Editor,
President Gordon is resigning, tuition is increasing, the new SUB is opening . changes are occurring at UNM. Often undergraduates feel neglected or left out of important decisions that are going on at the University. However, there is a group of students on campus ready to change that.
After seeing the chalking on campus, you may be asking yourself, what is SENERGY? The name stands for "Student Energy," the slate that will bring positive changes to UNM. Our main focus is on visibility of the Senate, extending library hours, improving campus safety, the promotion of executive agencies and ensuring the undergraduate student impact on the administration.
Goals, however, are nothing without a well thought-out plan. To improve campus safety, SENERGY would like to offer free self-defense sessions twice a semester to the students of ASUNM and work with Parking Services to develop a plan to make the parking structure a safer entity.
To enhance the visibility of the Senate, SENERGY proposes that once a month Senate office hours be held in high-traffic locations on campus to allow students to express their concerns about UNM directly to their student leaders. These sessions would be called "Campus Scream" and enhance communication between the Senate and student body.
After meeting with library administrators, SENERGY has decided that, win or lose, the slate will help the library promote a survey that will ask the student body its opinion about the extension of library hours. With the results of this survey, the library administration may effectively decide if library hour extension is a concern among students.
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If elected, SENERGY slate members would fight to make sure that there is undergraduate representation on the search team that selects the next president of UNM. Finally, SENERGY would not only like to promote the existing executive agencies but also create a seventh agency.
This seventh agency would primarily focus on community service. The Community Service Agency would serve as a liaison between students and community service organizations to provide both entities with information to create positive change in the Albuquerque community.
Preparing for these changes will have a dramatic impact on the University of New Mexico. Please remember SENEGY when you head to the polls on April 10!
Jennifer Onuska
SENERGY slate presidential candidate
Jena Marquez
SENERGY slate vice presidential candidate
Editor's note: The Daily Lobo does not endorse political candidates and welcomes letters to the editor from all candidates.
