UPDATED: Jack Hesser, a sophomore microbiology and botany major, was elected as the Student Government Association president pro-tempore today after the Senate voted.
Hesser said his platform is looking to improve SGA Senate relationships, get out to students and work on administrative aspects.
He also said he wants to focus on representing students who are not part of the SGA.
“My job is to convey the thoughts and opinion of the students who are not in this room,” Hesser said.
Results will be released before 6 p.m., said Chloe Anagnos, SGA president.
Jennifer Jones-Hall, SGA faculty adviser, said the candidates had asked that the results not be released during Senate while the two were present and would rather receive the news in private.
Jason Pickell, a sophomore political science major, released on Twitter on Tuesday, and confirmed today, that he had dropped out of the race. He said he was worried he would be unable to fulfill the time commitment.
“I didn’t want to let anyone down if I didn’t end up having the time,” Pickell said.
This left two candidates, Bryan Kubel, a sophomore marketing major, and Jack Hesser, a sophomore microbiology and botany major, who both presented their platform points at today’s meeting.
Hesser said his platform is looking to improve Senate relationships, get out to students and work on administrative aspects.
He said he wants to focus on representing students who are not part of the SGA Senate.
“My job is to convey the thoughts and opinion of the students who are not in this room,” Hesser said.
Kubel said he was happy when the opportunity to run for pro-tempore presented itself.
“I figured I may as well take it — it’s not like it will hurt me at all if I don’t win,” he said.
Kubel countered with his platform, “creating connections with lasting impressions … 24/7.”
Kubel also said he wants to change the way Senate votes to resemble the way the U.S. Senate votes. This would mean having a live vote using iclickers that would have a live readout of current votes.
Kubel’s final item on his platform was to create a Twitter account for Ball State students to tweet at offering their critiques or problems with the university. This would allow SGA to better represent the student body, he said.
Two senators’ applications to join the SGA Senate also were voted on at today’s meeting.
One was accepted, one was tabled until next week as he was not present.
Eleven applications were approved for senators to join committees, which were accepted in one vote.
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