Newly-elected Student Association Vice President John Quilico said he wants to clean up the vice presidential office after it ran into so much trouble this year.

Quilico, who ran unopposed and took 768 votes in the elections, said he sympathized with this year’s Vice President Tanya Smith after her problems with an impeachment and lack of communication with the SA office.

But Quilico said he will be part of a cohesive executive board which will include a lot of communication.

“I do not think you are going to see one executive going off on his own tangent without consulting the other members,” he said.

Smith’s latest problem involved a power struggle with the University of Programming and Activities office who recognized student organizations without telling the SA about it.

The SA senate is supposed to have the power to recognize all student organizations, which also means the groups can receive student activity funds.

Quilico said he hopes to prevent those problems by reducing the size of the recognition packets the organizations need to fill out and getting the process done faster.

“I think that the paperwork is a bit tedious,” he said. “I really want to limit the amount of paperwork they have to go through immediately so they can begin doing what they need to do for the rest of the school year.”

Quilico said he is also looking to clamp down on no-shows at the senate meetings.

“I am going to run a tight ship. I do not want to hear any excuses for why senators are missing meetings,” he said.

Though he ran unopposed, Quilico said he did not glide through the campaign. He said he followed Came to talk to student groups.

“It was important to be with the students, to meet them, (and) establish a working relationship with them because eventually I would be the man in office,” Quilico said.