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All right. So starting off I believe if you guys could in your own words, could you explain the role of the executive branch?
Essentially like our US government routing of the executive, judicial and your legislative so the executive branch kind of oversees it's like the main connection between students and staff and faculty. So it's like the main bridge. Beyond that. There's, it's its own cabinet so it puts on any events it really wants to any policies aren't any policies, but of course, I can draft any policies and then get them approved through Senate. The presidential role would be able to approve things and things like that if things happen in the Senate the same way. But generally because it's university wide Of course, it's mostly just event planning policies, and then the specific things that the President wants to execute. That's kind of how it works. But I want to say that that role is mainly the connection between faculty and students. Okay.
Awesome. Okay. So then, um, so let's go on to your kind of your platform, you obviously talked about the four B's, because you got to kind of go ahead and give me a rough explanation. Yeah.
We can start with valor. So valor, essentially, we chose that word because it means like having bravery and like all circumstances, so that's the word we're kind of spinning into more transparency. So we believe that students would be more inclined to understand MSA and understand how it impacts them, and then how beneficial is through awareness. And so that's a really big thing. We've kind of want to open the doors to like what the cabinet is doing so that students understand what's going on behind the scenes. So in that sense, like bravery and like opening the doors and like letting people not judge you but essentially letting people into what's happening.
So what kind of what what would that look like as far as like specific action
so we're looking at doing a newsletter so I think a lot of times, we do want or not we but they do then they do on within the legislative branch they send out a weekly newsletter. And I think it's so beneficial to actually see how much is being done within MSA. So I think that for all the students would be really really nice. And of course I think some colleges do them as well another business school sends out a newsletter just to see what's going on. So I think a newsletter will be the step one for that to be really really cool.
So this newsletter be for the executive branch or for all the students. Yeah.
And the association.
Awesome. So let's move on to the next one. Now
we can move on to do
you want to Yeah, so the next one is vitality, which essentially is focusing on mental health for students. We believe that this is a very popular target topic, but there needs to be more action towards that. So yeah, that's basically what vitality is.
So what would what specific action would you do in that department?
Yeah, so eventually, we would like to drag this up, but we would like to do mental health days. With all of our courses, maybe like one or two days, where you can just skip class no questions asked. Just you can choose that. Awesome. Yeah. And
the same way there's like that like sick day policy right that say what they excuse absence? Yeah. Oh, so
you see, so it's you can take an excuse out,
right for no questions asked. Yeah.
Something. Just something written on the syllabus. All right. Okay. What's
What about vibrancy, right. So
vibrancy really goes into that campus unity aspect we're looking for, like we were saying, like revive the roar, things like that. We know that we can have this community and we want to bring that out for all students. I think there's a lot of pockets on campus that kind of get neglected and left out. I think there's a lot of focus on like IFC and tha and NPHC and a lot of students are feeling not necessarily left out, but they're feeling like if you aren't in this organization, then it really doesn't matter because no one's really listening. I think a lot of times people believe that if you're not an IFC or PHA then it's like, oh, then you're a random person on campus. You're not Greek. So I think we kind of want to bring that unity back to kampsen. Understand, we're all Mizzou students, we're all tigers, we're all kind of advocating for the same things. And then in terms of an actual item to put behind that, I think that we want to do something it's called a color walk. The main goal for that would be as my role as an assessment specialist I learned I don't know if this like the specific statistic but it's like, Mizzou is like top three for binge drinking in like, I want to say the Midwest colleges. It's really crazy statistics. I think it's from a few years ago though, but I wanted to do our I hope to do something with more alcohol awareness. And I understand like it's a cultural thing. It's a college culture thing that something was really hard to shift but we wanted to have a color walk in the sense of like bringing all parts of campus together for one united front that impacts almost everyone at this point, and it's if it doesn't affect you, in fact, someone you know, the way like the college drinking culture is and I think we're gonna have just a really big color walk throughout like embattled streets street next to this exposition center.
Can you kind of describe what a colored walk looks like for me?
So it's like essentially it will be different from like a traditional color walk it would be more of like walking in like actually going through it. So walking through and having like resources of like how you can help with binge drinking and like that sense of like pamphlets and talking even like little booths. And then also like you walk me through I guess with a with whoever you want, like organization or other people and it's like, you were like, everyone wears the same color and you get like colors blasted on you so that at the end of it like everyone's shirt is like not tie dyed, but it's like dyed with power. It's like really cool.
Okay, all the phones are there's a thing that they've done in other places where I can look up like a video of
this video but not so cool.
And then kind of moving on kind of doubling down on this. You mentioned obviously, the you feel like there's some groups that feel kind of excluded at the zoo or is there any like groups in specific you want to really kind of help bring it back into the fold and kind of with the unity of Mizzou?
I think a lot of times there's like I think a lot of times there's still this taboo Enos around things like the LGBT community or the disability the Disability Center as well. I think that sometimes people don't understand how much it really impacts the campus or like people understand how much of the population is actually part of these groups. And so it's still kind of neglected in that sense. And I think, I don't know if we got approved for this but I think we're trying to go on like, a tour and like just like kind of say more of like our platforms a woman due to these organizations that we feel like we're a little bit more left out. I don't know.
I think we are going to be speaking to the Disability Center.
So just things like that. Just pockets of campus that we feel like it's just like we know about them, but they aren't brought into like they aren't brought to the table when Yeah,
okay, in numbers, I guess. Yeah.
So awesome. Um, and then veracity for us is a fun one.
This one is a little bit harder to explain in terms of how it kind of goes with the word but the word veracity essentially means like always being honest and like so essentially think integrity, always being honest in that sense. And we think like academic excellence is one of the four I mean, we're a university we're all here to get an education and we think academic integrity should be at the forefront. But with that, it's a little bit harder to like explain how that kind of connects, but this kind of how we played around with it. So yeah.
So just so nothing specific in mind for that. For you.
There is but it's just harder to explain. That's essentially the GPA system, right? I don't know if you know, I don't think it's different in every college. But some classes like an A minus is lower than an A when it's essentially it's like the same as A B plus, but those aren't the same right? At all. So we're trying to see if there's a way to kind of revamp that system. So
revamping the GPA, right? Yeah,
like if you get an A plus it'll just count as an A on your transcript. The same way
a minus would just count. Yeah.
Oh, okay. Um, okay. And then, okay. So and then alongside your four V's ever any other like prices or anything that doesn't really fit in the platform that you feel like you you're trying to address? I think transportation
is something like kind of weird thing that's always so hard to do, just because it's like what the city of Columbia but I think that that goes so much with safety in that unity aspect as well. A lot of times just kidding around campus trying to get places and even like when we had the schools getting not the school like when the school is shut down for cold temperatures. Those students who do like the campus is not accessible at this point. And understanding can't have the buses and things going around but also having some type of system knowing what's accessible. In these times like, oh, what sidewalks are being cleared out? What cow will be able to get around if you need to, I think it's a lot of people. They didn't cancel classes. So some people force you have to walk and go somewhere in those buses and shuttles aren't running. But those students who aren't able to do that, we need to make sure that there's a way for them to also have access to do all these things as well. Right. Okay.
Okay, cool. Um, is there anything else there?
Um, yeah, like campus dining. I feel like it's a big topic right now. Especially if you're living on campus. I know on the weekends. Hours are limited for certain dining locations. If you have a dietary restriction, it's very hard to find foods that work for you. I know I had a friend that was pescatarian. And she was cooking in her dorm every day just because she couldn't find like options that worked for her. So and also like I feel like just because there is a lot of dining locations are understaffed, that plays a role in probably the hours and the amount of resources that are provided for them. So probably just working with campus dining on wages and also just more dining options for students. Okay.
Awesome. Okay. Awesome. And then there and then Is there anything else in the platform that doesn't have to be covered? Pretty much everything all right, yeah. So how, so how do you plan as executives to interact with some of the other like governmental orgs like IMC and stuff on campus, if you were to be elected,
I think is really nice. That one, we're all kind of in the same spot, in this case in the CSI but something I would really want to do if I get elected is have a conference typestyle thing. So it's like a way for everyone to meet each other get to know each other. I think some of the reasons it's harder to reach out is because we don't have that initial language. Okay, this is who this was, and this is their role. And this is how it can impact someone else. And I think with each specific position, there's always kind of someone that you'd be able to like go back and forth with and have someone that you'll be interacting with a lot of the time within your position and I think that in the very beginning we should all be together and kind of mingling and meeting each other in a conference understanding how we all interconnect, understanding how we prefer to be contacted understanding things like that, just those are basic things in the sense of just building that community within everyone. I think that would really help.
Awesome, awesome. Then, and do you have any plans for MSA to interact with coop with the city of Columbia as a whole?
I think that that would be really interesting, especially with the transportation topics that we want to get into. But I think that that will be something we have to explore a little bit more once we actually get in the role of just kind of seeing how they all interact. I would hope we'd be able to I know. They're like outreach events that we that we're able to do in terms of service and things of that nature. So I think that's definitely something to keep on the docket. But in terms of big city changes, I don't know.
Like, I know what the auxilary is with Tiger pantry and Truman's closet, like a partnership with the city would be a very big asset just considering it's a very big resource on campus that a lot of students either don't know about or should be used utilizing and they just don't know about the resource. So I feel like the city and like a partnership would really hope that okay.
So how do you feel like your platform differs from the current administration?
I think currently this administration focus more on the small trying to spread, spread the awareness and share the resources within MSA and I think they didn't do a good job. I think more clubs are utilizing the resources within MSA. But at the end of the day, there's still so many people on campus who still don't really understand or don't really know how much they're impacted by it. But I think with this role, it's more or with this administration or platform goals is more bringing the action side of things. So now that people are getting informed now people are more aware of the resources but now kind of putting those things into action. And like tangible change that people are able to see on campus, especially with the newsletter. I think there's one thing to now know about it, but now know how it's really impacting you. So that I know that in that sense, it's kind of feeding off each other but then there's of course a major differences like our link unity is more like that's a more actual tangible item of trying to bring all parts of campus together.
For handwriting. So all of this okay, and then how do you feel about all informacin with the other presidential slate and how do you how do you feel your platform differs from theirs?
Um, I think we just read their platform most today actually. Yeah. I think that they are also advocating for campus unity, which is of course very beneficial for everyone, but I also think
I think that we have two different perspectives of how we go about campus and so I think that their platform goals are more reflective of their experiences on campus. So I think that that's kind of how we differ in the sense of the things that they feel like we need to change and the things that we feel like we need to see change and the things that maybe the whole student body may feel. I didn't notice that some of their platform goals were more specific to I know there was one more specifically to like the new incoming freshman class coming in and I know there was another one more specific to like inclusivity but I think that the way we view inclusivity is kind of like two different routes, okay.
Which drew everything on their own. Um,
I think clay kind of focus on his disability, which I think is one viewpoint like his specific viewpoint onto how he's going to inclusivity whereas this is a more
like we're actively listening to other people's perspectives. And not just focusing on like, our identity, right, and I think that's a big difference.
I think and then, okay, and then why do you feel students should vote for you over all in four visits?
I think in terms of experience and in terms of what we'd be able to bring, so what's my background on the executive cabinet MSA kind of knowing that feedback that students were giving knowing the problems that we saw on campus and then having some kind of look on how we'd be able to solve that? I think with that would be very beneficial in terms of voting for us. Because, I mean, essentially the data is data, what people with the students are saying is what they're saying and there's no kind of combating that. And I think that's something that I kind of plan, my platform goes around kind of like that information and that data, but then also, the drive and the work that we put in, in other organizations, I think have shown that I think MSA is an org where it's very, very easy to kind of put it on your resume and leave it at that it'll run without adding anything to it. It'll one with you giving nothing to it, and it'll be fine. And essentially, if you don't promote it, no one will know if you don't open the doors to what NSA is doing. No one will know that you're not doing anything because it's also still so underground because it affects it affects so many people but it's still it's not something that's kind of actively researched. Yeah. So I think it's a role where it's really, really easy to kind of sit back and do nothing. And it's something that has been done before and I think that's really sad to see the resources kind of just go to waste because people are doing things for the wrong reasons. I think our reasons behind this is really advocating for students. We want students to really understand that this is our campus, we all pay tuition to go here we all pay lots of money to go here. It's not cheap to get your education, but it's something that should be an experience for everyone and it's not something that you kind of just willy nilly go through. So,
alright, is there anything else you'd like to add?
Um, no, like just going off of what she said like it's very, we're not doing it just to have another line on our resume. Like I think that like we have been regular students in university where even before she was connected with MSA and just I can go without, or I have gone my whole college career without even knowing about MSA and just like, figuring about figuring out about that time that I was missing out on those resources. It's just really sad and I feel like more students should know about that and just, I feel like our empathy and taking that empathy and wanting to create it into change is why people should vote for us. Awesome.
That is everything unless there's any last minute comments before the recording. That sounds good. I'm okay. All right. Cool.
