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ASG approves new cabinet members

Allison McGillivray, Campus Editor

Miami University Associated Student Government's (ASG) student senate approved three new cabinet members, president of executive cabinet, treasurer and secretary of on-campus affairs, at their meeting Tuesday.

Student Body President-elect John Stefanski nominated junior Forrest McGuire for president of executive cabinet.

"I couldn't be more confident in nominating him to fulfill this position," Stefanski said.

Student senate approved McGuire through unanimous consent.

McGuire has previously served in ASG as a senator.

Sophomore Alex Busam was approved for treasurer by student senate.

Busam ran against sophomore Nate Koska and junior Justin Hucke.

Busam said he would like to increase communication with Campus Activities Council (CAC), simplify the funding process for student organizations and increase random audits for student organizations from 50 to 100 audits.

Busam also said he would like to set aside a portion of ASG's funds to create a senator initiative fund so senators would have resources to research legislation.

Student senate approved Senator Cole Tyman for ASG secretary for on-campus affairs.

Tyman ran against current Secretary of On-Campus Affairs and Residence Hall Association President Jessica Easterly.

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Tyman said he would like to extend extracurricular outreach by bringing student organizations to first-year residence halls in addition to having mega fair, work on on-campus parking for off-campus students and increase repair response rates.

Tyman also said he would like to create a program to encourage on-campus students who would like to live off-campus in the future to seek advice from off-campus students.

Tyman said he would make a good secretary of on-campus affairs because he has the drive to meet with university officials about student problems.

"I feel that expressing the concerns of students is the most important role of this organization," Tyman said. "That's why I feel that eagerness, that willingness and that trait about myself to get to know people, would really help me in creating these new relationships that ASG might not have at the moment."

ASG also discussed a bill to support the creation of a new student judicial guidance program.

This program would work with the Office of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution (OESCR) to create and train guides who would offer advice and explain the judicial process to students who have been accused of violating the University Code of Conduct.

Guides are not the same as Student Legal Services (SLS) lawyers, but may recommend that students contact an SLS lawyer.

This bill also requires OESCR to advertise the program in the initial accusation notification email and in a follow-up email.

According to Student Body President Nick Huber, ASG would also like to expand this program to apply to academic dishonesty cases.

This bill will be discussed again at the next ASG meeting Tuesday.