Thursday, February 24, 2005
There will be a third coalition running against Delta Force and KUnited when Student Senate holds its elections in April.
Dennis Chanay, Paola freshman, will be the presidential candidate for Student Voice coalition.
Chanay and other members of the newly formed coalition will spend the next two weeks trying to inform students of the coalition and its platform.
“We don’t feel Student Senate is representing students,” Chanay said. “We think they play into the administration too much and are too worried about what they think.”
Chanay said the coalition’s main platform issue will be to stop increasing tuition. He said he thinks Senate is in favor of such increases.
Student Voice would only increase tuition when it is absolutely necessary, Chanay said.
Nick Sterner, Shawnee junior, and KUnited presidential candidate said he is supportive of a third coalition.
However, Sterner disagrees with Chanay’s assessment that Senate is pro tuition.
“I don’t feel anybody on campus is pro tuition,” Sterner said. “Student Senate is doing their best to represent all students and we are not trying to cause harm by raising tuition.”
Student Voice will also work to improve the wireless Internet service on campus and expand it to residence halls, Chanay said.
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Residence halls use an Internet service called ResNet, and Chanay said students have been complaining about it.
“We don’t believe a student’s only choice for Internet should be ResNet,” Chanay said. “We believe it’s very inefficient and would like to give students an opportunity to choose between ResNet and wireless Internet.”
Chanay said Senate has approximately $500,000 in its reserve account and has the ability to extend wireless Internet on campus.
Student Voice will also push for a Chipotle restaurant at the Underground at Wescoe Hall.
Chanay believes it would be profitable for Senate and beneficial to students.
Student Voice has not announced a vice presidential candidate or a date for its kickoff party. Coalition members will spend the next couple of weeks meeting people and finding out what students want from Senate.
Student Voice has already set up a meeting with the Interfraternity Council this week and will discuss how fraternities and sororities can be more involved in Senate.
“Another thing we want to do is increase the number of greek senators,” Chanay said. “Right now there is only two seats, we would like to increase that by two or three.”
The greek seats are decided by appointment rather than vote right now. Chanay said that is something they would like to change as well.
Chanay is a freshman senator in the finance committee. He thinks his coalition will be successful.
“We wouldn’t do this if we didn’t think we could win,” Chanay said. “We have the money and the man power, and we believe we will win this year’s election.”
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