University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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STUDENTS HIT CAMPAIGN TRAIL STORY: ALEXIS WHITLEY PHOTO: HANNAH LAREAU DESIGN: KELLY WALSH The blank campus sidewalks transformed overnight into chalk-covered pavements trying to grab the attention of potential voters. It could only mean one thing. The Associated Student Government Fall election was about to take place. Candidates began campaigning on Friday, September 5, 2014 to fill the vacancy positions in the ASG Senate. ASG is a student-led organization that acts as an organized voice for all students and strives to effectively represent student interest. Six students decided to campaign together as a team in order to better reach the different organizations they are involved with on campus. Their team included Connor Barbe, Molly Hiller, Celeste Gibson, Drake Breshears, Chase Randall and Hayden Wynne. In preparation for the campaign, we took pictures by Old Main and chalked all over campus, junior Molly Hiller said. We also did a lot of word-of-mouth and social media advertising, senior Connor Barbe said. And six social media accounts are stronger than one, said junior Celeste Gibson. ASG gives students the ability to make a difference on campus. They have the opportunity to write bills for any issues they want to address. Being a part of ASG gives you a voice in the school, Gibson said. If you want something to change, you have the power and financial stability to do it. You also get to know the higher up executive members and work with the faculty. Barbe, Hiller and Gibson all set goals that they planned to accomplish if chosen to be on ASG Senate. Their team, as well as many other candidates, emphasized campus safety as a top concern they would confront as a member of ASG. I want to update the Safe Ride system because I feel like there are a lot of faults with it, Hiller said. It needs to have a better online network as well as an app. I also think we don ' t have enough lights on campus. One of the things I stress about in my platform is smoking on campus, Barbe said. If we ' re going to be a tobacco free campus we need to enforce it. With a total of 1,997 student-voters voting, the results determined that Barbe, Hiller and Gibson would be sworn in as members of the ASG Senate. The other candidates that were chosen as members included Drake Breshears, Hayden Wynne, Collins Knight, Chase Randall, Brock Hyland, Anna Kay Hilburn, Katie Balok, Zoe Cacheria, Jake Kyte, Elizabeth Pittman, Gabby Bermea, Chance Townsell, Harrison Gilker, Hunter Pool, Thomas Dickson, Ryan Sandfort, Jordan Akiyoshi, Kristen Cagle, Andy Bingham, Megan McPherson, Nick Carter, Michael Sharp, Sam Shade and Marilyn Speed. ASG Campaign 23

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