4 Wednesday, April 21,1999 SGA Winners All photos by Kim Glass Continued from page 1 bers together. Social life on campus is also high on his list for concerns. “I hear students complain about it being so boring. I’d like to see week end entertainment at the CUB (Capital Union Building.)” Not that Lee will always be there; he leads a very busy life. On campus he is the Veteran’s representative and serves on the ACT 101 Advisory committee. Off campus he teaches Sunday school at St. Paul Mis sionary Baptist Church where he also is in volved with the transportation ministry, pick ing up kids on the church bus as early as 8 a.m. He also began a tutorial ministry for kids in kindergarten through twelfth grade. “We meet on Tuesday and Thursday nights at the church,” he said. “I tutor them in math and English. I got GPU to donate some comput ers. We average 43 kids per night. We could use volunteers.” Besides a summer internship at a Harris burg law firm, and attending summer classes, ;d July 31 ' H< he Kristy Pipher, Humanities Senior Senator ick Lee, President Hinton, whom he met at church. Lee can be found most Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays during various hours in the Vet’s office in Wll2. He has a message for the stu dent body: “Stop by and let me know your suggestions, concerns or ideas.” Alvin Black was defeated for the Vice Presi dency. He was elected as a junior senator Pub lic Affairs last semester and has been presid ing as the Chair at SGA meetings. “I ran, I lost, I’m not too bitter,” he said. “I plan on moving to the second level in pursuing the Chair of Commonwealth Campus Student Government, which serves as the advisory board for all of the state’s college’s student governments.” The new Vice President is Savita Mukhedkar. She is a Student Coordinator of International Student Programs at Penn State Harrisburg. She stated both on the ballot and verbally that international students “seem to be in a trance” on campus, and are “wrapped up in their own scheme of things.” She has Tim Osborne, Senior Senator News visited more than twenty countries. “Be cause of my exposure to other cultures and my work with international students, I feel that I understand the perspective of a stu dent facing challenges such as a language barrier,” she said. “They are confused as to what is expected of them and what to ex pect as well.” She added, “I plan to repre sent all students, not just internationals, as Vice President.” There are thirty-six inter national students on campus. Some of the SGA positions that are filled come as a result of someone writing in a nominee, rather than the nominees pursu ing the position for themselves. Jeremiah Sensenig, a Communications major, won the position of Chair and found out the day of the election that a friend had written him in. “I did want to get more involved and now I will be,” he said. “Fd like to make the school more exciting. I plan on an Olympic-size pool for the quad and tennis courts and also that casino.” Jeremiah Sensenig, Chair The Capital Times Michele Myers, Treasurer Michelle Myers won her incumbency po sition as the Treasurer. “I never actually tried to run, but was nominated both times. I’ll probably still be here when I’m a grand mother,” she joked. The other positions filled were Tim Osborne, Senior Senator at Large; Amy Costabil, Senior Senator Science, Engineer ing and Technology; and Kristy Pipher, Se nior Senator Humanities. Since a candidate needs a minitAum of seven votes to be elected, several positions remain unfilled. These are Secretary, Com mittee Secretary, Senior Senator Public Af fairs, Senior Senator business Administration, Senior Senator Behavioral Sciences and Edu cation, and Graduate Senator at Large. The president, with approval of the SGA Senate, can appoint someone to fill these positions and for interested returning stu dents, there remains the fall elections. Technology Senior Senator
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