question. Basically what we need to remember is that this school is a business. The SBP needs to stick up for students and not focus on the business aspect of what they have to say.

--> they being, I am assuming the administration.

N: First off the BOT is a very interesting organization- they have already made their decision. I think that the BOT is where you will first learn of the changes that we need to take action on. Directly from the BOT the SBP should take that information and create a game plan. To the students its put in place to protect them.

L: As far as the BOT goes, it is very important for students to have to have a vote. It is very important to get students back on there, at least one more voting member and one not voting member.

--> Lou wants the university to treat us as a good business. I will put up a fight with them and make sure that they do have a voice.

Geary: a lot of audience questions. In order to keep it even we need to pick only a few. That being said Nick, 2 minute response to:

As the primary voice of the SB how do you plan to balance the commitment of represneting the opinion of the SB with working with the administrators?

N: My interests are solely 100% the student body, I am here to prevent a lot of the administrative problems that have been going on. I am going to put my whole heart into it.

L: We have over 60 presidents here, that represent 60 organizations, and perhaps we can pass legislations through them. I am here to represent the students, if they are here to give them business- we need to get them to listen to us. If we pick our fights and pick our battles, I think we'll win.

D: I think as an elected member of the SGA, you cannot have hatred towards the administration, the administration at this university are very intelligent people and they do specific things that they want to do in order to better the University. Having it at TD Bank University they will be able to save $100,000 without setting up the rec center. We need to help students understand this. We are not showing the kids all the information.

2. Based on past experience what demonstrates that you have the commitment to this position?

L: I have been very dedicated to the organization, I took the SGA position on and I decided I need to balance it with RHC, because that is where I stayed. I really enjoy working with the three organizations I work with. Once I am SBP I will work so hard for you guys and make sure that you are loving it all four years while being here, I think that's extremely important. I think we are in college, and we are mature adults and my loyalty will rely with student government and I would be so honored, so proud and so humbled to be your SBP.

D: I think when you join any organization, something you really have to be is dedicated to anything you do. I would never take on these tasks unless I was loyal and dedicated 100% of my work. I would never simply take on a task to put it on my resume. I have a love that goes more beyond many students at this school. I love being a bobcat and I love walking down dorm road and seeing our awesome campus. I promise that I will give 200% to the better of the SB.

N: I was the first, and probably the only member to take the time during my very first training session to site down with the older members that have their own experiences. I was the first one to take those experiences when formulating a game plan and I could stand up here and talk about Sig Ep, the honor society----------> had a choking spell and didnt catch this!!!

---------> An audience member asked how the candidates involvment in fraternities, will, if ever affect them if elected SBP. This question, in my opinion, was directed at these students because the audience might be concerned about finances. I think this question was a good question because all of the candidates are involved in fraternities.

Final Question- 90 sec. response.

How do you feel you can judge the effectiveness of SGA while at the same time giving 100% to helping the students?

N: I think the answer is a no brainer because I am evaluating the effectiveness by working for the students. I will always give 100% to students. SGA has risen as a by-product of students desires to enact real change on this campus.

L: To basically judge the SGA and giving 100% to the students- you have to see what they are thinking. There are a lot of people unhappy here and therefore I consider it a little ineffective. I plan to walk down dorm road and saying hello- that will help, by getting to know the students. One of my goals is to attend all organizations meetings at least once a semester. That's how I would judge the effectiveness of SGA.

D: I think the best way to have a better relationship with SB is to have better results. The backbone is the VP of Student Concerns- www.quconcerns.com- we will look at them and we will come back. We simply sugar coat the answers, we sugar coat everything. If elected as SBP you will see that no is no the answer, and we will keep fighting. We really need to remember that the students come first and the student concerns come first, don't say no we can't do this just so we can say we got a concern done.