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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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Individual Candidate Interviews Continued from the previous page. visit so many places, present our research ideas, update our webpage, and to build relationships with others. I’m glad to say that we’ve put Saint Peter’s College on the map in many places. We are not afraid to bring change, we promote change PW: I have asked the other two
“I did have running mates. Good ones. But, I forget to add them on the application. Sometimes things don’t work out the way you planned them out in your head.” - Jacome candidates to tell me about their running mates. What would you like to say about you’re running alone? DJ: I did have running mates. Good ones. But, I forget to add them on the application. Sometimes things don’t work out the way you planned them out in your head. But, if it comes down to me running
alone, it’s no problem. I could be running alone, but will not work alone on the problems that need to be addressed within the Senate. PW: A lot of students think that the Student Senate is just ceremonial. Do you agree? DJ: I think that the Senate is an important part of the college. They have a huge responsibility to meet with club leaders, and make decisions on behalf of them. The Senate is there is assist the clubs with carrying out the events, and making things easier for everyone. Each person in the Senate has his/her duties, and together they make sure that things are fair for all. They are looked upon for help, and should represent the college in a good way. Therefore, it’s not just ceremonial. Perhaps, over the years many students feel this way because they don’t see more of the Senate. The Senate doesn’t reach out to these club leaders, and they abandon the vision that we all share to promote the college. PW: What do you have to say about your opponents? DJ: I happen to know Noel Borges, and can say he is a strong leader. Since my coming to the college, we have both shared similar views. If he’s elected, I do know that the Senate will be in good hands, and I will do my best to work closely with him. We have never really had the time to sit down and talk about our plans. The two of us are always busy planning for events, his president of LASO, and I’m president of Society of Physics Students. I do wish him the best of luck in this election. PW: What is your campaign slogan?
Res Wife!
Photo Courtesy David Surratt
Sorry ladies, Daivd Surratt is taken. The Director of Residence Life married Tasha Pargali and recently returned from his honeymoon.
DJ: “Keeping in mind who we are, what we belong to, and graduating from SPC always connected as a family, this is my vision”. It is also “The Vision and Passion to Bring Change.” PW: What do you have to say about the Student Activities Fee? DJ: I don’t agree that students should pay a student activities fee. I believe that the funds are not being used correctly. There are many ways to raise money, and have it in handy for emergency use.
“I don’t agree that students should pay a student activities fee. I believe that the funds are not being used correctly. .” - Jacome Together with students we will work to improve this concern. In planning for next semester, we will write down the costs, and find a way to raise money in advance. PW: What issues do you think need to be addressed for the students? DJ: 1) Students need to see more of the Senate 2) More events must be planned to benefit the students
3) Science and technology needs to be improved, and events organized to promote this 4) Cleaning SPC – “Going Green”, implying ways to save paper, and creating projects to help students become aware of Global warming 5) Stay connected with other organizations at different institutions 6) Webpage improvement – Keeping things organized and updated. 7) For disabled people, helping them out, making it safer on campus. Giving them some kind of security and making them feel like a part of SPC 8) Fixing our budget spending habits – organizing the paperwork the right way, checking out what organizations are active, and doing what. Saving money by selffunding, partnership opportunity, applying for some funding aid. 9) Outreach – to younger kids, and promoting the college. 10) Improving the technology on campus, slow-internet for students with laptops, classrooms with bad computers, dirty bathrooms, and other things that need to be addressed. Working with the administration to implement a plan and work to fix these things for our students. 11) Parking for students, working with Parking Authority so students who can’t afford parking permits can park near the college. Many students have gotten their cars booted, and/or ticketed; this is not fair at all. And there are perhaps more concerns I can’t think of that need to be addressed. I promise to take care of these things if elected.
City Converts Glenwood into Residential Only Parking Zone Boot From Page 1 available parking spaces, but has not made up for the recent parking restrictions on Glenwood Avenue. In November, 2008 the Parking Authority of Jersey City officially enforced permission to the parking spaces on Glenwood Avenue (not including the parking lots) to city residents only. Upperclassmen, residing in the apartment buildings down the hill, can now park their cars in Parking Lot #4, located on West Side Avenue, between Montgomery Street and Glenwood Avenue, as well as Lot #6, adjacent to Durant Hall. Unfortunately, both lots are not spacious enough to accommodate the cars of all the resident students of SPC. Another conflict both students and faculty face is the use of Glenwood Avenue’s Parking Lot #7 by cityresidents. Faculty members and commuters often find Lot #7 mostly, if not fully, occupied by the cars of residents of Glenwood Avenue who are not Saint Peter’s College students. Considering the difficulty of finding available parking spaces, members of the college community often have no other choice but to park blocks away from the college or on meter-running spaces found on Montgomery Street and Kennedy Boulevard. Students and faculty have often complained of the unfair regulations of the parking meters. The Parking
Authority of Jersey City makes sure to write tickets the minute a meter runs out of time. Some students have even gone as far as to suspect conspiracies in which parking meters run out of time earlier than the allocated money’s worth. Whatever the case may be, it is a shame to have students worry, especially during classes, about the time left in their meters or to have faculty members sit through the day, wondering whether their cars on Glenwood Avenue will be booted because parking was not available in the morning. Some students are unable to afford the parking permit fees, leading them to take everyday risks. It is unfair to have members of the Saint Peter’s College community face these problems when the college has done its share of giving back to the city. Through community service, fundraisers, blood drives, benefiting walks, peer service, and justice awareness, Saint Peter’s College has unquestionably made an impact on Jersey City. Saint Peter’s College is one to enrich the lives of its students from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds by providing education that will benefit their future. The parking spots lost due to the new restriction set in place by the city have not been replaced by the college.