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think it will let the president
complete his goals,” said
Shanequa Jones, vice elections
commissioner and a second-year
business student. “I really want
to see him (Ankit Patel) complete
his goals, and I think that will
' give him more time.”
SG President Ankit Patel said
s. he was pleased with the results
of the vote. “Our Cabinet wrote
the legislation,” he said. “I’m,
happy about the amendment.”
Patel doesn’t anticipate much
of an increase in voter turnout,
however.
• “I don’t expect it to have a
huge impact,” he said. “We are
working on other issues in the
_ constitution to help voter
turnout.”
SG Vice President Katie
Dreiling said, “I feel that it will
give senators and elected offi
cials a larger period in office,
which will allow them to do
more projects in the spring
semester.”
Dreiling does expect an in
crease in voter turnout. “I think
that was one of the initial rea
sons for doing it,” she said.
SG Secretary and fourth-year
biology student Becky Floyd nei
ther supported nor opposed the
amendment, but she said the
change will benefit turnout at
the polls. “I think it probably
will help voter turnout,” she
said.
Overall, voter turnout for the
amendment was what the
Election Commission expected.
“It was a good number for a
vote that didn’t have candidates
out pushing for voters to partici
pate,” Vickery said. “We’re look
ing forward to having more time
next semester to market elec
tions. Hopefully, more people
will run.”
William Todd, a first-year his
tory student, said he likes the
idea of holding elections after
spring break. “It’s a good thing,”
he said. “It gives the student body
more time to make a decision.”
First-year marine-science stu
dent Matt Severance did not vote,
but he said the amendment will
improve voter awareness. “I
think that it will be beneficial to
all students to become more in
formed about the candidates run
ning for offices,” he said.
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jects, including a planned event
similar to the Habitat for
Humanity build on Greene Street.
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was “extremely
happy” about
the surplus.
“One of rea
sons I decided to
run was Student
Government just
wasn’t address
ing the issues
and concerns of
the students,” he
said, and I think this is a good ex
ample that we have been able to
provide student organizations
with more money and fulfill our
campaign promises.”
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Another contribution to the
surplus came when the Board of
Trustees raised the student-activ
ity fee in October. Patel said past
student-body presidents have tried
to get the fee raised by going
through tim university’s Budget
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that they were
consistently de
nied.
“After four
years, , there
comes a time
when you just
have to say, ‘It’s
not going to
happen, and we
have to find an
other way to get it done, Patel
said.
This year, Patel went around
the Budget Committee and used
his seat on the Board of Trustees
to present a presentation to the
board during the summer. The
board approved the increase on
Oct. 17.
Patel said past presidents have
not taken this route because of a
combination of intimidation and
trying to go through the normal
chain of command.
“I think generally, it goes to the
Budget Committee, and they were
trying to adhere to the normal pro
cedures of university policies,”
Patel said.
He said student organizations
have been concerned recently
about a lack of funding from SG.
He said USC had 200 student orga
nizations five years ago, compared
with more than 300 registered
now.
“The same amount of money
was being spread over a larger
group of people,” he said.
Isaac Scheer, president of the
Alpha Phi Omega service frater
nity, said he’s pleased with Patel’s
administration and hopes the
money will be given to organiza
tions that are giving back to the
university community.
“I’ve been generally very
pleased with what he’s done,”
Scheer said. “He’s jvorking to
make SG work for the students.
He’s trying to keep it from just
supporting itself, but he’s trying
to give something back to the uni
versity.” '
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“I’ve been generally
very pleased with
what he’s done. He’s
working to make SG
work for the students.”
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