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Meet the Candidates - Gage promises to put money back in students' pockets by consolidation
By: Sara Foley
Issue date: 3/29/05 Section: News
Terry Gage said that if elected student body president, his primary goal is to put money back into student's pockets by consolidating unused and wasted funds on campus.
Gage, a senior economics major, said some of the items on students' fee statements, such as the University Writing Center, are not used by all students and could be changed to being paid for based on usage instead of a blanket fee for all students.
"There's a lot of ways that we could lower our fee statements," he said.
Another of Gage's goals is to improve campus safety with increased lighting, additional emergency phones and surveillance cameras around residence halls.
"Wherever you are standing on campus, you should be able to see one of those blue emergency phones," he said. "That's not the case right now."
He said he also wants to continue faculty fish camp to help students and professors have better relationships.
"We should let them know why we came to A&M and understand our traditions," he said.
Gage said that as a member of the Corps of Cadets, he would help to foster better relations between cadets and the student body by finding some common goals to work toward. Gage said tension between the Corps and others used to be bridged by Bonfire, and something else must be done to help students work together.
Gage said he hoped to foster better communication between the student body and members of Student Government.
"It's kind of lackluster right now, but it is important to work at it," he said. "We need to make sure that everyone knows what's going on."
Gage said he felt that his upbringing and experiences in activities in college would help him do the job well.
"The student body president needs to be someone with a big heart," he said. "It's about the desire to make a difference."
Gage, a senior economics major, said some of the items on students' fee statements, such as the University Writing Center, are not used by all students and could be changed to being paid for based on usage instead of a blanket fee for all students.
"There's a lot of ways that we could lower our fee statements," he said.
Another of Gage's goals is to improve campus safety with increased lighting, additional emergency phones and surveillance cameras around residence halls.
"Wherever you are standing on campus, you should be able to see one of those blue emergency phones," he said. "That's not the case right now."
He said he also wants to continue faculty fish camp to help students and professors have better relationships.
"We should let them know why we came to A&M and understand our traditions," he said.
Gage said that as a member of the Corps of Cadets, he would help to foster better relations between cadets and the student body by finding some common goals to work toward. Gage said tension between the Corps and others used to be bridged by Bonfire, and something else must be done to help students work together.
Gage said he hoped to foster better communication between the student body and members of Student Government.
"It's kind of lackluster right now, but it is important to work at it," he said. "We need to make sure that everyone knows what's going on."
Gage said he felt that his upbringing and experiences in activities in college would help him do the job well.
"The student body president needs to be someone with a big heart," he said. "It's about the desire to make a difference."
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