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The Daily OrangeGrowing a government | This week's Undergraduate Student Association elections bring in new crop of leaders
By Ashley L. Poulin
Posted: 9/25/07, 11:46 PM EST Section: News
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"I would have said no," said Miller, president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry's student government.
Elections began Tuesday for three positions within USA, which acts as a backbone organization for all other clubs on campus - similar to Syracuse University's Student Association. Elections run through Thursday and ESF students can vote online through their MyESF accounts.
While the secretary and freshman class senator positions are being run uncontested, the ESF-SU liaison post is a bit more competitive. Evan Sherman and Tim Wilkes, both freshmen, are running against each other to oversee the interaction between USA and SA.
"I'm running for this position because I really like the atmosphere that is generated through having a small, state school and a large, private school next to each other integrating classes, students and ideas," Wilkes said.
Wilkes, should he win, said he would ultimately like to see "that the integration of the two school is furthered and efforts between (SA and USA) become even more cohesive."
Attempts to reach Sherman for this article were unsuccessful.
President Miller said beyond planning social events, USA takes its advocacy role very seriously and acts on behalf of the student body. Last year, it worked to get lecture class sizes reduced.
"USA came together as an organization and drafted a resolution on class size last year," Miller said. "We advocated lowering the number of students in large lectures, such as general chemistry, and we got results. This year, there are three professors teaching the course, and students are much happier."
Miller also said USA plans to become even more involved and is turning its eye to the ESF community off campus.
"We want to partake in the Adopt-A-Street program this year," she said. "The members of USA really want to make USA a visible part of the off-campus community where many upper class ESF students typically live."
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