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Senate Speaker elected at Student Senate meeting
Kayleigh Zyskowski/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 12/12/08 Section: News
Drew Griffin won the Student Senate Speaker position for the spring.
The announcement was made at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.
He was appointed to the senate this semester and has been the chair of the external relations committee as well.
"He was an excellent candidate, and I think he will be a great speaker," Student Body President Levi Bulgar said. "Even though I backed (Student Senate member) Paul Reid, I think Drew will do a good job."
Reid was the other candidate for Student Senate Speaker.
Bulgar said Griffin has already proved himself in Student Senate by starting up the committee on constitutional review.
"He will be able to lead the senate," Bulgar said. "Plus, he already knows parliamentary procedure."
Bulgar said usually the two candidates for the position both talk about their past experience and why they think they would be a good student senate speaker.
"They outline their goals and how they will accomplish them," Bulgar said.
Griffin said he laid out his platform, which included wanting to make Student Government more visible on campus, get appointments done within the fifth week of the semester and continue work on revising the constitution.
Griffin said he thinks that if he gets out the word quickly and sticks to a timeline with interviewing, the goal of getting appointments done within the first five weeks of the semester could be accomplished.
"Next semester, the senate should be able to achieve a lot for the students," Griffin said. "A lot of (senate members) are willing to do hard work, and I am confident that we will have excellent appointees."
Griffin won the position by a vote of 13-5-2.
"We are going to be going into next semester on a positive note," Bulgar said. "I am excited to work with him."
Heather Holm can be reached at 581-7942 or at haholm@eiu.edu.
The announcement was made at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting.
He was appointed to the senate this semester and has been the chair of the external relations committee as well.
"He was an excellent candidate, and I think he will be a great speaker," Student Body President Levi Bulgar said. "Even though I backed (Student Senate member) Paul Reid, I think Drew will do a good job."
Reid was the other candidate for Student Senate Speaker.
Bulgar said Griffin has already proved himself in Student Senate by starting up the committee on constitutional review.
"He will be able to lead the senate," Bulgar said. "Plus, he already knows parliamentary procedure."
Bulgar said usually the two candidates for the position both talk about their past experience and why they think they would be a good student senate speaker.
"They outline their goals and how they will accomplish them," Bulgar said.
Griffin said he laid out his platform, which included wanting to make Student Government more visible on campus, get appointments done within the fifth week of the semester and continue work on revising the constitution.
Griffin said he thinks that if he gets out the word quickly and sticks to a timeline with interviewing, the goal of getting appointments done within the first five weeks of the semester could be accomplished.
"Next semester, the senate should be able to achieve a lot for the students," Griffin said. "A lot of (senate members) are willing to do hard work, and I am confident that we will have excellent appointees."
Griffin won the position by a vote of 13-5-2.
"We are going to be going into next semester on a positive note," Bulgar said. "I am excited to work with him."
Heather Holm can be reached at 581-7942 or at haholm@eiu.edu.
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