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Student leaders take aim for change at OSU
Election victory brings relief, excitement to ASOSU, MUPC
Candice Ruud
Issue date: 5/16/08 Section: News
"It's hard because you're trying to balance school work, talking to as many people as possible, campaigning, putting up fliers, as well as our actual jobs at ASOSU," Mann said.
"It's only a month, so you have to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Nickerson said.
Nickerson is a senior in health management and policy and aspires to a career where she can travel the world, working in international relations or health policy abroad.
As far as having a life outside of school and the 60 hours each week committed to ASOSU, Mann and Nickerson try to be as normal as possible.
"We're still regular people and students, so we try to have fun, but we know where our priorities lie," Mann said.
Student and family contributions helped the campaign get off the ground and flow smoothly, with fliers posted all over campus and supporters sporting Mann-Nickerson '08 T-shirts.
"You can only receive $250 from student endorsements, so we actually had to cut students off," Mann said. Most students donated in the form of $10 each, meaning only 25 students could donate.
Nickerson, who could have graduated this year but decided to stay when she and Mann conceived the idea of running for president and vice president, will be going to school part-time next year and treating ASOSU as a full-time job.
"We want to reach out and show students the impact they can have. We want to be a part of making a huge change on campus."
For the Memorial Union Program Council, Raphiel Carter and Callie Lessard ran unopposed to win the title of president and vice president. Carter, a sophomore in political science and sociology, says the duo's goal is to increase campus communication between ASOSU, the MU and students.
"I've been an MU programmer for the past year and really appreciated the experience it gave me, and I wanted to put my two cents in," Carter said.
Knowing that they were running unopposed, Carter and Lessard tried to connect with unconventional student groups on campus. Instead of campaigning to fraternities and sororities, they spent a lot of time talking to the student body and visiting the cultural centers.
"It's only a month, so you have to see the light at the end of the tunnel," Nickerson said.
Nickerson is a senior in health management and policy and aspires to a career where she can travel the world, working in international relations or health policy abroad.
As far as having a life outside of school and the 60 hours each week committed to ASOSU, Mann and Nickerson try to be as normal as possible.
"We're still regular people and students, so we try to have fun, but we know where our priorities lie," Mann said.
Student and family contributions helped the campaign get off the ground and flow smoothly, with fliers posted all over campus and supporters sporting Mann-Nickerson '08 T-shirts.
"You can only receive $250 from student endorsements, so we actually had to cut students off," Mann said. Most students donated in the form of $10 each, meaning only 25 students could donate.
Nickerson, who could have graduated this year but decided to stay when she and Mann conceived the idea of running for president and vice president, will be going to school part-time next year and treating ASOSU as a full-time job.
"We want to reach out and show students the impact they can have. We want to be a part of making a huge change on campus."
For the Memorial Union Program Council, Raphiel Carter and Callie Lessard ran unopposed to win the title of president and vice president. Carter, a sophomore in political science and sociology, says the duo's goal is to increase campus communication between ASOSU, the MU and students.
"I've been an MU programmer for the past year and really appreciated the experience it gave me, and I wanted to put my two cents in," Carter said.
Knowing that they were running unopposed, Carter and Lessard tried to connect with unconventional student groups on campus. Instead of campaigning to fraternities and sororities, they spent a lot of time talking to the student body and visiting the cultural centers.
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