The ASUW general elections began Monday and voting will continue through this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
The president/vice president tickets for this year’s general elections are Randy Elledge and Victor Hernandez who are up against Brian Schueler and Emily Kath.
Randy Elledge is a junior in the College of Business and Victor Hernandez is a political science major in his sophomore year. Hernandez said the biggest problem on campus is student inclusion and involvement.
“The biggest problem the University of Wyoming faces right now is getting students to be involved on campus. Students need to feel welcomed coming to campus and they ought to be able to be involved in activities that they enjoy,” Hernandez said.
The Elledge/Hernandez ticket said their platform includes the implementation of a campus-wide app as well as doctor’s excuse notes from class from Student Health Services.
“Currently colleges around the nation have integrated technology on their campuses. The University of Wyoming is behind the times in that regard. We want to bring a mobile app that would connect technology with our campus,” Hernandez said. “This app would make it easier for students to become more involved with the university. Essentially, we want to put the campus in everyone’s pocket.”
Brian Schueler is a senior studying international studies and economics and Emily Kath is a political science and communications major in her senior year. They said they see the discrepancy between decisions made by the administration and student concerns to be the biggest problem on campus.
“We believe that the biggest problem the university faces is a disconnect between administrative decisions and student concerns,” the duo said in a joint email statement. “The student voice in regard to issues such as plus/minus grading, the gardens and budgetary allocations is not as influential as it ought to be.”
Both Schueler and Kath said their platform issues are pulled from student opinion and outreach. Of these issues are such things as grading reform, finance reform and student safety.
“The issues that we are promoting are issues directly derived from student opinion. We believe reforming the grading system, allocating funds more appropriately and enhancing campus safety will benefit our campus because students believe it will benefit our campus.”
The Schueler/Kath ticket said they are a unique ticket because of their prior experience, extensive research into issues, pledge to strict adherence to solving issues and not falling victim to mindless spending.
“Through our prior involvement on campus, we have learned the value of well-founded research and planning as the basis for success. Any promise that we have made throughout our campaign is followed by a plan of action supported by practical research.”
