Alex Mace: President
WHO HE IS
Alex Mace is a junior from Missouri. He is majoring in political science, economics and Spanish. Mace is a President Scholar and a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Southern Gentlemen.
HIS PLATFORM
If elected president, Mace wants to require all Student Senators to attend at least one meeting per semester for Liaison Organizations. He also hope to reduce abuse of on-campus listservs primarily through an email unsubscribe option. Mace also wants to develop strong ties with SMU’s immediate community and allow in-and-out to SMU football games.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Mace was elected to senate as a first year senator in 2009 and then was appointed chief of staff in 2010 and 2011.
Travis Carlile: Vice President
WHO HE IS
Travis Carlile is a junior from Illinois. He is majoring is public policy and economics with a premed concentration. Carlile is a former football player and has served as the vice chair and secretary of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center governing board.
HIS PLATFORM
Carlile hopes to strengthen ties between the SMU community and athletics. He also hopes bring the SMU closer together by establishing tradition in all different aspects. Finally, he wants to increase transparency in senate itself.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Carlile has served on senate’s communication committee.
Zane Cavender: Vice President
WHO HE IS
Zane Cavender is a sophomore from East Texas. He is majoring political science and minoring in business. He is a Hunt Scholar and a member of Beta Theta Pi and SMU College Republicans.
HIS PLATFORM
Cavender hopes to increase senate funding. Each year organizations are added, but the same amount of money is allocated to the student body. Cavender also wants to improve access to senate by improving transparency and accountability by maintaining the Liaison Program. Finally, Cavender wants to create yell leader positions for athletic events.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Zane served as finance committee general member and then as the vice chair of student senate finance committee.
Cohagen Wilkinson: Vice President
WHO HE IS
Cohagen Wilkinson is a junior from Nebraska. He is majoring in business administration in business management with a minor in computer science. Wilkinson is the president of Southern Gentlemen and the accounting chair for SMU’s Relay for Life.
HIS PLATFORM
Wilkinson hopes to take the existing office hours system and move theme to each senator’s respective school. He also wants to improve the representation on Senate. Wilkinson wants to ensure that senators will be more accountable for keeping up with their responsibilities. He also wants to increase transparency in the financial aid office and with Park N Pony.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Wilkinson is the senate representative for Cox School of Business and as well as a member of student concerns committee.
Katherine Ladner: Secretary
WHO SHE IS
Katherine is a sophomore from Allen, Texas. She is majoring in political science and English with a minor in Russian area studies.
HER PLATFORM
Ladner hopes to strengthen the duties of secretary by helping senators better service their constituents. She also hopes to facilitate effective communication between senate and student body by having students subscribe to minutes from senate meetings. Finally to hopes to contribute to making new legislation as needed.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Ladner was elected to senate as a first year senator and participated in communications committee and membership committee in 2010. She was then appointed membership chair in 2011.
The Daily Campus contacted An Phan, who is running as a write-in for secretary. However, she did not reply by production.
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