CANDIDATE STATEMENT: Boyd Lever

Dartmouth has an awesome opportunity this year to establish strong relations with College President-elect Jim Yong Kim, create greater connections with his administration and empower student government and student organizations on campus. We also have great challenges -- the budget cuts must not be allowed to lessen the Dartmouth Experience for any student or organization. Once elected, I will work to enact the changes I have outlined in my plan: Transparency, Communication and Tangible policies. Short term: -Promote Big Green athletics by offering PE credit to those attending events. -Protect funding for student organizations by creating a common application, and promote transparency by establishing a Governance Communications Council consisting of executives of Undergraduate Finance Committee organizations. -Revamp the Readership Program by replacing USA Today with The Wall Street Journal. -Reform the Alcohol Management Program to safely reflect the realities of Dartmouth social life, and work with the Dean's office to pass it as quickly as possible. -Launch a more transparent and accessible web site for Student Assembly that outlines budget expenses, events and initiatives. -Elect a Student Assembly delegate to attend Hanover Town Council meeting to strengthen ties and foster communication within the Hanover community. Long Term: Transparency and Representation in Student Assembly: Most students outside student government don't understand current Assembly practices, exacerbating the popular conception that the Assembly is an irrelevant and inconsequential body.