Students who let the primary election slip by without exercising their constitutional right to vote still have a chance to shape the ASUO’s next year by voting in the general election.
Andrew Faust, a pre-business administration major, and Laura Schulthies, a junior journalism major with a minor in economics, are contending for ASUO Student Senate Seat 7, which includes the responsibility of serving on the Athletic Department Finance Committee. The ADFC works with the University’s Athletic Department to provide free student tickets to select sporting events.
Faust did not respond to the Emerald’s repeated requests for an interview.
The chance to earn real world experience in the career she is most interested in drives Schulthies’ desire to be a student leader, she said. With a major in journalism focusing on sports broadcasting and a minor in economics, working on the ADFC brings together the best of both of Schulthies’ academic interests. She added she hopes the activities she gets involved with now will help her achieve her dream of working for ESPN.
Seat 7 also appeals to Schulthies because she wants to be able to serve students. She added that the ADFC’s decisions affect more than athletes; the whole student population benefits from the work of student senators who negotiate to get them the best, cheapest tickets to sporting events.
“I want to be able to take students’ ideas and suggestions and start working on them,” she said.
Schulthies, who grew up in Beaverton, has set aside her dedication to dance since she came to the University because she has not found a good partner in Eugene yet.
Faust and Schulthies ran a close race in the primary election and were separated by only 25 votes, with Faust leading Schulthies 364-339. One of them will walk away from the general elections next week with the title of Student Senate Seat 7-elect.
Students have the power to decide which one it will be.