Friday, the winners of the 2012 ASUCD Presidential and Senatorial election were announced. For many people, the word election has both a negative and positive association. Here at UC Davis, we pride ourselves in peaceful and professional campaigning. This year’s election was among the most competitive the University has seen in years. With more then 14 senate candidates running for 6 spots (as opposed tot he last where it was 7 candidates running for 6 spots) and with experience high for both presidential and vice presidential teams, the race was bound to be competitive and nerve racking.
Despite the different platforms amongst the senators and presidents one thing remains common: the hope and dedication to a better tomorrow for UC Davis.
Here are the winners of the ASUCD 2012 election and some of their platforms.
President and Vice President:
Names: Rebecca Sterling & Yena Bae
Major: International Relations & Psychology (Sterling)
Major: International Relations, Political Science & Human Rights (Bae)
Year: 3
Goals:
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Students In Mrak:
- In collaboration with University Affairs, ensure student representation in every administrative advisory committee.
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Flood the capitol:
- Commit to transporting students to and from their legislators offices and dedicate themselves to being in the capitol two days a week, every week, lobbying state legislators in favor of higher public education until California’s budget is passed.
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Field Director:
- Create this new position.
- The Field Director will bring ASUCD’s mission of true student representation back to campus. This will mobilize the student body to form a unified front to face the collective challenges of constant fee hikes and unreceptive legislators and regents.
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Our Davis:
- Act as representatives and participate in city policy to advocate reform.
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Save money, make money:
- Establish collaboration among units to directly market our services more effectively.
- Progressive objectives will include a system wide ASUCD mobile App, Unitrans ads, and inter-unit advertising.
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Live music on campus:
- Provide students a place on campus to relax, have fun and to get together as Aggies.
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Adopt a student program:
- Will engage students with the broader community of Davis by pairing students with families to be ‘adopted’ for home cooked meals.
Senators:
Name: Joyce Han
Major: Human Development & Psychology
Year: 1
Goals:
- Improve campus escort service – free and more accommodation routes
- Make Griffin Lounge open 24/7.
- “Swipes for upperclassmen” – create a mentor-ship between freshmen and upperclassmen.
Name: Kabir Kapur
Major: Political Science & Philosophy
Year: 2
Goals
- Increase ASUCD’s academic involvement – helping increase knowledge about a class before registering – having syllabus’s available before class begins.
- ASUCD empowerment – helping create a strong student front on our campus to be able to focus on Sacramento and the demand for more funding.
Name: Don Gilbert
Major: English
Year: 3
Goals:
- Represent underrepresented community on campus.
- More Aggie pride events and fostering more widespread support for Division 1 athletic programs.
- More WIFI in more places .
- Support and sustain recruitment and retention for outreach to students coming from foster youth or other disadvantaged backgrounds to provide services and resources.
Name: Beatriz Anguiano
Major: Psychology & Chicana Studies
Year: 3
Goals:
- Voice for the underrepresented communities on campus.
- Create more ways for students to access financial, academic, cultural, social, and educational resources available to them.
- Financial and peer advising
- Resource guide for students on AP (academic probation).
- More textbook reserves.
- Funding for Ethnic/Lav grads to celebrate higher education.
Name: Bradley Bottoms
Major: Political Science & Sociology
Year: 2
Goals:
- Institute UC Davis days at the capitol once a quarter to ensure the fair representation of our students.
- Bring legislators to our campus to show them the impact of the budget cuts as well as provide opportunities for students to have dialogues with legislators.
- Bike education to get unsafe bikers off our roads.
- Provide bike skill classes.
Name: Paul Min
Major: Philosophy
Year: 2
Goals:
- Eco friendly, highly efficient lighting on campus at night.
- Fix poorly maintained roads.
- Bridge Christian and interfaith communities together to fight for justice.