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CAMPAIGN: Platform
shifts for Snapshot
► From Pago 1
times and any cost chang
es.
“Posting of enforcement/
free times we have been
doing this with Physical
Plant help,” Walter wrote.
“Many lots already have
the times posted we are
going to post times in all
lots and decks.”
Delaney said his party
spoke with administrators
about every platform item.
However, Secord said at
Wednesday’s executive
debate in Myers Hall that
he is not deterred.
“I’m not a fan of listen
ing to them say what is and
is not impossible,” he said.
Secord also said that
when the Tate expansion
and parking deck were
built, students were prom
ised they would be able to
park there after 5 p.m.
“Students should get
what they were promised,"
he said.
Secord used the exam
ple of the student activities
fee to show the seemingly
impossible could happen.
Last year, SGA was given
authority to allocate the
fee’s funds.
Delaney said students
should fight for what is
unlikely.
“But we’re not going to
promise the impossible,"
he said.
Editing The Snapshot
The Snapshot’s platform
does not look the same as
it did April 31, when cam
paigning began.
Some of the edits serve
to clarify the party’s posi
tion, such as adding the
party will create an ad hoc
committee to decide which
student organizations
receive the proposed 10 at
large Senate seats.
“Representation is still
our namesake,” Delaney
said.
The Snapshot also
changed its budget crisis
statement, deleting the
statement, “We will contin
ue to fight for a seat at the
table when critical deci
sions concerning the bud
get are being made," and
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adding it opposes manda
tory fees and large tuition
increases and has a con
crete plan to put a student
on the Board of Regents.
Anew platform initia
tive was added to complete
what the current SGA
administration started,
eliminating C-minus
grades, changing minimum
sanctions, allocating stu
dent activities fees and
guaranteeing students
don’t have to take three
exams in 24 hours.
Delaney said the edits
were mpde after students
said they couldn’t under
stand the party’s stance.
“If students want us to
address something,” he
said, “our receptiveness
during the campaign will
be the same while we’re in
office.”
The Green Team off
probation
After successfully
appealing one of the sanc
tions the Green Team
received from the SGA
elections committee Friday,
the party is off probation.
Because SGA elections
code deems glitter as litter
causing, the team received
a sanction for using glitter
on a campaign sign.
However, the committee
repealed the sanction,
instead giving it to the two
party members who deco
rated the sign.
In addition, the Green
Team faced a possible
sanction for using chalk to
write messages on Milledge
Avenue, but the team pro
vided Athens-Clarke
County documentation
showing the chalking had
been permitted. Therefore,
the team did not receive
this sanction.
Two sanctions stand for
campaigning before it offi
cially began and obscuring
posters on Miller Learning
Center bulletin boards.
The Green Team also
launched a Web site, www.
stopugawaste.com, so stu
dents can anonymously
report wasteful spending.
Voting in the SGA elec
tion ends tonight at 11:59
on OASIS.
ELECHON:
School
funding
top goal
► From Pago 1
grants for the University.
“There are numerous
federal programs that
provide funds for local
governments to invest In
job-creating infrastruc
ture, such as roads,
bridges and mass transit.
With an effective repre
sentative in Congress,
Georgia District 10 could
enjoy these programs’
benefits,” Edwards said.
He said similar pro
grams, which he plans to
bring to Georgia, exist
for school-funding.
Dan Coenen, a profes
sor at the School of Law
who Edwards cited as a
positive influence, said
Edwards possesses noble
traits which will help him
succeed in life.
“I think he’s a very
motivated, bright, ener
getic person and student,
and I think he’ll bring
these abilities to whatev
er task he undertakes,”
Coenen said.
He also said Edwards
is dedicated to public
service, saying Edwards
set a record for the larg
est amount of money
raised through an Equal
Justice event.
“That’s a very thank
less Job that requires
great organizational abil
ity,” Coenen said.
Deena Overbye, a
sophomore from Atlanta,
said Edwards is appeal
ing because he attends
the University.
“It makes me more
interested in his views
because I can relate to
him more," Overbye said.
Edwards said his expe
riences at the University
will aid him if elected.
“The connections I’ve
made and the work I’ve
done in law school will
serve me well as I navi
gate Washington,” he
said.
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