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On every Austin Community College campus, April 18 and 19, students were given the opportunity to vote for Student Government Association officers and elect the candidates they felt would best address their needs.
Anastasia Trevino, a candidate for president, promised students she would "bring all [her] energy… experience… [and] dedication… to the students of Austin Community College."
She listed in her platform better job opportunities, better parking and addressing the lack of tutors at the tutoring lab between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. According to Trevino, student life at ACC should be "more fun, more interesting, less problematic, more convenient and more exciting" than it is now.
Billy Stallings, who was SGA Director of Communications during the last term is also running for president.
"I understand that many things are 'lost in translation' between the actual real-world needs of the student body, and the college's leadership and administration," said Stallings. In order to facilitate students' needs as president, Stallings said he plans on minimizing the difficulty students have when seeking aid in advising offices.
Stallings said he envisions the SGA working to "create a more inclusive relationship between the student body and the college's student services."
Nick Snyder also ran for president. Snyder, a two-time treasurer for the SGA, promised "to create a sense of community among [ACC] students [by] building connections with the other clubs and organizations around the various campuses." Snyder said he also promises to make SGA more
visible among students.
As issues like better student parking, easier access to advising offices and better tutor help in labs are being recognized by the candidates, the need for student participation in elections is all the more important.
However, in a recent poll conducted at ACC, students are still not as concerned about the elections. One student, David Schrieber, a sophomore at the Northridge campus said he never even knew elections for the SGA were being held. Schrieber said that even if he had known about elections, he probably still would not have voted.
Jared Adams an Engineering Design Graphics major, said he too did not know about the elections. Adams said that if he had known about the elections, being a person who is very much interested in politics, he would have researched each candidate's platform and would have made it his duty to participate in the elections.
The majority of the students polled were unaware of the elections and the majority of those polled said that if they had known they probably would not have made much effort to vote.
Election results are slated to be announced at the Nite in the Life awards ceremony April 28, and will be posted on campuses the following day.
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