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ELECTION

2011

An election for the agesOn Feb. 22-23 students will vote for the 2011-2012 ASUP Executive Board. !e winners will have the power to distribute over $400,000 in student funds, write resolutions

that will alter your future and represent your voice to the administration. Whom will you choose?

Danielle Bibbs & Chris Collins

President and Vice President

Zack Imfeld & Chloe Ruffin

TreasurerCaitlin Chu Andy Ottolia

Name: Danielle Bibbs

Year: Junior

Major: Communication studies

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I would like to be

a part of the ASUP Executive Board for two reasons.

First, I would like to represent the voice of the students

of UP. I want to play a big role in making sure our

students are heard and that they are answered either by

discussion or by action. The only way to ensure that is

by working with the administration, Board of Regents

and with the school president. Second, this is my only

chance to run as I’ll be a senior next year. So it’s now

or never.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the Uni-versity of Portland: School activities that I have

been and am currently involved in include: Army

ROTC, Associated Students of the University of Port-

land (ASUP), Ohana/UP Connections, Organización

Latinoamericana Estudiantil (OLE), Guam Club, Ma-

riachi Performance Club (Los Chavos), Black Student

Union (BSU) and Encounter With Christ (Campus

Ministry).

I am also a big supporter and frequent volunteer of

the College Republicans, the Hawaii Club and Movi-

miento Estudiantil de Chicanos de Aztlán (MECHA.)

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to ac-complish them?: My goals as an ASUP Executive

Board member include maintaining my position to the

best of my abilities. This includes learning everything

that I can and doing everything in my power to make

sure the Executive Board and the Senate are at their

personal best. I hope to inspire others to become in-

volved in student government or just take a greater in-

terest in their academics.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: If elected, I would like to reach my

constituency by being where the people are. I would

like to attend club meetings, participate in a variety of

school events and have a greater hand in serving our

community. I hope to create informal events in

which my constituents could come and !nd

me outside of the ASUP of!ce or other

ASUP events. I also would like to

be a frequent user of social me-

dia including Facebook and

Twitter in order to contact,

inform and hear from my

constituency.

Name: Christopher Collins

Year: Junior

Major: History and German studies

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I want to be part of

the AUSP Executive Board because I have gained a

great amount of experience by serving in ASUP as both

the Shipstad Senator my freshman year and as one of

the Off-Campus Senators this year. Also, I feel like I

am well equipped to both listen to students’ concerns

and work to !x any problems they see on campus.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the Uni-versity of Portland: I was a Senator for Shipstad

my freshman year and an Off-Campus Senator my ju-

nior year. I did not participate in Senate my sophomore

year because I was studying abroad in Salzburg for the

year. This year in addition to being in Senate, I am on

the APA Committee.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to ac-complish them?: Some of my goals as a member

of the ASUP Executive Board are to continue the cur-

rent Executive Board’s work on making ASUP more

transparent and accessible to a larger portion of the

student body. I have already spearheaded resolutions

such a comprehensive e-mail newsletter to allow stu-

dents quick and easy

access to the happen-

ings of ASUP and other

clubs on campus. Also,

I will work with the Uni-

versity to create a more

diverse UP community in re-

gards to people with different

social, economic and cultural

backgrounds and try to get the

diversity to overarch into all aspects of

the University’s motto of teaching, faith and

service. One way I can do this is by engaging and

working with the Moreau Center and clubs on campus

to use ASUP to better promote and help facilitate di-

versity in a positive and tangible way.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: If elected, Danielle Bibbs and I will

work together to host numerous events to get the stu-

dent body and us together and enable us to communi-

cate about different problems on campus and how and

what they want to see changed on campus. We will

also work to get the ASUP of!ce known as a place

where students can stop by not only to voice a concern

or complaint, but also to socialize and know ASUP is

here for them.

Name: Chloe Ruf!n

Year: Junior

Major: Education

Please brie!y state why you wish to

be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I love UP.

The three years I’ve spent on

The Bluff have been the best. I

love the people, the sense of commu-

nity, the spirit of service and the coopera-

tive commitment to achieve excellence demon-

strated by students and faculty alike. My experience has

been particularly enriched as a result of my three years

of service in the ASUP Senate.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the Univer-sity of Portland: During my time at the University,

I have been ASUP Mehling Hall Senator, ASUP sopho-

more class senator, ASUP School of Education senator,

ASUP Campus Affairs Committee member, ASUP Com-

mittee on Infrastructure Chair, ASUP Club Recognition

and Advisory Committee Chair, on the ASUP Elections

Committee, a CPB Coffeehouse Coordinator for two

years, Treasurer of Kappa Delta Pi and on the Founder’s

Day Committee for two years.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to ac-

complish them?: First, I would be to improve com-

munication between ASUP and clubs. This year, $15,000

was wasted by clubs not spending their budget. I would

create a “Club Liaison” position within the Senate to

work with clubs to ensure they best utilize their funds.

Second, I would improve the West Side Quad. I would

form a committee that included administrative/facilities

staff and student representatives whose sole purpose

would be to address this issue. Lastly, I would increase

awareness regarding ASUP as a student resource. I feel

more students need a better understanding of how ASUP

can serve them and that their voices can be heard. We

could invite particular groups of students to each meet-

ings (ex: engineering, seniors, intramurals, etc.)

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: You name it, and I will do what it

takes to reach my constituency. I am willing to hold my

of!ce hours on campus during a time/place when the

largest majority of the students are there. I’ll also uti-

lize media and technology to reach my constituents. I

will work with the Tech Department to utilize the Portal/

My Communities. I would also create a Facebook group

where members of my constituency could openly dis-

cuss any concerns or suggestions. Twitter and texting

are also viable options. I will reach my constituency

by active listening. Sometimes, people just want to be

heard. A majority of the compliments/complaints that

Senate receives is by word of mouth.

Name: Zack Imfeld

Year: Junior

Major: Theology

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: The Executive Board

plays an important role in UP students’ lives. I would

love the opportunity to positively affect the lives of my

fellow Pilots because I truly love this university and the

people on this campus. I would be able to speak clearly

and con!dently to the administration and university

community as an ambassador for the students. Also, I

currently have relationships with several members of

the administration, and I believe the connections I cur-

rently have will allow me to effectively communicate

the needs of my fellow students to the administration

to make a positive change to our campus.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at

the University of Portland:

I have been an ASUP Senator,

the Committee Chair of Over-

sight and ASUP Awareness,

Villa Maria Hall President,

a Praise and Fellowship

leader, a Villa Mass musi-

cian, an Encounter team

member, a Villa Maria

hall receptionist and a student ambassador.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to ac-complish them?: My goals include listening to the

students and doing my best to get their voices heard,

working with the administration to make our campus

better, !xing the West Side Quad and spending the

money students pay for their Student Government fee,

and have those monies affect our current UP student

population. I will accomplish these goals by main-

taining regular of!ce hours, being a good listener and

available to my fellow students, building strong ties

with the administration to get work done on campus

and encourage clubs to spend money and dream big!

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: Frankly, I will do whatever it takes.

Whether it’s e-mails, of!ce hours or meeting people

around campus, I will encourage open communica-

tion with every UP student because all of our voices

are equal. I will effectively present the views of the

students to the university community, so I believe that

listening and effectively communicating our needs will

be important. I would like to hold of!ce hours outside

of St. Mary’s in the Bauccio Commons or Pilot House

because those buildings get the most foot traf!c and

that way the students will have easier access to the Ex-

ecutive Board so their voices can be heard.

Name: Caitlin Chu

Year: Sophomore

Major: Accounting and !nance

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I want

to be a part of the ASUP Exec. Board because I

have been a part of ASUP for almost two years

now and I love being able to be the voice of the

student body. This is also a great opportunity for

me to do something I have wanted to do since I

came to UP.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the University of Portland: I have been

a freshman workshop leader, a peer mentor, an

ASUP Senator (Mehling Hall Senator, Financial

Management Board), involved in Relay for Life

(general committee member, Accounting and

Registration Chair), and currently active in Al-

pha Kappa Psi.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to accomplish them?: I will moti-

vate clubs and organizations to spend all of their

allocated funds each semester and encouraging

clubs to reallocate funds in order to spend all

their funds before budget meetings. I will fairly

allocate funds to clubs and organizations that

have spent their funds well or ask for modest

funds by reviewing a club’s past spending. I will

uphold the !nance policy and ensure the Senate

and Finance Committee are regularly reviewing

the policy. I will work closely with the Inven-

tory Committee to ensure funds are not being

allocated toward additional items that already

exist within a club or organization.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: As a former senator, I

sent out monthly e-mails to my constituents to

update them on issues discussed in senate. I be-

lieve e-mail is the most ef!cient way of reach-

ing my constituency because every student at

UP has to check his or her e-mail at some point

in the day. I will also use Facebook groups to

reach out to those constituents who are always

on Facebook and not so much on their e-mail.

Name: Andy Ottolia

Year: Junior

Major: Business

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I am a UP

business student with a large interest in !nancial

success. As an ASUP Exec. Board member I will

do everything in my power to help ensure !nan-

cial decisions in a successful manner.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the University of Portland: I have been a

Senator from 2009-2010, an E-Scholar and the

Founder and CEO of P-Town Global LLC.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to accomplish them?: Communcation will be

key in how I will accomplish my tasks as ASUP

Treasurer. I plan to keep an organized and consis-

tent record of all the !nances within ASUP.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constituency?: I will have weekly of-

!ce hours. I am also very open-minded toward

anyone who would like to dicuss any concerns.

SecretaryKristin Johnson

Name: Kristin Johnson

Year: Junior

Major: Political science

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: I wish to be a part of the ASUP Exec.

Board because I want to increase awareness of ASUP around

campus, and its related activities, in order to get students more

involved in the UP community.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the University of Portland: I

was the Relay for Life Co-advocacy Chair and member of Col-

leges Against Cancer.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to accomplish them?:

As an ASUP Exec. Board member, my goals would be to provide

a well-organized foundation for the Senate and Exec. Board as

well as be a positive representation and advocate for the UP stu-

dent body. I would accomplish these goals by taking great respon-

sibility in my duties as ASUP secretary.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constitu-ency?: If elected, in order to reach my constituency I would

make sure to be an active participant in Senate and Exec. Board

meetings and take responsibility in providing and advertising im-

portant information to the students.

VOTER’S PAMPHLET: ASUP EXECUTIVE BOARD 2011-201210 February 17, 2011

Campus Program Board Director

Sean Ducey How to voteOnline voting • starts at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22nd and ends 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23rd. To vote, go to Pi-• lotsUP.

Hillary White

Name: Hillary White

Year: Junior

Major: Organizational communication

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: The Campus Program Board is

such an important component of UP life and culture. It helps

to build community among students and is a major player in

campus life. I, as the CPB Director, want to continue to bring

students fun events they are excited to attend. CPB events are a

great way to bring students together, and I want to continue to

be the leader of such an important cornerstone of campus life.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the University of Port-land: I currently hold the position of CPB Director, and last

year as a sophomore I was the CPB Films Co-Chair and the

Spring Dance Co-Coordinator. In fall of 2009, I was on the

Election’s Committee, and I was an orientation assistant. I’m a

member of Alpha Lambda Delta.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Member. How are you going to accomplish them?: From my experience as a member of the ASUP Exec-

utive Board, I know how important it is for all of the members

to keep in touch with their constituents. Our job is to be the

voice of the students, and that is done best when we are in con-

tact with as many students as possible. It is really important to

turn that communication around and make ASUP transparent.

My goal is to increase transparency by getting students to want

to know what is going on in both ASUP and CPB. Name rec-

ognition is the most important vehicle for this change. I think

that if students start to connect CPB and ASUP together, then

we can start to in"uence their views of either organization. We

need to create a culture of students looking at the ASUP My

Communities page for information regarding senate meetings,

CPB events and club support. Only then can ASUP become a

vibrant, recognizable life-force of this campus.

If elected, what will you do to reach your con-stituency?: CPB already uses e-mail, Facebook and posters,

but I want to do more to reach off-campus students. To do this,

I want to make CPB updates and news more readily available.

I want to make the background on the library computers up-

coming CPB news so any student who logs on to a computer

has CPB updates ready for them. I want to add a calendar to

the St. Mary’s Student Center and the Pilot House with CPB

events for the semester. Also, I want to continue to increase the

turnout at CPB meetings. If more people attend our meetings,

then we will have even better input on what students want,

which makes CPB events that much better.

Name: Sean Ducey

Year: Sophomore

Major: Secondary English and

education

Please brie!y state why you wish to be part of the ASUP Exec. Board: As an

active leader in CPB for the past

two years, I have had the oppor-

tunity to observe many different

CPB activities through a support-

ive yet critical perspective. By at-

tending weekly meetings, movies

and many other events, I recog-

nize the need for a unique style of

leadership – one I would be hon-

ored to provide. I would like to

serve as the CPB Director so that

I can use my many experiences to

improve CPB: effectively promot-

ing activities voiced by the stu-

dents, for the students. I want to

in"uence change, enhancing each

student’s time on this campus. I

am involved in many aspects of

campus, so I have a good sense of

what students would like. I have

plans to get more feedback from

our constituency. I have served in

essentially every program CPB

does. I hope to broaden my ser-

vice to improve our programs.

Please list the activities and groups with which you have been involved at the University of Port-land: I have been on CPB in the

past. I was the Dance of the De-

cades coordinator for the last two

years, a CPB sound technician

and a member of the Villa Drum

Squad. I have been involved in

Relay for Life, a Hall Intern, have

participated and led on Encounter

with Christ Retreat and the Alas-

ka Plunge, am an admissions tour

guide, a receptionist in the School

of Education, an altar server, a

hall retreat coordinator, an activi-

ties fair coordinator, a member

of the League of Extraordinary

Gentlemen. Also a proud Eagle

Scout, where I Still work during

the summer.

Please list your goals as an ASUP Exec. Board Mem-ber. How are you going to accomplish them?: I want

to bring a big name performer to

campus. I attended a class to learn

how to do it. I understand the

work it will take, but I want to see

this happen. I will use Facebook

and the “new” Portal to better

communicate CPB events. I want

to see better communication with

off-campus students. I want to

obtain more feedback on events,

and I want more student say in

movie selections. I want to add

new activities to keep students

interested in the events while si-

multaneously keeping events that

are highly successful and popular.

Finally, I want to move funds to

have one more Coffeehouse per

semester.

If elected, what will you do to reach your constitu-ency?: First, I would include as

many student voices as possible.

In doing so, CPB can restructure

the budget to better suit the wants

and needs of students. Second, I

will implore my fellow students

to offer more suggestions to form

programs. Once we establish this

program for the UP community,

CPB will effectively incorporate

as many opinions as possible.

If elected, student opinion – not

the decisions of a select group

of individuals – would lead this

campus to events our constituents

would enjoy. Finally, I look to

better promote programs and ac-

tivities organized by the Campus

Program Board.