Face off:Adelman/Eiler bring fresh ideas
As our school continues its transition to a Division I institution, I feel there are several issues important to all students in which Jeremy Adelman and Dan Eiler, student presidential candidates, would serve us well.
First, Jeremy and Dan have one motivation: to go out and serve their fellow students on campus. They have witnessed a lack of concern on the part of student government in the past years to seek out the will and the needs of students. Jeremy and Dan wish to break this trend and restore accountability to the position by actively seeking out the concerns and needs of all of us students.
This desire to engage and serve the students around them has been an ongoing theme in Jeremy and Dan’s college career.
I feel Jeremy’s greatest strength lies in his experiences living and working with students in the residence halls, the personal connections he builds through leading Campus Crusade and the River, and his innate ability to rally and unite people. His focus lies on how he can help those around him, rather than relying on “the way things have always been run.” Jeremy brings a fresh perspective, new ideas and a greater commitment to the student body.
Where Jeremy brings innovation, Dan provides the integral experience of seeing firsthand student government’s strengths and weaknesses. Dan is a senator and CSO Commission member, and has served on the University Academic Program Review Committee for two years. He is also currently serving as the vice-chair of the senate and has maintained a full senate for the first time in years by chairing the Appointments Committee.
The combination of unparalleled leadership, experience and attitude of Adelman and Eiler will result in a successful team for the NDSU student body.
This upcoming year is a legislative year, and the state legislature provides NDSU funding. While having strong voices in Bismarck has always been important, simply doing what has been done before is insufficient. Jeremy and Dan plan to do more by utilizing the voice of students, our relatives, the Alumni Center and our state newspapers to let voters know of the need to increase NDSU funding.
The Congress of Student Organizations (CSO) is viewed by many student organizations as obstructive bureaucracy. Jeremy and Dan plan to make CSO large group meetings optional. Through utilizing email, personal visits and providing a detailed checklist of CSO requirements, student organizations can be given many of the tools they need improve themselves. CSO should be a tool of student organizations, not a hindrance.
Jeremy and Dan bring an invigorating outlook toward student government. You can find out more about them at www.AdelmanEiler.com.
You know what you’ve received from student government in the past.
If you feel that changes need to be made, empower yourself and vote Adelman/Eiler.
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