Well the candidates for your Undergraduate Student Government have presented themselves, and it’s time for you to go out and vote! Or stay inside and vote, since ballots can only be cast through DragonLink. There are 28 positions up for grabs, but only 10 of them are actually contested, so we’re only printing those candidates’ speeches. If you want to find out what the rest of the candidates have to say, check out our online feature on thetriangle.org to find out. Of special note this year is maybe the first instance of partisan politics in USGA: the so-called “Integrity Party” intends to take up to six seats.
These are the people at USGA who actually do things: the movers and shakers who are at the top of the USGA totem pole. Back to top.
President
It’s his ship now, his command; he’s in charge. He’s the boss, the head man, top dog, big cheese, the head honcho. A living Smitty Werbenjagermanjenson, if you will: he’s number one. The President of USGA’s responsibilities include serving as the official representative of USGA to the administration and to other student governments and to preside over joint sessions of USGA. James Gordon is the only candidate for USGA President, so if you’re unsatisfied, get your write-in campaign moving now.
James Gordon
Biological Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences
Communications Director
Communications Director is the most hotly contested position on USGA’s Engagement and Operations Assembly. The Communications Director is responsible for promoting USGA events and maintaining relationships with campus media outlets, including The Triangle.
Shawn Parker
Entrepreneurship
LeBow College of Business
Charles Burnett
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Alissa Reichert
Marketing
LeBow College of Business
Archivist
The Archivist serves as the secretary of USGA as a whole and takes minutes at meetings and joint sessions. They are the primary contact between USGA and the library. Daredevils and thrill-seekers only, please.
Kim Post
Political Science, History
College of Arts & Sciences
Akshay Koottala
Finance
LeBow College of Business
Archivist
Money: it’s what Drexel is about, in the end. The Treasurer maintains USGA’s finances, attends all SAFAC coordinated meetings and is the sole keeper of the keys to USGA’s enormous vault of gold coins where they go swimming on weekends.
Phil Holder
Finance
LeBow College of Business
Molly Cuka
Finance
LeBow College of Business
Events Director
Equivalent of Office of Campus Activities’ favorite new position that your student organization needs to have for some reason. Really need a description? Fine. This officer coordinates events. Uncontested position.
Brittany Tuccirone
Entrepreneurship
LeBow College of Business
Personnel Director
The Personnel Director directs USGA personnel (duh). Duties include but are not limited to attendance tracking and, per the USGA constitution, “grade point average assessment,” which sounds like something which would likely get The Triangle’s editor-in-chief thrown out of the organization, and maybe even the school…
Veronica Monteiro
Product Design
Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Student Life Assembly
The Student Life Assembly actually consists of 11 positions from all walks of student life, but only three of these seats have contested elections. The remaining seats either have only one person running, and three seats have no candidates and will presumably go vacant at the end of this term. Those uncontested candidates also have speeches, however. Back to top.
International Student Representative
The International Student Representative exists to advance the interests of Drexel’s large international community. Four candidates have applied for this hotly contested position, two of whom account for over 66 percent of the visible pocket squares in this election.
Nino Avreyski
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Mridul Chulet
Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Kiki Liu
Mahmond Hallak
Greek Life Representative
The Greek Life Representative brings to the table the needs of fraternity and sorority life at Drexel University. They are also presumably responsible for all procedures relating to keg acquisition and management at all USGA functions serving alcohol.
Mario Squicciarini
Business and Engineering
LeBow College of Business
Chris Brennan
Biomedical Engineering
College of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health
Gary Voltaire
Student Organization Representative
The Student Organization Representative comes from Drexel’s student organization community, which, if DragonLink is to be believed, includes as many as 472 separate student organizations. It’s a tall order for one person, but evidently four are eager to take on the task.
Shahmar Beasley
Political Science
College of Arts & Sciences
Robert Hermann
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Radhika Amin
Legal Studies
LeBow College of Business
Lenni Paolini
Marketing
LeBow College of Business
Transfer Student Representative
The position of Transfer Student Representative is uncontested.
Chelsea Bann
Design & Merchandising
Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Co-op Student Representative
The position of Co-op Student Representative is uncontested.
Christina Schweingruber
History
College of Arts & Sciences
Commuter Student Representative
The position of Commuter Student Representative is uncontested.
Joseph Dougherty
Legal Studies
LeBow College of Business
Inclusion & Diversity Representative
The position of Diversity Representative is uncontested.
Pankti Acharya
Library Representative
The position of Library Representative is brand-new for 2015, and is uncontested.
Michael Haskel
Undecided Engineering
College of Engineering
Athletics Representative
No candidates.
Veterans Representative
No candidates.
Residential Living Representative
No candidates.
Academic Assembly
The Academic Assembly consists of representatives from all colleges at Drexel University. There are 12 seats on the Academic Assembly, corresponding to each college. Four of these seats currently have multiple candidates, which are listed below and to the right. Four further seats have uncontested races, and four seats have no candidates for this year. One seat, the School of Public Health Representative, not only has no candidate, but is also currently vacant. Back to top.
College of Engineering
Tauheed Baukman
Chemical Engineering
Ryan Hoos
Chemical Engineering
Chelsea Chapeliere
Electrical Engineering
Pennoni Honors College
James Shallow
Chemical Engineering
College of Engineering
Helena Xie
Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
LeBow College of Business
Kirtan Patel
Finance
Duncan Faris
General Business
College of Computing and Infomatics
Mitul Shah
Information Technology
Meghna Malhotra
Software Engineering
Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
The position of Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design Representative is uncontested.
Kyra Gray
Design & Merchandising
College of Education
The position of College of Education Representative is uncontested.
Mionee Desai
Elementary Education
College of Arts & Sciences
The position of College of Arts & Sciences Representative is uncontested.
Colin O’Hara
Biological Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions
The position of College of Nursing and Health Professions Representative is uncontested.
Katey Raiser
Nursing
Close School of Entrepreneurship
No candidates.
College of Hospitality & Sport Management
No candidates.
College of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health Systems
No candidates.
School of Public Health
No candidates, post currently vacant.
An earlier version of this article erroneously identified Katey Raiser as Colin O’Hara. The Triangle regrets this error. An earlier version of this article erroneously identified Meghna Malhotra (College of Computing and Informatics) as Mitul Shah (also College of Computing and Informatics.) The Triangle regrets this error.