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Smoot and Quinn focus on campus tradition
Erik Myers
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: News
Smoot adds that while they had some ideas as to whom they'd bring on for certain positions, all potential cabinet members would undergo a fair hiring process.
In regards to issues of student fees and tuition, Smoot and Girrens say they recognize consistent rises in tuition as inevitabile, they'd like to establish a Tuition Accountability Forum to keep students informed as to what's happening with the prices of their education and why.
When asked why he was running for president, Smoot said both positions were capable of producing "tangible results for students", especially with the proper experience.
"I'm running because I believe I have the experience to jump into the position and really take a hold of it from the very beginning, not have to do too much on-the-job training," Smoot said. "You really have to have the experience from the start (for the position.)"
Regarding experience, Smoot refers to his past two years as a senator for the College of the Liberal Arts and as ASCSU's Senate Image and Publicity Manager. Smoot's credited with helping create the Senator Outreach Program, designed to maintain interaction between senators and their student constituents and keep the senate up-to-date on campus issues. He says involvement with organizations outside of ASCSU, such as Black Student Alliance and the Association for Student Activity Programming, has helped him gear a perspective of life outside the senate, which he says he'd utilize as president.
Girrens has served with the judical activites in her two years with ASCSU, acting as an associate justice and currently as a chief justice of the Supreme Court. She says the positions will allow her to smoothen the gaps between the executive and judicial branches of ASCSU. She is also involved with the Key Academic Community and will serve as a Key mentor in the fall.
Along with their chief positions, the two wish to increase funding to Ram Ride, increase the number of bike racks on campus, introduce campus-wide internet access, continue CSU's progress as an eco-friendly institution and bring the popular satirical paper The Onion to campus.
As the race heats up into next week, Smoot and Girrens say they feel confident they'll making a lasting difference while maintaining all that they like about their senate.
"We're the best student government in Colorado, and our ticket wants to maintain that status," Smoot said.
News Editor Erik Myers can be reached at news@collegian.com.
News Editor Aaron Hedge contributed to this report.
In regards to issues of student fees and tuition, Smoot and Girrens say they recognize consistent rises in tuition as inevitabile, they'd like to establish a Tuition Accountability Forum to keep students informed as to what's happening with the prices of their education and why.
When asked why he was running for president, Smoot said both positions were capable of producing "tangible results for students", especially with the proper experience.
"I'm running because I believe I have the experience to jump into the position and really take a hold of it from the very beginning, not have to do too much on-the-job training," Smoot said. "You really have to have the experience from the start (for the position.)"
Regarding experience, Smoot refers to his past two years as a senator for the College of the Liberal Arts and as ASCSU's Senate Image and Publicity Manager. Smoot's credited with helping create the Senator Outreach Program, designed to maintain interaction between senators and their student constituents and keep the senate up-to-date on campus issues. He says involvement with organizations outside of ASCSU, such as Black Student Alliance and the Association for Student Activity Programming, has helped him gear a perspective of life outside the senate, which he says he'd utilize as president.
Girrens has served with the judical activites in her two years with ASCSU, acting as an associate justice and currently as a chief justice of the Supreme Court. She says the positions will allow her to smoothen the gaps between the executive and judicial branches of ASCSU. She is also involved with the Key Academic Community and will serve as a Key mentor in the fall.
Along with their chief positions, the two wish to increase funding to Ram Ride, increase the number of bike racks on campus, introduce campus-wide internet access, continue CSU's progress as an eco-friendly institution and bring the popular satirical paper The Onion to campus.
As the race heats up into next week, Smoot and Girrens say they feel confident they'll making a lasting difference while maintaining all that they like about their senate.
"We're the best student government in Colorado, and our ticket wants to maintain that status," Smoot said.
News Editor Erik Myers can be reached at news@collegian.com.
News Editor Aaron Hedge contributed to this report.
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