Vice President Candidate Platforms

Michael Cabrera

Michael’s priorities have always been to place an emphasis on programming, clubs and organizations and student publications.

Okay, but what does a priority on student publications really mean? Sounds like every other candidate that has ever run for ASUN VP.

Next year’s budget increase will allow for increased budgets for those ASUN departments and Michael will make sure to see it happens. With the opening of the Joe Crowley Student Union, it is time that ASUN put on events this University has never seen.

To see it happens? Big events are great, but what are some events this University has never seen?

Another important role of the Vice President is to work with student publications. This year the Artemisia and the Brushfire have been incredibly popular, and Michael believes he can help to make next year’s issues better publicized, more well read, and more well distributed.

HOW?? Why is this the job of the VP, or any elected official any longer?

With his important role in the creation of Diversity Week, Michael is dedicated to seeing the campus community as a whole come together like has never been seen on this campus.

Sounds good. Again, HOW??

Multicultural, spiritual, and Greek organizations should be able to work with pre-professional, service, and sporting organizations. Michael is committed to bridging the gap between all facets of the University and he will make that a priority as Vice President.

In what venue would these organizations need to work together? HOW??

CAMPUS SAFETY - This semester, Michael has been very concerned with campus safety and has taken the initiative to create the Campus Safety Walk Series, which has already produced tremendous results and looks to be very promising in the future. University across the country have implemented a "Blue Light Call Box" system which would allow students to immediately call for help. This is a project Michael is committed to finishing as Vice President, with the proposed call boxes having options to call for police or for campus escort.

You didn't create campus safety walks! They have been around for years. Everyone supports the blue light system. What kind of support do you plan on giving it to make it happen?

STICKY CAMPUS - With the opening of the Joe Crowley Student Union, Starbucks, Keva Juice, Port of Subs, and soon all of the other vendors, students want to spend more time on campus. Michael recognizes the need for bigger, better, and more events on campus. If students want to be on campus, they should be accomodated!

Straight from Milt Glick's box of tricks. Nothing new here.

MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER - Michael is committed to having the new Knowledge center open on time. As Vice President, Michael will meet with campus leaders to ensure the new facility is able to open on time.

It already is going to open on time, and there is nothing you could have done about it. Are you going to take credit for it?

SCHOLARSHIPS - Michael realizes there is a serious discrepancy between scholarships given out in the first two years of college and the years that follow. ASUN already gives out a lot of scholarships, but they are small and just not enough. ASUN has a budget entirely separate from the University, and in light of the budget cuts which will inevitably hurt scholarships, there is a lot of need for a lot more scholarships. What it comes down to is that the Nevada System of Higher Education expects to only pay for scholarships for the first two years of college and then past that they expect the individual colleges to pick up the slack. For a lot of the colleges and schools here at the University, it is impossible to fund such large volumes of scholarships.
- As Vice President, Michael will create additional scholarships for the different schools and colleges, for students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, and for students who do not come from wealthy.

Small scholarships for many or large scholarships for a few? What is the priority here, and what percentage of the ASUN annual revenue are you looking at here? PS. Proof read this before you send it to print.


Gabriel Matute

- Work with university administrators, community members, and city officials to make our campus and its neighboring community more safe:
- Funding for the delayed installment of the blue light emergency system
- Re-instate Safe Ride
- Improve and increase lighting on and around campus

Good job on being specific. How much funding should ASUN put towards the blue light system?

- Establish a university-wide computer & printing system in which all computer and printing labs on campus will be accessible to all students, regardless of the college he or she is enrolled in. This will enable students to interact more with others, enrich the University as a community, and promote safety by not imposing the inconvenience of having to go to a non-restricted computer lab.

Nearly all computer labs allow access with a NetID. Those that don't are that way for a reason. Saying that this will make anyone more safe or create a greater sense of community is really a stretch. This sounds like a lot of work with no real payoff.

- Continue to discuss alternatives with the ASUN Bookstore and the libraries to lower textbook and printing costs. Also, Gabriel will follow up with Textbooks on Time, a program established by legislation that he co-authored. This program encourages the faculty to re-use textbooks and order textbooks on time, thus reducing prices overall.

Another idea that everyone runs on. Faculty are already encouraged to reuse and order textbooks on time. A resolution from the Senate isn't going to change their expediency.

These issues may be difficult to accomplish, but together we can overcome any obstacle—achieve any goal. Please join Gabriel in saying, “YOU ASK. I LISTEN. AND TOGETHER, WE ACHIEVE.”

Ain't no mountain high enough. Aint no valley low enough. Nice tagline.

Jeremiah Todd

My goal as Vice President will to; Improve student safety both on and off campus with looking into bringing back the Safe Ride program as well as making sure the Blue Light program on campus is completed. I also want to improve campus life for students and turn UNR into a true 24 hour campus. Finally I want to improve communication between our executive and legislative branches of government so as to better serve the students.

My goal as Vice President will to??? Looking into bringing Safe Ride back? How do you plan on improving campus life or making Nevada a 24 hour campus? How do you plan on improving communication?? How do you plan on doing any of these things without posting an agenda?

Ian McMenemy

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Get your shit together.