Nagle, Matha meet few students
By MOLLY McVOY
Saint Mary's Editor
The lone ticket running for Saint Mary's student body president/vice president, Michelle Nagle and Kristen Matha, had the opportunity to present their platform to the student body Thursday night at a meet the candidates event.
The sparsely attended event gave the Nagle/Matha ticket the chance to answer questions from the elections commissioner and students in attendance.
"We would like to invite the entire community into student government during our administration," Nagle said.
The questions from the elections commissioner addressed their platform and how they were going to achieve their objectives. Among the issues Nagle/Matha discussed was the adding a Holy Cross representative to board of governance.
"They [Holy Cross] admire us," Nagle said. "What we envision with the Holy Cross representative is to get to know them as people and bring them in so they can get to know us."
They also discussed the "State of the Student Address" they are planning. They explained that the address that would occur at the beginning of each semester would serve both to inform the student body of student government's actions and to keep student government accountable to the student body.
"The heart of the platform is make sure we're accessible," Nagle said.
After the prepared questions, the audience had an opportunity to address the candidates with their own concerns. One of the first questions they answered was in respect to their future administration's relationship to the Saint Mary's administration.
"We met with every administrator before we decided to run because we didn't think the student voice was being communicated in the best way it could," Nagle said. "We are looking for the best way to represent the student body to the administration."
They also addressed the recent elimination of the track program from Saint Mary's athletics. As a varsity basketball player, Matha explained that she saw the frustration of the team, but also saw why the administration saw the elimination was necessary.
"It is definitely unfortunate," Matha said. "I understand where the administration is coming from, however. We need coaches and our equipment is very outdated. If the track team is going to compete at the level they want to compete at, we need to have adequate facilities on our own campus."
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