Tuesday, April 3, 2012 I TeCIINGWS sga@iit.edu 3 CANDIDATES FOR VP OF STUDENT LIFE RANI SHAH Name: Rani Shah Year in School: Second Year Major: Chemical Engineering E-Mail Address: Rani@hawk.iit.edu Candidate for: Vice President of Student Life How would you best represent the in- terests of all IIT students in your decision mak- ing? By making decisions which encompass both what the majority of students want and need as well as what future students will find useful in their college career. What issues or goals would you like to tackle and how do you plan to accomplish them? 1. Making IIT’s name more prevalent — this can be accomplished by teaming up with Tech Traditions and other organizations on campus to reach out to alumni, the city of Chicago, and all college students. 2. More flexibility with student organization events — not accepting cash has become quite a large hassle when buying tickets as well as having a strict policy for who can buy tickets. I’d like to compromise for more flexibility TRISTAN LARSON Name: Tristan Larson Year in School: Third Year Major: Civil Engineering E-Mail Address: tlarson6@hawk.iit.edu Candidate for: Vice President of Student Life How would you best represent the interests of all IIT students in your decision making? I hope to not only augment cam— pus life for students who already partici— pate, but also to increase the engagement of students who are less inclined to get involved, particularly commuter students. In order to accomplish this I would like to make it easier for student organizations to increase their visibility on campus, as well as making IIT a weekend destination for students who live off campus by encouraging weekend events and making facilities more accessible to students. CANDIDATES FOR VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS SOONEN AI-IUA Name: Soonen Ahua Year in School: Second Year Major: Mechanical Engineering E-Mail Address: soonen.ahua@ gmail.com Candidate for: Vice President of Ac— ademic Affairs How would you best rep- resent the interests of all IIT stu- dents in your decision making? Communication is key. In order to ably represent the interests of the students I will keep the lines of communication open between myself, my senators and my constituents. I will constantly strive to see that important and worthwhile projects are carried to a successful completion. VICTOR OBIAHU Name: Victor Obiahu Year in School: Third Year Major: Electrical Engineering E—Mail Address: oobiahu@iit.edu Candidate for: Vice President of Academic Affairs How would you best repre- sent the interests of all IIT students in your decision making? My major responsibility would be to represent the people. To achieve this, I shall make myself very approachable. I shall work with a committee of highly competent students to look into the endeavors of the school on the academic front and decide on the best ways to improve the existing policies with the inter— ests of the student body at heart. I plan on identifying the interests of the student body by extensively using tools like IIT Idea already put in place by previous board members. This would help inform the SGA of desired changes to be made in the school. CANDIDATE FOR VP OF COMMUNICATIONS DOR KARTER Name: Dor Karter Year in School: Third Year Major: Computer Information Systems & Entrepreneurship E-Mail Address: dkarter@hawk.iit.edu Candidate for: Vice President of Commu— nications How would you best represent the interests of all IIT students in your deci- sion making? I am committed to fight for the stu— dents’ rights and needs on this campus, realizing that we are the customer, and we deserve to have the best college experi— ence. Furthermore, I want to continue the MTCC SGA tables, since they allow direct communication between students and senators. I will use VoteBox and Student Voice (upcoming online student forum) to provide weekly feedback to students on raised is— CANDIDATES FOR FINANCE BOARD CHAIR EMMANUEL KLU Name: Klu, Emmanuel Year in School: Second Year Major: Computer Science E-Mail Address: eklu@hawk.iit.edu Candidate for: Finance Board Chair How would you best represent the interests of all IIT students in your decision making? Having been involved with diverse student organizations, and having a cross—cul— tural social life, I believe keeping the interests of all IIT students is crucial. One basic aim is to make sure the Board makes decisions on a fair basis so events that encourage school spirit are funded. A special thanks to SGA for providing pictures 8: information about the candidates!