Tevon Hyman is a sophomore Political Science major running for the Presidency for Hofstra's Student Government Association. He has since held both the positions of Club Information Chair and Archivist at the same time, and has this year stepped up to become SGA's Rules Chair. Tevon has also chaired in SGA's Constitutional Convention Committee, which was responsible for updating and re-working SGA'
s old constitution to better fit the changing demands of Hofstra students. AMong other involvements around campus, Tevon is also the founder of Hofstra's Mock Trial Club and currently sits as its President. Harjyot Singh, better known to others as simply Ron, is a sophomore political science major running for Hofstra's Student Government Association's Vice Presidency. Ron has been involved in SGA since midway through his freshman year, and has not taken his foot off the petal since. Ron has officially served on SGA's Public Relations Committee for what has now been two years. But he has also become a reliable resource for many other committees within Student Government including its Academic Affairs, Club Relations, Rules, and Programming Committees. Ron has also served as a voting representative on SGA's first constitutional convention, contributing to the creation of a more efficient budget allocation process, a university programming board, amongst other reforms. A Campaign Platform: Let's Bring Hofstra Together
Club Relations:
1) Continue to foster the relationship between SGA and Clubs.
2) Increasing the liking between different clubs: Let's get more people from different clubs going to other the events of other clubs. A) Year-long Club Tournament-through rivalries and competitions we will breed respect. B) Encourage Club involvement during Fall Festival-its not only for Greeks and SGA
C) Beginning of the year leadership dinner-let's network and start building relationships right away. Communication:
1) Decrease the Hofstra Shuffle
The How? A) Lets clarify all routes through a category based system (i.e. if category red then you have to do 1, 2, and 3 versus category green is a simple one step process) we will propose to administration. B) Let''s see what we can cut
2) Get Administration on the same page as students through clear channels of communication, Hofstra is not a business, it's a University.
3) Make it a priority to deliver information and solutions to Students, so questions will be answered an we can finally go about having new problems. Dining Services:
1) Hold Lackman Accountable and fight for dining service hours especially during Finals week. Simple: We just won't take no for an answer.
2) Make an effort to build a familiarity with the Lackman staff as that will ultimately contribute to a better Hofstra. Spirit:
1) Increase school spirit
The How? A) Increasing the liking between different athletic programs
B) Increase the interaction between athletes and students. C) A documentary viewing of an inside view of Cheerleaders on campus, increasing their appreciation around campus. They've won what six years in row now? D) Fight for a Midnight Madness at Midnight.
