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Tomas Bautista — President
As the ASLCC President I will provide commitment, integrity, and leadership you can count on. I attended lane for two years going for a major in criminal justice, taking extra courses in sociology, and served a full year to ASLCC as a senator. In the future, I hope to become a Lane County Sherriff’s Deputy, so I may serve and make a difference for people within our community. However, for now I would like to serve our community by using leadership abilities I have learned to successfully integrate and maximize available resources within ASLCC for the attainment of our social goals.
Education is exceedingly important to me and I believe it is the answer to a great deal of problems. Through education we will increase jobs and educate people. Having more jobs comes higher pay, which leads to better lifestyles and lowering poverty that can decrease social issues and crimes. And by having an educated society thinking for ourselves, we become smarter voters and effective workers. Through education we will all become better role models, better leader, and effective workers. This is why education is important and this is why I wish to become your student body president.
Every leader starts as a follower, therefore the best leaders are the best followers. I hope that you have acknowledged that I am committed to serving, that my integrity is honorable and honest, and most importantly that I am a leader that you can trust.
Wesley Smith — Vice President
Hello my name is Wesley R Smith and I am running for the Vice President seat with the Associated Students of Lane Community College the ASLCC. I will be doing so alongside my friend and present Senator Tomas Bautista who will be going for President.
I have been involved with the Senate for 3 years now, and have presided as a Senator from spring term of 08-09 then continued my work as a Senator in the fiscal year of 09-10, and took another step in the ASLCC as the student elected Vice President alongside my friend Mario Parker-Milligan. During my time with the ASLCC I have become a very passionate with work we’ve done and have worked diligently in serving my fellow constituents of Lane Community College. I also worked with the Oregon Student Association on the Oregon Students of Color Coalition, and a Co-Chair of The Lane CC Native American Student Association.
Some of the issues I have worked on and have helped with were to consistently Empower and Educate students at Lane CC on several campaign issues ranging from the affordability of a Post Secondary Education, Financial Aid, Health Care, Cultural Competency, Gender Inclusive Spaces, Open Educational Resources and Text Book Affordability, and Finally from the most memorable of my work was the HB 2599 Safer Schools Bill that the OSA and BRO worked on in coalition for the K-12 grades of Oregon’s schools and gotten passed.
Well I Wesley R Smith feel that my work is not done yet within the ASLCC, so I am running for a second year in the seat of Vice President alongside Senator Tomas of the ASLCC President of your student government. So don’t forget to Vote!
Matthew Yook — Treasurer
Higher One is extortion. Charging students to access their money and structuring it so those without bank accounts are forced to pay, more than most banks charge, for their barrowed funds for living. Corporate profiteers make enough off of our college debt with their text book shenanigans, why must we give them more? We’re here to better ourselves, not indenture ourselves. If elected treasurer I will work towards a better way to disburse Financial Aid.
I will work with our Book Consignment, sponsored by the ASLCC, in front of the Library in the Center Building to encourage Student to Student transactions keeping money and goods between students by looking into a web presence, cataloging system, and a “Match My Price” feature.
Currently, I am working towards my Associates of Applied Science for Accounting and an ASOT Degree in Business, currently slated to transfer to the U of O.
My vision is to make a bank for the State of Oregon, like North Dakota’s. North Dakota’s Bank let them be the only state to stay solvent, more impressive they posted a positive revenue during this world sweeping recession. If Higher One can make money off student disbursement management, We The Students can; We The State can. We will use that money to make us stronger; we do not need to give it up for the profits of a parasitic corporation.
Questions, comments, details: matthewyook@gmail.com, or shoot me a Moodle message