Elections are a time of looking toward the future, of testing moral character, of combat, and on April 8, Loyola will become a battleground.
Campaigns for the Student Government Association elections have begun, and though there are many positions being vied for, the two positions sitting in the spotlight are SGA president and vice president.
“Being SGA President is a 24/7 job. You never stop representing students and working on initiatives,” said Kate Gremillion, current SGA president. “Whether it is having coffee with students about problems on campus, sitting in meetings or attending concerts to support fellow students, it never stops.”
The official job of the SGA president comes with a lot of responsibilities, such as acting as the final authority on all executive decisions, approving or vetoing all acts of Senate and creating a recommended budget at the beginning of every semester.
Michael Morin, SGA’s current vice president, said the vice president’s job is a daily task. He is in charge of running the Senate meetings once a week, keeping track of the progress each senator has made on their initiatives, and appointing senators to internal committees.
“Preparing for the meetings, making agendas and copies of new legislation for senators, setting up the meeting room” are all part of his responsibilities, said Morin, and are things he was not initially prepared for.
Despite the heavy workload, Morin said he would not trade his time as vice president for anything.
“This position presented me with the opportunity to work with the student body in a larger way than I had before, which is the reason I joined SGA in the first place,” Morin said. “It has been such an integral part of my time here that I am strongly considering a career in leadership development for higher education.”
Gremillion agreed. “Though being SGA president is a constant roller coaster of challenges and successes, I would say overall it has been an amazing experience that has exceeded every expectation. I loved the people I surrounded myself with and I will not regret a single moment.”
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