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Our View: Shelby Norman for Vice President of Student Affairs

Our View: Shelby Norman for Vice President of Student Affairs

CW Editorial Board February 28, 2016

By The CW Editorial BoardThe office of vice president of Student Affairs is the most wide-ranging and all-encompassing office in the SGA barring only the presidency. Its dominion covers every issue that...

Our View: Hunter Richey for Vice President of Financial Affairs

Our View: Hunter Richey for Vice President of Financial Affairs

CW Editorial Board February 28, 2016

By CW Editorial BoardThe race for vice president of Financial Affairs features two of the most qualified and impressive candidates for any office. That being said, the CW Editorial Board believes Hunter...

Our View: Kelsi Long for Executive Secretary

Our View: Kelsi Long for Executive Secretary

CW Editorial Board February 28, 2016

The role of the executive secretary requires a person who is above all honest, transparent, detail-oriented and accountable to students. While past executive secretaries have taken it upon themselves to...

Our View: Alli Selman for Vice President of External Affairs

Our View: Alli Selman for Vice President of External Affairs

CW Editorial Board February 28, 2016

By CW Editorial BoardThe Crimson White Editorial Board wholeheartedly endorses Alli Selman for vice president of external affairs. Selman’s interview with the Board was the most pleasantly refreshing...

Forward together

Forward together

Jordan J. Forrest February 26, 2016

Driven by my passion to empower the student body, I will strive to help every student at this university achieve financial success. My name is Jordan Forrest, and I am running to become the vice president...

Experience, ideas and an even better UA

Experience, ideas and an even better UA

Hunter Richey February 26, 2016

I have a plan for the position of vice president of Financial Affairs. My SGA experience, most recently as a senator for the College of Business and alternate member of the SGA Financial Affairs Committee,...

SGA should be student support system

Kelsi Long February 26, 2016

Numerous people ask me, "What drives you? Why do you want to be Executive Secretary?" My answer is always the same. I was a teaching assistant for General Business Administration 145. I was afforded the...

From the country to the Capstone

From the country to the Capstone

Alli Selman February 25, 2016

Coming to school in one of the most affluent cities in Alabama makes it easy to forget. Easy to forget that not everyone has the luxuries that we are afforded. Easy to forget that it is the very few that...

Success in the classroom and beyond

Success in the classroom and beyond

Kara Whelply February 25, 2016

My name is Kara Whelply and I want to be your next Vice President of Academic Affairs. I am a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies through New College with a depth study of global public health...

A sustainable SGA

A sustainable SGA

Miranda Cobb February 25, 2016

From the start of my career at The Capstone, it became very evident that the Student Government Association was my calling. During my three years here, I have held the positions of First Year Councilor,...

First, we are students

First, we are students

Alex Smith February 25, 2016

I learned to be a fighter from my mother. I’ve spent the majority of my life watching my mother overcome an abusive marriage and work two jobs to provide for me, while simultaneously raising me to be...

Empowering students, expanding opportunities

Empowering students, expanding opportunities

Ben Leake February 25, 2016

I’m Ben Leake, a junior from Lexington, Illinois, majoring in management information systems and finance. This spring, I’m running for executive vice president of our SGA.Over the past two years, I’ve...