Student Government Association President Ben Sandy and Vice President Dominique Elmore have promised to be the voice of Marshall students during their terms of office, with their slogan, WE ARE...YOUR VOICE.

Sandy, a senior accounting major, hopes to simplify student government in a way that works for today's college student. 

"First of all, we want to SIMPLIFY," said Sandy. "These students often work part- or full-time and have less time to become involved on campus and in student government. They don't have time to pick up their funding packets for their respective organizations. We hope a new web page linked from the SGA site (ready by fall) will help students get their packets and simplify other procedures such as student discounts, online forms, applications, etc."

COORDINATE is the next point of the campaign. "We would like to coordinate the more than 130 associations on campus for increased participation and co-sponsoring of events," said Sandy. "We're also working on a student discount from local businesses. Students hold a lot of buying power among local businesses."

DIVERSIFY is a point near and dear to Elmore's heart. "We need to create more diversity in order to have representation from all areas," said Elmore, a senior biology major. "We plan to have a new cabinet position for multicultural affairs. I am very excited about being the voice of the students and being able to accomplish our platform goals."

If anyone has a question for Ben or Dominique, please fell free to call or e-mail.

    Ben Sandy     Dominique Elmore       Phone 696-6436