Student Congress election voting guide
Voting days: Monday, March 23 – Wednesday, March 25
Vote on: www.oakland.edu/voteou
Results announced: Thursday, March 27
The candidates:
1.
President: Janelle Arbuckle
Vice president: Nick McCormick
Arbuckle: junior, political science and international relations major
McCormick: freshman, communications and writing and rhetoric major
Arbuckle: currently serving as OUSC’s public relations agent
McCormick: OUSC legislator, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity member, orientation group leader
Platform:
Getting OU students — both residents and commuters — more involved. To
do this, they want to hold student organization fairs more often. They
also said they’ll listen to students’ concerns, and work toward solving
them. Read their entire platform on www.oakland.edu/voteou
Facebook group: “Vote Arbuckle/McCormick”
Arbuckle: [email protected]
McCormick: [email protected]
2.
President: Kristin Dayag
Vice president: Saman Waquad
Dayag: sophomore, international relations and public administration major
Waquad: senior, biology major and human resource management minor
Dayag: OUSC’s multicultural director
Waquad: OUSC’s legislative affairs director, Zeta Sigma Chi multicultural sorority member
Platform:
Creating a more inclusive campus for people of all ethnicity, gender
and sexuality. They also said they want to increase OU pride,
strengthen OUSC and develop stronger student leaders. Read their entire
platform on www.oakland.edu/voteou
Facebook group: “Kristin Dayag and Saman Waquad”
Dayag: [email protected]
Waquad: [email protected]
3.
President: Anthony Ivone
Vice president: Jackie Craite
Ivone: junior, political science and economics minor
Craite: freshman, psychology major
Ivone: has not served a posititon on OUSC yet, but has attended the last few OUSC meetings
Craite: has not served in OUSC; works as a research lab assistant in OU’s biology department
Platform:
Make OUSC take the initiative and responsibility to become more
interactive with students. They also plan to let more students know
what OUSC is up to, and take more student input. Read their entire
platform on www.oakland.edu/voteou
Facebook group: “Ivone for Oakland U”
Ivone: [email protected]
Craite: [email protected]
4.
President: Mark Medaugh
Vice president: Ashley Marthen
Medaugh: senior, biology major
Marthen: junior, human resources and development major
Medaugh:
student representative to OU Senate, served as several positions in
OUSC before, retired as a Justice in order to campaign
Marthen: OUSC legislator, serves on the scholarships committee, Phi Sigma Sigma sorority member
Platform:
They call it “Real Plans for Real Students”: try to make Kresge Library
stay open 24 hours, more bulletin boards for students to advertise,
expand inter-student buy-sell program, get local companies more
involved with students, and Project O-Yeah. Read their entire platform
on www.oakland.edu/voteou
Facebook group: “Medaugh/Marthen for OU”
Medaugh: [email protected]
Marthen: [email protected]