Gustavus Student Senate News

The annual Relay For Life is scheduled for Friday April 18th 2008 with the opening ceremony at 6pm. There are currently 43 teams and so far $14,395.74 have been raised! It is still not too late to register for the event! The final registration of teams and check in will be at 5pm tomorrow! Relay For Life is an event where people come to celebrate those who have survived cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against a disease that touches too many lives. It will go from 7pm to 7am and will have bands, food and fun activities. The Gustavus Choir will also be preforming at 8:30. Last year we raised over $50,000 which was the second highest in the nation and first in the Midwest. We look forward to another great Relay For Life and hope to see everyone there!

Ever wonder who exactly is on Senate? Here is a list of current Senators and Cabinet members with their titles. Contact your representative and discuss with them what you want to see done at Gustavus!
Co President-Kim Braun
Co-President-Lucas Neher
Vice President of Administration-Shawn Grygo
Director of Communications-Jon Kidd
Vice President of Finance-Ashley Melville
Controller-Maari Hanson
Floor Leader/Parliamentarian-Scott Broady
Co-Webmaster-Derek Holm
Co-Webmaster-Matt Olson
Class of 2008- Holly Bernstetter
Class of 2008- Zach Walgenbach
Class of 2009- Ryan Dobbs
Class of 2009- Charles Norgaard
Class of 2010- Jordan Klitzke
Class of 2010- Andrew Nelson
Class of 2011- James Ebeling
Class of 2011- Anne Raetz
Class of 2011-Rachel Schmitt
International Students Rep- Chenyu Yang
Co-Ed Rep- Anna Druzik
Co-Ed Rep- Colleen Ganser
Co-Ed Rep- Michelle Tanner
Pittman Rep- Claire Melendez
Pittman Rep- Emily Thayer
Sorenson Rep- Alison Utke
North Rep-Amber Hanson
Gibbs Rep- Jennifer Lee
Sohre Rep-Jericho Westendorf
Uhler Rep-Nick Harper
Uhler Rep-Christine Caldwell
IC Rep-Jake Patridge
Rundstrom Rep-Steve Palmer
Southwest Rep-Chris Ditlevson
Southwest Rep- Bill Tonolli
Arbor View Rep-Joel Beachey
Prairie View Rep-Sean Maertens
College View Rep- Connor Bennett
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Tony Spain
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Nick Zorn
Off Campus/ILS House Representative- Harry Youngvorst

Now that we have all settled back in from spring break, readjusted to the homework load, and for most of us, have really started to enjoy the nice sunny 80 degree weather!……or not so much. Right now its cold and rainy and the forecast doesn’t look to have a promising weekend outlook with snow very possible…….good old Minnesota weather!…..Hey but next week calls for high 50’s and low 60’s with sun!!! On a different note we thought you may be interested in knowing how to post events to the GACspot calendar. If you and/or your organization wants to put something on the GACspot calendar there is a very easy way to do so. Just click on the Student Senate link at the top (between the resources and Events links) and scroll down to GACspot and over to Submit an Event. Fill out all the information and hit the submit event button and we will put the event on the GACspot calendar, easy as that!

Here are the results from the Spring 2008 Student Senate Elections!  Thanks to all those who participated, both as candidates and voters.  The names of those individuals who will be representing their class or residence, as well as the names of the new co-presidents, have been starred (*).  The voter turn-out for each class and for the total student body has also been included.  If you have any questions about the results of this year’s election, please contact me, Erin Koppang, at ekoppang@gac.edu.

(Note: The results for Southwest Hall Representative are pending and will be released following a run-off election, to be held the evening of Wednesday, February 27th.)

Erin Koppang
Vice President for Administration
Student Senate

SPRING 2008 ELECTION RESULTS

CO-PRESIDENTS

*Kimberly Braun/Lucas Neher - 53%

Chad Allen/Justin Martin - 45%

Other - 2%

CLASS OF 2011

*Rachel Schmitt - 61%

Haylie Nietzell - 37%

Other - 2%

CLASS OF 2010

*Jon Kidd - 59%

Andrew Nelson - 41%

CLASS OF 2009

*Charles Norgaard - 36%

*Ryan Dobbs - 30%

Andrew Evenson - 28%

Harry Youngvorst - 3%

Other - 3%

INTERNATIONAL CENTER

*Jacob Partridge - 100%

RUNDSTROM HALL

*Steve Palmer - 86%

Other - 14%

SORENSEN HALL

*Mark Pedginski (write-in) - 14%

Alison Utke (write-in) - 14% (declined)

Other - 72%

SOUTHWEST HALL

Bill Tonolli (write-in) - 15%

Brian Fahey (write-in) - 15%

Other - 70%

*Results pending

UHLER HALL

*Nick Harper - 79%

*Christine Caldwell - 2.16% 

Rian Pfund (write-in) - 4% (declined)

Jonathan Kidd (write-in) - 4% (declined)

Matthew Heider - 2.16% (declined)

Tesia Kubat - 2.16% (declined)

Patrick Young - 2.16% (declined)

Drew Clark - 2.16% (declined)

Brett Wilker - 2.16% (declined)

SRPRING 2008 VOTER TURN-OUT

Class of 2011 - 39%

Class of 2010 - 38%

Class of 2009 - 28%

Class of 2008 - 11%

Total Student Body - 29%

Gain valuable leadership experience and serve your fellow students! Applications are available at the SAO for the spring Student Senate elections! The following positions are up for election:

• President/Vice President or Co-Presidents -three semester term
• Class of 2011 Representative (one seat) - two semester term
• Class of 2010 Representative (one seat) - two semester term
• Class of 2009 Representatives (two seats) - three semester terms
• Rundstrom Hall Representative (one seat) - one semester term
• Sorensen Hall Representative (one seat) - one semester term
• Southwest Hall Representative (one seat) - one semester term
• Uhler Hall Representative (one seat) - one semester term

Keep checking GACspot for further election updates!

Greetings and welcome back to spring semester and to GACspot.com, the first and only website entirely created and run by Gustavus students, for Gustavus students!

This website, commissioned and run by the Student Senate, created by Stephen Titcombe ‘09, is meant to be the ultimate student site. In order to make this site as useful as possible we have loaded it with all the links a college student needs. From movie theaters and Gus Bus info, to calendars, academic info, web advisor and many more links found on the top navigation bar, you can access almost any site you will ever need.

But wait, while those sites are great are they really the sites students use the most? Probably not, which is why we’ve included some of the top sites just to your left! Here you can find your email, google, the dictionary and of course facebook.

Another feature to take advantage of is the GACspot event calendar. Whether you are looking for something to do on a given night or are looking for more ways to advertise your event, GACspot has you covered. To submit an event use the bar on the top (Student Senate > GACspot > Submit an Event).

While all this is great, the best part about GACspot is that it is run by students, which means it can easily change! The Student Senate webmaster is responsible for the upkeep of GACspot (that’s who you can blame if the site crashes… not us!!) and can easily make changes so that the site is what student’s want and need. In fact, you can submit your comments, suggestions and questions directly to the webmaster by using the “Contact Us” link by going through the Student Senate/GACspot links via the top of the page.

There is obviously a lot to see and do here on GACspot so take some time to explore and let us know what you think by contacting us! We’ll also be sure to highlight certain features of the site through the next couple of weeks.

We hope you enjoy the site!

Chris Edelbrock and Tony Spain

Student Senate Co-Presidents