By Jazmine Montoya
Reporter
It’s that time of the year again. SGA elections are in full effect since the first of this month.
There are two candidates in the running for SGA president. Travis Tillis and Rudy Strong are the two potential candidates for the position. According to Tillis’ platform provided online, he says students should vote for him because he would bring a creative vision along with a positive mental attitude and is willing to help his peers. Strong’s platform says that he has the ability to be president because of his strong leadership skills.
As far as the other positions of SGA, they were uncontested. Elizabeth Gonzalez is running for vice president. Treasurer candidate Forest Barnes will be on the ballot as well. Alex Enciso is the candidate for general council and Danielle Miramontes is running for activities liaison.
SGA General Council member Nick Acosta says that it gets hard trying to get students to get involved.
“Student apathy is a kind of thing that governments always fight,” Acosta said.
Acosta also said it’s pretty normal to have limited candidacy.
“It’s usually either uncontested or maybe one other candidate, but we’re always welcoming new comers to apply to be a senator if students are interested in being part of student government,” Acosta said.
Along with voting for SGA representatives, students may also vote for professor of the year. The professor with the most votes will be honored with a certificate from SGA and hold the title for a year.
When asked if they were voting or not, majority of students said they were not taking place in elections this year because they were not aware it was happening. Ramon Gonzalez said he wasn’t aware the election was taking place.
“Maybe that means I should be more involved in what’s going on on campus because I had no idea,” Gonzalez said.
Although student Michelle Cornado did not want to voice who she was voting for, she did say she was planning on voting this year.
“I didn’t get to vote last year so I want to do my part and vote this year,” said Cornado.
As we welcome a new candidate, current SGA President Danitza Romo says she’s ready to welcome the soon to be new president, whoever it may be.
“Overall it’s been a really good experience for me. I just hope whoever comes in next moves forward with the great amount of improvement that SGA has done this year because there’s always room for improvement,” said Romo.
Elections are running until April 4. Students can vote by using their insideBC login and then they will be greeted with a ballot on the main page. Results will be tallied and posted on either April 8 or 9.