Provided are profiles for some of the students running for executive positions in the Student Association and the Campus Activities Board. Those candidates without a “Q&A” did not respond to our interview requests.

STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Name: Brent Keller

Year, major: Junior organizational management major

Candidacy: President

Q: What are some of your goals?

A: My goals as president are the following: expand the existing Mass Transit system and make it as responsive as possible to the needs of students; work more closely with the Greek Community to effectively address their concerns; build a collaborative relationship with the City of DeKalb.

Name: Lauren Mock

Year, major: Senior English major

Candidacy: Vice President

Q: As Vice-President, you will take on a lot of responsibilities involving student clubs/organizations. Why do you think you can serve as an effective communicator between the SA and the various student clubs on campus?

A: My positions with in the SA have prepared me for the communication which is necessary between the organizations and myself. As student secretary I communicated on a daily basis with many organizations on campus. I understand the concerns of many organizations and believe that through my experience and knowledge of these concerns I can alleviate some of them and build better relationship between the SA and the organizations on campus.

Name: Patrick Echols

Year, major: Junior marketing major

Candidacy: Treasurer

Name: DuJuan E. Smith

Year, major: Adult and higher education graduate student

Candidacy: Student Trustee

Q: The previous trustee, Shaun Crisler, had an active role in getting GPS monitors into the residence halls. As trustee, will you also be embarking on a large project?

A: Yes, I am planning to accomplish a few things as Student Trustee. A) I want to work on creating more opportunities for NIU students to Study Abroad, B) I want expand the services of the Students’ Legal Assistance Office, and C) I want to work to get students more involved on various committees and the SA Senate.

CAMPUS ACTIVITIES BOARD

CONTESTED ELECTION

Name: Amanda K. Williams

Year, major: Junior journalism major with an emphasis in public relations

Candidacy: President

Q: What are some of your goals?

A: My main goal is to put on programs which students get excited about. I want the students to look forward to CAB events. I want people to talk. We are considering more large-scale events in the future. Also, it is important for many students to become CAB members through committee involvement. I want students and student organizations to feel comfortable approaching CAB.

Name: Lonnie Pollard

Year, major: Business student-at-large

Candidacy: President

Q: What are some of your goals?

A: I would work to make CAB self-sufficient, making some affordable and realistic budget cuts and reallocations. I would co-sponsor a CAB merge with Channel 8, which would bring together the largest programming organization on campus with an existing outlet that would operate as a marketing and presentation tool. I would seek diversified programming by making honest and full-fledged attempts to seek and attain the campus input on artists, shows, bands, and other forms of entertainment that would attract the largest numbers of our diverse student body

Name: Sandra Diaz

Year, major: Junior Spanish literature major

Candidacy: Vice President for Programming

Q: What are some of your goals?

A: Some of my goals for this position are to help CAB reach out to students more, help students become more involved throughout NIU student activities; I want to encompass the interest of all groups and organizations at NIU. Another one of my goals is to plan more events related to cultural awareness with an educational motivation.

Name: Anquineice K. McDaniel

Year, major: Junior biological sciences major

Candidacy: Vice President for Administration

CONTESTED ELECTION

Name: Emeka Chike-Obi

Year, major: Senior accountancy major

Candidacy: Vice President for Finance

Q: How are you qualified to serve as VP for Finance?

A: I am very qualified to serve as [CAB] Vice-President for Finance for three main reasons: The first reason is that I am the current Vice-President of Finance for [CAB] and am already familiar and acclimated with the organization. The second reason is that I have experience dealing with large sums of money through my membership on the Finance Committee of the SA (which is responsible for about 1.5 million dollars). I dealt with finances on a daily basis during my internship at ELKAY Manufacturing. The third main reason is that I held an accounting internship this past summer with ELKAY Manufacturing’s accounting department which taught me how to deal with money and also showed me how different departments of an organization (marketing, finance, administration, etc) interrelate and work together.

Name: Idorenyin “Idy” Udoisa

Year, major: Senior finance major

Candidacy: Vice President for Finance