UPUA PRESIDENT AND VP CANDIDATES

TJ Bard
Courtney Lennartz

Platform Statement
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Table of Contents

Experience you can trust ........................................... 3

TJ Bard ....................................................................... 3
Courtney Lennartz........................................................ 3
Platform ................................................................... 4
Academics
Core Council Review .................................................... 4
Tuition…………………………………………………………………….6
Lower Textbook Costs .................................................. 6
Green Scholarships ..................................................... 8
Online Syllabi ............................................................ 8
Innovation Quality Teams ............................................ 9
Housing & Food Services
Off-Campus Housing…………………………………………….....10
On-Campus Laundry Automation……………………………….11
Off Campus mealplan ................................................. 11
Meal point rollover………………………………………………....12
Student Life
“Q and A” text messaging service……………………………….13
CATA bus system ....................................................... 13
Medical Amnesty ......................................................... 9
24-hour UHS ............................................................. 14
Sexual Assault Prevention classes……………………………..14
Gateway to Understanding Diversity ............................ 15
Student Organization Outreach
Briefs with Dr.Spanier ............................................... 16
Increased Communication ........................................... 16
Trustee Exposure ....................................................... 17
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Experience you can trust

We hope that the student body will look to our records, and see the
service and dedication we have to this University and the Student
Government. Since arriving at Penn State, we have been involved with
several groups, organizations, and activities. Below is our experience
that will enable us to be ready on day one.

TJ Bard
Governmental Affairs Committee
Chairman, Off-Campus Representative
(1 year), Freshman Representative (1
year), Facility Fee Board Member,
Presidential Leadership Academy Student,
Beta Theta Pi Executive Board Member,
Beta Theta Pi House Manager, Phi Beta
Lambda Professional Business Fraternity
Member, Pennsylvania State Licensed
Real Estate Agent.

“We want to have the student voice at every functioning

level of this University.”

Courtney Lennartz
Academic Affairs Committee Chairwoman,
College of Agricultural Sciences
Representative (2 years), PA State Board of
Education Student Representative, Student
Senator of the University Faculty Senate(2
years), Welcome Week Captain, Pollock
Halls Residence Association Treasurer and
blood drive coordinator, Club Gymnastics
Team.
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Platform
for the Students, for the Future

We would like to invite you to read our platform statement. Inside, you
will find our goals and initiatives for our term as student body President
and Vice President. Many of the initiatives you will see originate from the
many discussions we have had with students, organizations, and the
administration here at Penn State. Our mission is to engage students in all
facets of the University in order to provide a better future for the students.

Academics

Core Council Review

‐ Provide student input on the Core Council Recommendations

‐ Make all Core Council Recommendations public to the Penn State
Community
‐ Compile a comprehensive report to submit to the Core Council, the
University President, and Senate Council, analyzing the
recommendations
made
to
the
Academic
Units
to
offer
our
own
program

recommendations.



The
Academic
Program
and
Administrative
Services
Review
Core
Council
is
a
13‐

member
council
appointed
by
the
President
of
the
University
to
provide
and
in

depth
analysis
of
programs,
available
resources,
find
inefficiencies,
and

determine
how
to
maintain
the
University’s
excellence
in
a
fiscally
challenging

time.

The
Council
is
chaired
by
Executive
Vice
President
and
Provost,
Rodney

Erikson
and
is
comprised
of
faculty,
staff
and
administrators
from
University

Park
and
the
Commonwealth
Campuses.






The
purpose
of
the
council
arises
from
“The
Penn
State
Strategic
Plan:
Priorities

for
Excellence,
2009‐10
through
2010‐14.”

This
University
adopted
five‐
year

plan
seeks
to
consolidate
administrative
and
academic
programs
through

selective
reviews
of
each
Academic
Unit.

The
Council
has
been
charged,
by
the

President
of
the
University,
to
identify
$10
million
dollars
in
permanent
cost

savings
and
non‐tuition
revenue
sources
within
five
years.



The proceedings of the council are confidential, and once the

recommendations are complete, they are released to the Deans of the
respective Colleges. Because of this secrecy, the program consolidations
and cuts are largely receiving negative feedback from the Penn State
Community. The students and faculty are confused and angry at seeing the
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program closures with out any real explanation. This needs to change. We
recognize that some program closings and consolidations are inevitable, but
the students must have a voice in the decision-making process and rationale
of the programs that are to be cut or consolidated.

With all but one of the Academic Units at University Park receiving their
recommendations, and the Commonwealth Campuses and Administrative
Units next; we must act fast. The Colleges are required to respond to the
recommendations by May of this year. In order to get students heard, we
need a leader with the experience and connections with the administration
to put students in the position to provide their input on the council
reviews. TJ and I have the experiences and connections.

In President Spanier’s address, he stated that Penn State is likely to see

significant budget cuts to the administrative and academic units, in
response to the proposed 182 million dollar state appropriation cut. This
means that the Core Council is likely to reconvene and make even more
recommendations to the Academic Colleges. This could mean further
program cuts, college or campus closings, and lay-offs.

Many of the cuts will directly be related to students and student services.
It is imperative that students have a voice in these inevitable cuts.
Courtney and myself have met with University President Graham Spanier,
Immediate- past Chair of the Senate, Lee Coraor, and Vice President for
Student Affairs Damon Sims; all of whom sit on the Core Council. We have
expressed our concern about a lack of student voice in the proposed budget
cuts and tuition increases. We have presented a plan to create a
Commission comprised of student leaders, faculty, and administrators to
review and propose our own Core Council recommendations.

Ideally, the Commission will have access to the same budgets and
information that the administrative Core Council does. Students will have
the opportunity to review proposed cuts and voice opinions on such
proposals. This Commission will provide students with the opportunity to
make suggested cuts and have the full information on decisions being
considered by the University.

Students must have a say in the future of Penn State. We are not just
talking about the future of students' lives, but also the lives of faculty,
staff, and the entire community. The University is about to undergo changes
that will drastically transform Penn State as we know it. Students are
either going to sit back and watch the changes occur or they are going to
help shape them.

Tuition
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The tuition crisis facing Penn State is the largest financial crisis that has
ever faced the University in the 157 years that it has played such an
integral role in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With the recent
announcement of the 2011-2012 budget for the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, the University has lost more that $182 million dollars in
appropriations. This is an amount virtually impossible to overcome without
major financial changes within the University.

The implications of the State of Pennsylvania's decision will alter the

course of our university for years to come. It is of the utmost importance
that we represent the students and fight to ensure that our voices are heard
in every decision, every step, and every cutback in the coming years. It is
our time to unite as the Penn State student body, and help steer the future
of this University.

As student body President and Vice President, we will work with legislators
and the administration to make sure that students are affected in a
reasonable and responsible way by these cut backs. We understand that life
will change and that students will be directly effected by these cut backs,
however, it is our job to minimize that effect as much as possible. We need
to ensure that administration, faculty, alumni, and students equally take
effect in making decision for the future of Penn State. We will overcome
this crisis, but we will have to do it as an entirely united student body.

-First and foremost, until the final budget is proposed we must lobby the
legislators of the State of Pennsylvania. Historically, the proposed budget
has only changed 1% from what the Governor recommends. This year
however, it is essential that we make a change of 5% or more. We can only
do this by having our voices heard in Harrisburg. We will motivate the
students to continue to reach out to their legislators. We will continue to
have events in Harrisburg to further conversations with legislators to
effectively make a change for our university.

-Looking to the future, it is important that the State of Pennsylvania does

not increasingly cut our appropriations in the coming years. Luckily, both
Courtney and I, have been honored to have close relationships with many
legislative leaders in Harrisburg. We are committed to regularly meeting
with the legislative leaders as your student body President and Vice
President in the coming year with the relationships we have had the fortune
of est. We will do this to ensure that legislators understand the value that
the students and the institution of Penn State brings to the commonwealth.
It is our goal to set a precedent of no longer reducing Penn State's
appropriations.

Lower Textbook Costs

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‐ Waive tax on textbook for first week of classes

‐ Work with the PA Board of Education to implement proposed changes
‐ Increase textbook rental offerings

Students are paying a steep price for their textbooks each semester. Over
the past two decades, college textbooks prices have increased at twice the
rate of inflation. It is estimated that the average Penn State student
currently spends between $500 and $700 per semester on books. The
frequency of publication of new editions is also occurring at an alarming
rate. Publishers are releasing new editions on a two to three year cycle.
This negatively effects students’ ability to recover textbook costs through
the re-sale of their textbooks.

Not only are students being required to purchase the most recent editions,
but the bookstore is making a significant profit from re-sale of textbooks.
Students are offered 50% of the selling price, if the book is in good
condition. The bookstore then re-sells the book for 75% of the original
retail price, resulting in a 33% profit margin from each re-sale. So where
is all this money going? Not back to the students. Because the publishing
companies do not make any profit from the re-sale of their books, there is a
powerful incentive to publish new editions frequently. We are committed to
lowering the cost of textbooks, and the first step in doing so is putting a
stop to this costly cycle.

With Courtney’s position on the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, she

has the opportunity to work with a specialized committee focused on
providing students with top-notch course materials at a reasonable price.
Our goal will be to pressure publishing companies to release new editions
only when necessary, and to provide students with the updated sections of
the previous edition, so that we can purchase just the updated sections (if
professors see fit) instead of the new edition textbook.

It is important to note however, that the publishing companies are not the
only ones to blame. Faculty must be made more aware of the price of their
course materials. The Administration must encourage faculty not to require
the most up to date editions, and to require only what is completely
necessary to succeed in the course. We will use our relations with the
Administration to push for this cause.

Penn State recently adopted the textbook rental program in accordance with
the Higher Education Opportunity Act. While this program does offer
students textbooks at a much lower price, it is limited in its offerings.
Only textbooks that will be used for 4 or more consecutive semesters are
available to rent. Because of this policy, students are not being offered the
rental option for a majority of their classes. We are committed to changing
this policy and increasing the selection of rentals for students.
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The Ohio State University was able to work with their legislators to waive
the taxes on textbooks for the first week of classes. We are committed to
doing the same for Penn State Students. We are confident that we can
persuade legislators to waive the taxes on textbooks for the first week of
classes. We are committed to doing the same for Penn State Students. We
are confident that we can persuade legislators to waive the tax on college
textbooks.

Create Green Scholarships from Student Recycling

The office of sustainability for Penn State sorts and removes hundreds of
thousands of pounds of recyclable material each year from the University.
Currently, very little of the recyclable material is marketed and sold to
produce revenue for the University. However, recyclables collected during
events at both Beaver Stadium as well as the Bryce Jordan Center are
marketed and sold. Partial revenue received from the recyclables is used to
fund scholarships for Penn State students. Due to increasing costs of
tuition, we plan to provide as many options as possible to ease our fellow
student’s difficulty in affording an education at Penn State.

As your President and Vice President, we will work with the office of
sustainability to increase student-recycling efforts across the university.
Our goal is to market and sell any percentage increase that students create
during this initiative. All revenue received from the student increase in
recycling will be directly returned to the student body in the form of
scholarships. We aim to bring in an average of $5,000 a month in new
revenue from the recycling efforts. The scholarships will be available to any
undergraduate student at Penn State expressing financial need.

Online Syllabi

- Post past and current syllabi for courses on one centralized location
o syllabi.psu.edu
- Provide students with more accurate course descriptions

At
The
Pennsylvania
State
University,
over
80,000
students
rely
on
the

University
course
handbook
(“blue
book”)
for
information
on
course
content.

From
FTCAP
to
graduation,
students
use
blue
book
descriptions
to
make

decisions
on
courses
to
schedule
and,
more
importantly,
majors
to
consider.




Constituent
feedback
informs
us
that
blue
book
course
descriptions,
the
only

descriptors
available
to
students
not
currently
enrolled
in
a
particular
course,

are
inadequate
and
not
meeting
students’
needs
effectively.




Short
of
actually
taking
a
course,
the
syllabus
provides
the
most
comprehensive

view
of
what
a
course
entails.

The
College
of
Health
and
Human
Development

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now
requires
that
all
active
courses
have
syllabi
posted
to

http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/syllabus/.
The
Eberly
College
of
Science
is
also

working
on
consolidating
its
online
syllabi
into
one
location
and
requiring

professors
to
keep
updated
digital
copies
on
file
with
the
Office
of
the
Associate

Dean.




However,
all
students
should
have
access
to
current
and
past
course
syllabi,
not

just
students
enrolled
in
the
College
of
Health
and
Human
Development.

Last

semester,
the
Academic
Affairs
committee
of
UPUA
passed
legislation
to

investigate
the
feasibility
of
this
initiative.

It
has
received
excellent
feedback

from
the
Associate
Deans
of
the
Academic
Colleges
and
is
ready
to
be
submitted

to
the
University
Faculty
Senate
for
review.

With
Courtney’s
experience
on
the

Administrative
Council
for
Undergraduate
Education
(ACUE)
and
the
University

Faculty
Senate,
students
can
see
this
on‐going
initiative
come
to
fruition.



Innovation Quality Teams

‐ Promote quality teams in the general education classes to assess the

quality of teaching and to promote incentive for student feedback

In order to keep Penn State competitive, its courses and professors must be
under constant review. The main method of reviewing faculty and courses
here at Penn State, rests with the SRTEs that are distributed at the end of
each semester. These are not however, the best indicators of teaching
performance and course quality because of the lack of incentive for students
to fill out the questionnaire. To help mediate this problem, we propose the
creation of Innovation Quality Teams in the courses required for general
education credits. While these quality teams do exist in some classes, they
are not prominent within the University; as we believe they should be.

With the implementation of Innovation Quality Teams in every general

education course, faculty and course material would be under constant
review. Students would gain 1 credit hour, if selected to sit on the quality
team, and would have the opportunity to build a close relationship with the
professor of the course through weekly review meetings. The Innovation
Quality Teams would not only serve as a review for professors and their
course material, but also as a forum for students to present their ideas on
how to better the course and increase class participation. At the end of the
semester, the students on the Innovation Quality Teams will submit a
comprehensive review of the course along with their future
recommendations to the Administrative Council on Undergraduate
Education.
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Housing & Food Services

Off Campus Housing

The state of off campus housing for students of Penn State is the perfect
example of an introductory economics course. Penn State students demand
more housing than what the University and the small community of State
College can provide. The excess demand causes exorbitant rent prices for
substandard living conditions. Students sacrifice space, quality of life, and
significant amounts of money just to live near campus. Often times,
students camp out for days just to secure an apartment in the downtown
area.

Our research has shown that the price per square foot of an apartment in
State College is comparable to that of a similar sized apartment in
downtown Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. Many times, the quality of
apartments in these major metropolitans far exceed that which is found in
State College. Landlords prove to be difficult in working with students due
to the notion that we need their services more than they need our
patronage. Fortunes have been made off of the student driven real estate
market in State College. As student body President and Vice President, we
are committed to helping ease the burden, facilitate conversations, and
work to provide more options for student housing both on and off campus.

-We will work with student organizations to compile and execute large scale
housing fairs in the fall semesters. This is intended to allow students to
explore all housing options early on. We will fight to have a representative
from the major management agencies on hand to answer questions and
provide detailed overviews of the rental process and the options for renting.
These will especially be helpful for change of campus students as well as
first year students.

-We will work with University officials to ensure the inclusion of more on
campus housing facilities in the capital plan. We will work with officials
already reviewing existing complexes in an effort to initiate renovations
geared towards creating more on campus housing.

-We will continue to work with Borough Officials on downtown housing

expansion processes. We will ensure that students wants and needs are
being comprehensively incorporated in any current and future housing
projects.

-We will create and launch a neutral off campus data-base for students to
review and rate current downtown housing options. The data-base will
consist of all student feed back and be available for review by all students.
The data-base will include landlord information and ratings as well as rent
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prices, rent increases over the years, facility maintenance, and overall
satisfaction. There will also be areas where student can submit issues or
concerns that they may have pertaining to their housing. The UPUA will be
able to field these concerns, address concerns, and provide guidance on how
to handle situations when necessary.

-We will subsidize independent code inspectors geared at addressing

specific student issues with off campus housing. Many landlords are not
held accountable for maintaining their properties to standards that they
are legally obligated to. Students often are not educated on what rights
they have when it comes to expectations of living conditions. If students
feel there may be code violations that their landlord refuses to address, we
will provide an educated and licensed third party to address the situation
and make recommendations when necessary.

On Campus Laundry Automation

‐ Consistent prices across campus

‐ Message alert when laundry is finished

We recognize the inconvenience and inconsistencies that are found in the

on-campus laundry system. It is often times difficult to find open laundry
machine or dryer in your building. In addition, many laundry rates are not
consistent from resident hall to resident hall. As your student body
President and Vice President, we will launch an automated laundry system
for on-campus resident halls.

The automated systems will be available online to Penn State students. The
system will keep track of available washers and dryers in the various
buildings. Once your laundry is finished, a text message or email alert will
be sent to you. We also will work to ensure that laundry rates are a
consistent and affordable price across campus. We hope that both of these
projects will save Penn State students valuable time and money.

Off- Campus Meal plan

The UPUA has begun working with Housing and Food Services to create a
meal plan for off-campus students. With this meal plan, students will set up
a flexible spending account that can be billed through their Bursar
Accounts. This flexible spending account will offer a 10% discount at any
Penn State sponsored venue. As your student body President and Vice
President, we are committed to implementing an off-campus meal plan for
students.
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Meal Point Rollover

‐ Left over meal points will roll over from academic year to academic
year

Currently, students with on-campus meal plans are required to use all of
their meal points before the end of the spring semester at the risk of losing
all leftover points. This is a serious issue for students that purchase a
meal plan, as it forces students to spend their leftover points on food they
may not need and wasting their money as a result. We are committed to
working with Housing and Food Services to change the meal point system to
allow for point rollovers from academic year to academic year.
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Student Life

Penn State “Q and A” Texts

‐ Offer a convenient and free question-answer service to students

As freshman, Penn State can be an over whelming environment to be thrust

into. With so many people, facilities, and programs, students can have a
difficult time finding the information they need. As the student body
President and Vice President, we are determined to supply students with a
free text messaging service that can either answer their questions or direct
students to a source that can.

Such questions could range from Redifer’s late night hours to a breakdown
of Penn State’s operating budget. While this is no small task, it is
certainly necessary to provide students with such a service because of the
complexity of the Penn State web portal. Our hope is to eventually get this
service funded through the office of Student Affairs in order to create more
on-campus jobs for students.

CATA Bus System

‐ Cut overcrowding on buses by more than 20%

‐ Addition of a bus stop on Park Ave.

As the student body President and Vice President, we will work to better
utilize Penn State's mass transit system. We recognize the frustration that
is caused by the inconsistent and overcrowded bus system currently in place
for Penn State students. We aim to do a comprehensive study on the
functionality of Penn State's transit system.

Our goal is to work with CATA officials to cut the overcrowding of buses by
more than 20%. This will be achieved by recognizing peak hours for riding
and adjusting services provided during those times. We look to meet with
bus drivers and receive their input and advice as to how to better address
the mounting issues with our transit system. We anticipate the study to
provide feed-back on routes that maybe scaled back in order to increase
service for routes more highly demanded.

The Smeal College of Business, The College of Forestry, and the Law School
are three of the most prominent examples of recent university
expansion. As the University continues to expand towards Beaver Stadium,
we feel that it is important to have adequate transportation on Park
Avenue. Hundreds of students utilize one of the three aforementioned
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buildings each day. However, there is no mass transit system that delivers
students to this developing part of campus. We will work with CATA to
reroute one of the four on-campus bus systems that travel down Shortlidge
Road. We hope to provide this convenient service to the students utilizing
those buildings on campus.

Medical Amnesty

‐ Implement a good samaritan policy within the State College Borough

In its Fourth Assembly, the UPUA passed a resolution implementing a Good

Samaritan policy for students at University Park. The policy recommends
that the student who calls for help in a dangerous situation, mainly alcohol
related, is exempt from any trouble with the law. While this policy never
came to fruition at University Park, it has been very successful at many of
the other Big Ten Schools including Purdue University, University of
Illinois, and Ohio State University. As student body President and Vice
President, we are determined to make this policy a reality here.

Relations with the Borough are better than ever as a result of TJ’s success
at securing a non-voting student member on the Borough Council for UPUA.
With this new relationship, we are confident that we can convince the
council that student’s safety is more important than a strict upholding of
the law. We cannot stop students from dangerous drinking, but we can help
them make safe decisions in a situation that calls for medical help.

24-hour UHS

Unfortunately, sickness and injury can't be scheduled from the hours of 8-

5pm, Monday-Friday. Now add classes, meetings, and work shifts to the mix
and it becomes nearly impossible to find an appointment you can make it to.
We would like to work with University Health Services to make UHS more
convenient to students. Extended hours, more advice nurses, and open
weekends would all provide a better medical service to Penn State
students.

Subsidize Sexual Assault Prevention Classes

As students ourselves, we recognize the need to ensure and continually

promote campus safety. If elected, we will subsidize sexual assault
prevention classes, taught by sexual assault prevention specialists. These
classes will be offered to all students in order to properly educate students
on the steps necessary to prevent these awful crimes. As your student body
President and Vice President, we will continue to expand and promote the
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auxiliary campus police as well as campus lighting efforts. Our goal is

continually ensure that Penn State remains a safe campus for the entirety
of the student body.

Gateway to Understanding Diversity

For many students entering Penn State, this may possibly be the most
diverse environment they have ever been exposed to. We recognize the need
to educate incoming students on what diversity means as well as the truly
vast amount of cultures that are found at Penn State. As Student body
President and Vice President, we will work with Faculty Senate to
incorporate an option for freshman seminars based on diversity education.
It is crucial that Penn State students are educated on the diversity found
on this campus. We hope that by offering this in the first year of a Penn
State student’s career, their education and insight into diversity will only
continue to grow and evolve.
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Student Organization Outreach

Student Organization Monthly Briefs with Dr. Spanier

Some organizations on campus have the ability to be a part of the Student

Affair’s Presidential Roundtable. While we recognize the success that the
Presidential Roundtable has had for student organizations, the meetings
often times consist of the same student leaders from the same student
organizations. As President and Vice President, our goal is to unite all
student organizations. We want Penn State to work together as an entire
student body. It is important that student government is facilitating the
necessary conversations between students and administration.

We believe that all student organizations have the right to share their
missions and ideas with both administration and the student body. As
President and Vice President, we will work tirelessly to make sure that we
create as many lines of communication as possible. Collaboration is
necessary between Penn State student government and the student body. We
will create monthly forums with President Spanier to highlight different
Penn State organizations and the leaders within them. We will provide the
forums to speak exclusively with administration and other student leaders
specifically about your organization and mission. These forums will provide
the opportunities to team up on initiatives and projects. We hope that these
forums will allow students to have the ability to ask questions and gain
insight from an administration stand point that they may not otherwise
have.

Increase Communication with all Student Organizations

One of the biggest complaints from students about the UPUA is the
disconnect between the elected representatives and the individual students.
Therefore, it is our goal to not just hold presidential round tables or invite
students to attend our meetings, but to actually attend their meetings. We
recognize the inconvenience of the third floor HUB office, or the Wednesday
night general assembly meetings; students simply do not have the time to
come see us with their concerns. So we must go to them instead.

We pledge to visit every student organization by the end of our term. We

believe it is imperative to the UPUA’s success as a Governing Body to reach
out to our constituents, in order to gain insight on what they believe we
should be doing with their Student Activity Fee money.

By meeting with every student organization, we can be held accountable for

our decisions, and ensure that we are implementing the changes students
want to see. By opening the lines of communication, we hope to change the
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negative views of Student Governance. We want students to view UPUA as

their student government, not the student government of Penn State.

Trustee Exposure

The Board of Trustees is the governing body for our university. This body
has the final say in any proposed tuition increases, construction projects,
and academic changes. Unfortunately, the overall student body has very
little exposure or interaction with our governing body. We recognize that
students have many questions and concerns about decisions that the
university makes. As your student body president and vice president, we
will provide students with forums to address the Board of Trustees. These
forums will function as mediums to address tuition issues, fundamental
university concerns, and a way to gauge the overall feelings of the student
body as a whole

We also feel as though it is important for student organizations to have the

opportunity to meet with trustees, present information on their specific
organizations, and ask any relevant questions. We will provide weekend
luncheons with the leaders of the student organizations and members of the
Board of Trustees to ensure that communication occurs between the
students of Penn State and the Trustees that govern Penn State.