Social networking played big role in WCSA election
Judson Hall, Transcript Correspondent
Issue date: 11/19/09 Section: News
They also wanted the student body to have more access to those elected to represent them.
Not everything went according to plan for Herman, even though he ended up winning the election.
"I admit I lost my cool a little bit on Wednesday night when I was rushing around the dorms asking people to vote before the polls closed at 9 p.m.," he said. "I became somewhat frustrated by the large amount of apathy I encountered, and, in retrospect, I think I came off as a little desperate and forceful. I should have been more confident."
Herman and Kronemer have wasted little time since their election.
"Sharif and I are in the process of encouraging both experienced and emerging leaders to run for positions on WCSA. We want our administration to be composed of trustworthy students motivated like us to make OWU even better than it already is," Herman said.
Herman wants this administration to be accessible to students.
"Once we have a full body formed in January, Sharif and I will be focused on achieving the plans we laid out in our platform, which includes taking other students' plans into account as well."
One of the bigger things Herman wants to accomplish as president is to have the student body become more involved.
"I think that we as students, we should always make more of an effort to be informed about what is going on throughout campus," he said. "We have so many talented individuals and groups focused on different things that they would like to share with the rest of us, and yet a lot of students tend to overlook what is going on with groups that they aren't already a part of."
Not everything went according to plan for Herman, even though he ended up winning the election.
"I admit I lost my cool a little bit on Wednesday night when I was rushing around the dorms asking people to vote before the polls closed at 9 p.m.," he said. "I became somewhat frustrated by the large amount of apathy I encountered, and, in retrospect, I think I came off as a little desperate and forceful. I should have been more confident."
Herman and Kronemer have wasted little time since their election.
"Sharif and I are in the process of encouraging both experienced and emerging leaders to run for positions on WCSA. We want our administration to be composed of trustworthy students motivated like us to make OWU even better than it already is," Herman said.
Herman wants this administration to be accessible to students.
"Once we have a full body formed in January, Sharif and I will be focused on achieving the plans we laid out in our platform, which includes taking other students' plans into account as well."
One of the bigger things Herman wants to accomplish as president is to have the student body become more involved.
"I think that we as students, we should always make more of an effort to be informed about what is going on throughout campus," he said. "We have so many talented individuals and groups focused on different things that they would like to share with the rest of us, and yet a lot of students tend to overlook what is going on with groups that they aren't already a part of."
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