by Cory Woodroof | Apr 10, 2014 | News Slider
Seth Carey and Jamie Keiser have been elected to the vice president and secretary roles for the 2014-2015 school year respectively in SGA’s runoff elections held Thursday.Carey said he is happy his hard work has paid off. “It feels great,” Carey said. For his first actions in-office, Carey said he looks to continue the work of the incumbent officers, zeroing in on an initiative to place water stations on campus. “The first thing I’d want to look to do is to see what the executives had in place from last year and just to see, kind of, what they want to continue and what they kind of hit a dead end on,” Carey said. “A big thing that we’ve been working on is water stations across campus, so that’s the first thing we definitely want to take a look at just to see if that’s still possible.” Wednesday, Drew Watson was voted SGA president, and Melissa Parrish was voted as treasurer. Photo credit: Bridgette Begle ...
by Logan Butts | Apr 7, 2014 | News Slider
The second annual SGA debates were held in Shamblin Theatre Monday night with SGA and Lumination Network once again co-sponsoring the event. The centerpiece of the evening was the debate between presidential candidates Taylor Cao and Drew Watson. The candidates expressed their opinions on a number of oft-discussed topics on Lipscomb’s campus such as academics, students dealing with the various events held on campus, Lipscomb’s alcohol policy and the school’s parking issues. Watson, the incumbent SGA vice president, touched on his previous experience with SGA, as well what he hopes to implement if elected president. “I think that experience is something that I have, and that is very valuable, especially for the president position,” Watson said. “I think that leading an organization requires you to be knowledgeable about it, be knowledgeable about its functions and about its responsibilities. “I’ve learned a lot this year as vice president, so I definitely think I would be able to hit the ground running this summer.” Watson says he hopes to use the role to be a servant for the Lipscomb community. “I think that the president role should be a means of service, and I believe that I will do a great job serving the student body,” Watson said. “I’m not doing this for the title. I’m not doing this because it will look good on a resume. I’m doing this because I truly believe I could serve the student body in this role.” Cao, who served as an active SGA member for the first time this semester, also expressed the plans he has for his potential presidency, along with why he...
