While we were sorry to see our spring Romers (and those seniors cunning enough to graduate in December) go, this semester brought several welcome new faces to the second term of the Schmidt administration; Judith Webster, Adele White, Andrew Kelly, Grace Hamilton, Nick Buono, Adriana Terrazas, Noah Gulick and Santiago Barajas all joined Student Government this January, and are all eager to positively impact campus culture at UD.
“I wanted to get involved with daily life on campus, fixing things that address student concerns like washers in Clark, hours for the Dumb Ox, designated smoking areas and whatnot,” said Noah Gulick, sophomore politics major. Mr. Gulick served on SG during the Enriquez administration, where he learned the senatorial arts from Paul Ochoa, who ran a tight ship (current VP Joe Teson has some (Elvis) shoes to fill). When asked which of SG’s accomplishments he is proudest of, said Mr. Gulick, “The Crawfish Boil! Also, every club gets their funding from SG, meaning students can express themselves in a non-academic manner. People don’t feel like they have to escape campus in order to have a good time.”
Grace Hamilton, junior history major and the proud founder of UD’s Mock Trial Club, remarks that she “understood [as a club founder] the meticulousness of having to go to SG for funding, so I wanted to be a part of the Administrative Functions committee to help that club process.” An aspiring lawyer, Ms. Hamilton applauds Pres. Schmidt for “putting subsidiarity into practice; you report to your committee, which gives senators independence to be able to support students’ plans.” She hopes to advertise that “there’s a lot of club funding left! Also, SG is really proactive; if you have a concern that isn’t in our wheelhouse, we will direct you to someone who can fix it. We’re kind of cool like that — we’re a chameleon.”…