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The year in review: report cards
Mark Gold talks about the busy fall, upcoming spring.
By: Meredith Zdenek
Issue date: 12/1/08 Section: News
A day in Gold's shoes consists of waking up and trying to spend at least 30 minutes to himself to staying on campus until anytime between 10:30 p.m. and midnight.
"Generally, I will have meetings in the morning, classes in the afternoon; usually I will have lunch with a student or meetings will go over lunch. By 5 [p.m.], my meetings are usually done and the administrators will leave, then I will go speak to a student group or function that night, get done with that around 8:30 or 9:30 [p.m.]."
"After that, I'd go back to my office and clean out all of my inboxes to try and respond to every e-mail that needs a response, make sure that what I told people that I would do that day would get done at that point and when I'm done with that, I'll leave," he said.
Though Gold's day is filled with meetings and sit-ins, he revealed that in his own time, he enjoys exercising and playing sports.
"I'm not very athletic, but I love to compete so anything athletic gets me going, definitely.
"My favorite would be baseball, no doubt, but it's hard to get so many people together, so it's usually basketball, frisbee or football that my friends and I will play because we usually don't need many people to do that," he said.
Gold said he looks forward to meeting President George W. Bush at the Graduation Convocation Commencement on Dec. 12.
"Regardless of your political beliefs, to meet a man that has led our country for eight years… I can't even fathom what it is like to be in his shoes for even one day, so to get to meet him for a little bit is incredible. It is going to be amazing," Gold said.
He said that he predicts the spring semester will be incredibly time-consuming, as well as stressful with upcoming issues and next year's campaigns for Yell Leaders and student body president.
"I mean, obviously the MSC renovation is going to continue to be a huge issue. We are having another referendum Dec. 1-3 to re-hear student opinions so that I can carry on those opinions to the decision-makers and they can act accordingly to it," Gold said.
"It's kind-of weird that spring brings new elections with Yell Leader and SBP, and that's crazy they are already campaigning for my spot. I feel like I just got it. That's going to be a huge issue and my job with that will be to help transition the next student body president and hopefully continue the positive of what we have started and to improve what we couldn't get started," he said.
Gold said he is excited about his upcoming semester as student body president.
"The reason that I hope that I come off as excited about what I do is because I love what I do," Gold said. "There is no better opportunity I've had than what I have to represent this school in this type of capacity."
"Generally, I will have meetings in the morning, classes in the afternoon; usually I will have lunch with a student or meetings will go over lunch. By 5 [p.m.], my meetings are usually done and the administrators will leave, then I will go speak to a student group or function that night, get done with that around 8:30 or 9:30 [p.m.]."
"After that, I'd go back to my office and clean out all of my inboxes to try and respond to every e-mail that needs a response, make sure that what I told people that I would do that day would get done at that point and when I'm done with that, I'll leave," he said.
Though Gold's day is filled with meetings and sit-ins, he revealed that in his own time, he enjoys exercising and playing sports.
"I'm not very athletic, but I love to compete so anything athletic gets me going, definitely.
"My favorite would be baseball, no doubt, but it's hard to get so many people together, so it's usually basketball, frisbee or football that my friends and I will play because we usually don't need many people to do that," he said.
Gold said he looks forward to meeting President George W. Bush at the Graduation Convocation Commencement on Dec. 12.
"Regardless of your political beliefs, to meet a man that has led our country for eight years… I can't even fathom what it is like to be in his shoes for even one day, so to get to meet him for a little bit is incredible. It is going to be amazing," Gold said.
He said that he predicts the spring semester will be incredibly time-consuming, as well as stressful with upcoming issues and next year's campaigns for Yell Leaders and student body president.
"I mean, obviously the MSC renovation is going to continue to be a huge issue. We are having another referendum Dec. 1-3 to re-hear student opinions so that I can carry on those opinions to the decision-makers and they can act accordingly to it," Gold said.
"It's kind-of weird that spring brings new elections with Yell Leader and SBP, and that's crazy they are already campaigning for my spot. I feel like I just got it. That's going to be a huge issue and my job with that will be to help transition the next student body president and hopefully continue the positive of what we have started and to improve what we couldn't get started," he said.
Gold said he is excited about his upcoming semester as student body president.
"The reason that I hope that I come off as excited about what I do is because I love what I do," Gold said. "There is no better opportunity I've had than what I have to represent this school in this type of capacity."
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