First election round for new senators begins today
News | 9/18/07
Posted online at 1:37 AM EST on 9/18/07
Students vote today for senators representing the Class of 2011, all residence halls, Transitional Year Program students and off-campus students in the first round of fall Student Union elections. There will also be elections for senior representatives to the Alumni Association and the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
Stephanie Cohen '11 and Beatriz Paterno '11, candidates for Class of 2011 senator, a candidate for that position, both said they plan to organize events that will help first-years get to know one another better.
"I want to help unite our class," Paterno said.
Jared Ruocco '11, a candidate for Massell Quad senator, said he would like to "be the voice of students living in the quad." For example, Ruocco plans to clean up the quad by removing cigarette butts, something that some students living there have complained about, he said.
Kaamila Mohammed '11, a candidate for senator of North Quad, the other first-year quad, wants to consult the students living there before planning any initiatives.
"I want to get as much information as possible from students living in North quad about changes they want to see," she said.
Candidates for senate from sophomore quads have specific plans to improve sophomore housing.
"I want to make East [Quad] a more social quad by revamping the Airplane lounge," said Tamar Ariel '10, candidate for East Quad senator. Ariel aims to make the hill near East Quad safer and to get higher water pressure in showers, she said.
"I feel like there are lots of little things that are easy to fix," said Miriam Nachum '10, another candidate for East Quad senator.
Two senate candidates who are transfer students, Village Quad candidate Mike Kerns '09 and Charles River quad candidate Rishun Fukazawa '08, both want to unify different parts of the student body.
"A big part of my platform is bringing students and groups with differences together," Kerns said. Kerns is also a member of the Activist Resource Center, which aims to bring different campus activist organizations together.
Polls for first-round elections, on the Student Union's Web site, close at midnight.
First year students will be voting for the first time in this election round. "I'm really excited that all the candidates have gotten out there, but as freshman, a lot of us don't really know much about the voting process or how many people we can vote for," Emily Gatzke '11 said.
"I feel the elections happened too early," Alan Tam '11 said. "We haven't been at Brandeis long enough to know what's necessary in regards to long-term change. It also seems that most people are just going to vote for the one or two candidates they already know."
-Shana D. Lebowitz and Quinn Lockwood
Stephanie Cohen '11 and Beatriz Paterno '11, candidates for Class of 2011 senator, a candidate for that position, both said they plan to organize events that will help first-years get to know one another better.
"I want to help unite our class," Paterno said.
Jared Ruocco '11, a candidate for Massell Quad senator, said he would like to "be the voice of students living in the quad." For example, Ruocco plans to clean up the quad by removing cigarette butts, something that some students living there have complained about, he said.
Kaamila Mohammed '11, a candidate for senator of North Quad, the other first-year quad, wants to consult the students living there before planning any initiatives.
"I want to get as much information as possible from students living in North quad about changes they want to see," she said.
Candidates for senate from sophomore quads have specific plans to improve sophomore housing.
"I want to make East [Quad] a more social quad by revamping the Airplane lounge," said Tamar Ariel '10, candidate for East Quad senator. Ariel aims to make the hill near East Quad safer and to get higher water pressure in showers, she said.
"I feel like there are lots of little things that are easy to fix," said Miriam Nachum '10, another candidate for East Quad senator.
Two senate candidates who are transfer students, Village Quad candidate Mike Kerns '09 and Charles River quad candidate Rishun Fukazawa '08, both want to unify different parts of the student body.
"A big part of my platform is bringing students and groups with differences together," Kerns said. Kerns is also a member of the Activist Resource Center, which aims to bring different campus activist organizations together.
Polls for first-round elections, on the Student Union's Web site, close at midnight.
First year students will be voting for the first time in this election round. "I'm really excited that all the candidates have gotten out there, but as freshman, a lot of us don't really know much about the voting process or how many people we can vote for," Emily Gatzke '11 said.
"I feel the elections happened too early," Alan Tam '11 said. "We haven't been at Brandeis long enough to know what's necessary in regards to long-term change. It also seems that most people are just going to vote for the one or two candidates they already know."
-Shana D. Lebowitz and Quinn Lockwood
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