Student Senate Profile: Doug Brady
A profile of Freshman Student Senator Doug Brady.
By Jason Baker (Contact)
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Doug Brady came to the University this year wanting to get involved, and he’s managed to rack up a long list of accomplishments by semester’s end. The Topeka freshman is not only a Freshman Student Senator, but also the President of the Lewis and Templin Hall Council, a KU Student Ambassador, a member of National Residency Hall Honorary, a member of Student Union Activities and will be the new Live Music Coordinator next year.
Brady said he wanted to join the Senate because he felt that it was important to have a say in what they do with the millions of dollars that they have each year. Brady said he was looking forward to, as a senator, writing his first bill, which could happen relatively soon.
Freshman Student Senator Doug Brady.
An issue that concerns Brady is that recently Senate can no longer pay for organizations to travel. “I think that we should help groups because when these groups travel, they represent KU,” he said. “Our University looks good by our constant involvement in conferences, but if we don’t help groups, then less people will attend these conferences because they won’t have the money to send very many people.”
Brady believes that by funding these groups, it makes the University look good as a whole for graduate school and potential employers. However, Brady wants to look further into the issue before doing anything. “I plan to start talking to senators who have been around longer before I try to do anything about it. It may be that I am in the wrong,” he said.
Brady is an English and Communication Studies major. Once he graduates, Brady said he planned on attending graduate school to get a master’s and a doctorate in Higher Administration. “From there, I want to work in student involvement and leadership. When people then ask me, ‘So you want to be Reuben Perez?’ I reply, ‘Basically, yes.’” Brady said.
Brady said he was in love with Classical music, he even played the violin and thought about it for his major. “I wanted to major in music performance for a while, but then I realized I wasn’t good enough to make a living off of my violin,” he said. Brady had the opportunity this past winter to see violinist Joshua Bell perform in Kansas City. “It was the best concert I’ve ever witnessed or probably ever will witness,” he said.
Throughout most of his life, Brady has stayed in the Midwest. However, on spring break of his senior year of high school, he went to New Orleans, La., for a mission trip. “I got to see the ocean for the very first time. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen,” he said.
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