On April 13, ASNIC will be holding spring elections.
NIC students will elect eight new senators, as well as a new vice president and president.
There are currently 15 candidates running.
For senate: Clinton Marsters, Andy Hughes, Joshua Brands, Gustave Lester, Angel Hartz, Duncan Menzies, Christopher Deane, Justin Blakley, Michelle Mori.
For vice president: Joey Pena, Sarah Greene.
For president: Elora King, Aimee Clark, Julie Salinas.
While all the candidates have a different campaign focus, the most common themes heard from them were communication and unity.
The majority of the candidates expressed a desire to build stronger communication ties between ASNIC and the student body, and raise awareness about campus clubs, student events and resources.
Each of the presidential candidates has their own ideas of how they would use their position to attempt to create change.
King, for example, wants to use positivity to make changes. Clark wants to use her experience as a non-traditional student to bring a different perspective to the office, and Salinas is running because she feels she would make a great leader.
To qualify, all candidates had to have a 2.5 GPA and, if elected, senators are required to take 12 credits, while the president and vice president are required to take eight.
Senator duties include: belonging to a minimum of three campus committees, working with campus clubs, constructing projects that address student concerns, and voting on business brought before the ASNIC board and developing an annual budget to be brought before the board of trustees.
The president’s duties include: calling special sessions of the board in the case of unforeseen concerns or situations, nominating senators to work on ASNIC or college-related committees, serving as a representative to the board of trustees, creating a committee of board members in the event of a vacant senate seat to appoint a replacement, keeping the ASNIC adviser updated and informed about all things pertinent to ASNIC, establishing the dates for the ASNIC board to meet and presiding over all ASNIC meetings and sessions.
The vice president’s duties include: assuming all the duties of the president in the president’s absence, attending all ASNIC Executive board meetings, appointing a senator to be the Intra-Club Council (ICC) chair and assuming all the duties of the ICC chair in the chair’s absence.
Once elected, all new ASNIC members will officially assume their positions after the induction ceremony on April 24.
Students will have five days to vote.
