2008 Woodie Awards
Class of 2008 Candidates
Emily Butler '08 & Meaghan Fitzergald '08
Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: Election
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We, Emily Butler and Meaghan Fitzgerald, have between us five years of experience working in all levels of the student programming board, which begs the question-why leave SPB for SGA now?
The answer lies in part in our prospective Senior Week. As executive members of SPB, we have each been on campus for past senior weeks. Unfortunately, class representatives oftentimes have limited experience with the specific skills involved in event-planning. As experienced programmers, we feel we can bring exciting, memorable events to our final days together as a class, such as trips to baseball games or pubcrawls in Portland or Boston and Maine Indoor Karting instead of jumping through hula-hoops for the Senior Olympics. By electing us senior class representatives, the senior class can be sure they are not leaving their Senior Week up to chance.
With experienced programmers in the position of senior class representative, the senior class can also be confident that events such as the Junior/ Senior Cotillion, off-campus trips and pub-nights will be worthwhile and well-organized. Not only would we continue senior class traditions such as Senior Class Service Day to further build class unity and better connect us to the Waterville community, but we would improve on existing events. Wouldn't you like to see Cotillion live up to the same standards as last year's Fall Ball, which was organized largely by SPB and, specifically, Meaghan Fitzgerald? How about opportunities to meet more of your classmates through events similar to Colby Speed Dating which was created and implemented by Emily Butler? Don't settle for the same old events your senior year.
Our work with SPB and other organizations on campus, including WMHB, the Echo, Athletics, and Admissions, has well-acquainted us with the Colby campus administration. We, like most members of the class of 2008, have witnessed the growing number of obstacles to the social life on campus. We remember Sketchy Heights, the old Oktoberfest, Dana Beach dances and Senior Steps. We hope to use our relationship with the administration on campus to improve student-administration relations, bridge the ideological gap between the two, and try to bring back the Colby we all grew to love as freshmen.
The answer lies in part in our prospective Senior Week. As executive members of SPB, we have each been on campus for past senior weeks. Unfortunately, class representatives oftentimes have limited experience with the specific skills involved in event-planning. As experienced programmers, we feel we can bring exciting, memorable events to our final days together as a class, such as trips to baseball games or pubcrawls in Portland or Boston and Maine Indoor Karting instead of jumping through hula-hoops for the Senior Olympics. By electing us senior class representatives, the senior class can be sure they are not leaving their Senior Week up to chance.
With experienced programmers in the position of senior class representative, the senior class can also be confident that events such as the Junior/ Senior Cotillion, off-campus trips and pub-nights will be worthwhile and well-organized. Not only would we continue senior class traditions such as Senior Class Service Day to further build class unity and better connect us to the Waterville community, but we would improve on existing events. Wouldn't you like to see Cotillion live up to the same standards as last year's Fall Ball, which was organized largely by SPB and, specifically, Meaghan Fitzgerald? How about opportunities to meet more of your classmates through events similar to Colby Speed Dating which was created and implemented by Emily Butler? Don't settle for the same old events your senior year.
Our work with SPB and other organizations on campus, including WMHB, the Echo, Athletics, and Admissions, has well-acquainted us with the Colby campus administration. We, like most members of the class of 2008, have witnessed the growing number of obstacles to the social life on campus. We remember Sketchy Heights, the old Oktoberfest, Dana Beach dances and Senior Steps. We hope to use our relationship with the administration on campus to improve student-administration relations, bridge the ideological gap between the two, and try to bring back the Colby we all grew to love as freshmen.
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