Name: Reid Haataja
Position: Senate Seat 13 (Business admin 1 yr.)
Age: 30
Hometown: Minnesota
Class Standing: Senior
Major: Accounting
Arrests: None
Platform: Bring respect and professionalism back to the Student Senate.
Qualifications: 10 more years of life experience over competitors, has patience, knows how to work with others, accounting qualifications.
How to increase interest in the ASUO to ensure quality candidates for open positions:
Get respect out there, change perception that Senate is a résumé filler, stop infighting and bickering.
Current student oversight of the Student Recreation Center:
The policies are sound, but there needs to be more visibility, but the rec center seems to be working decently.
Student government expansion:
Until we get student body behind student government, it’s premature to expand on a flawed system.
Changes to student athletic ticket distribution:
Supports electronic ticketing to reduce the number of students who skip class.