The SA should lead a comprehensive effort aimed at making the campus a more attractive and inviting space that can strengthen the bond among students. GW is a unique city school – and that’s one of the reasons many of us chose to come here. But just because there is so much going on outside Foggy Bottom doesn’t mean we can’t create a stronger community on campus. Having worked in many aspects of the university, I have isolated several seemingly disparate policies that, if fixed, would allow us to keep our unique feel as city school without sacrificing the unity of our student body. I propose:

-Increased support for athletic teams.

-Expanding the physical space available to student organizations so that students have more opportunities to enrich the campus culture with meetings, performances, and other activities by working with the Marvin Center to revise scheduling policies and working with the university to maximize space use.

-Commissioning the task of procuring federal grants for multicultural organizations and activities to bond our diverse student population

-Working with GWHP to create an open dialogue to allow Greeks more opportunities for on-campus LLC oriented housing and with RPM to effectively create awareness of student complaints. I want to resolve the uncertainty that many Greeks face when renewing their housing arrangements and streamline the process.

-Work to expand housing options for graduate students to strengthen their ties with the university community.

-Continue working on the establishment of an LGBT resource center with Allied in Pride to strengthen the LGBT community on campus. In January of this year, I passed a resolution through the SA endorsing the creation of the resource center. If elected, I will continue to work consistently with Allied and the university administration to ensure the center is made a reality.

-Resources are vital for student organizations to host successful and attractive programming on campus. Though the current financial process of the SA has worked well within the current regulatory framework, it’s time to change the framework we use for allocating funds. I witnessed so much anxiety over this issue this past year, and even in the recent student fee increase, there was a disagreement from over 1,000 students, many who voted against the resolution because of a negative perception of the current financial system. The current budget allocation process is too subjective and too dependent on the views of those serving the finance committee, and sometimes lacks a true understanding of the over 400 student organizations on campus.

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