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8/2/2019 Quinn-Feghali Campaign Platform
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Maggie Quinn and Gina Feghali
for UPUA President and Vice President
Candidacy Platform
A Common Sense Approach
to
Strengthen Your Student Voice
Visit us at www.VoteQuinnPSU.com
Vote March 28th at vote.psu.edu
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About the Candidates
MAGGIE QUINN is a Junior majoring in Public Relations from Doylestown, PA. Shegraduated from Gwynedd Mercy Academy in 2009, where she served as the Senior Class
President. At Penn State, Maggie served as a member of the UPUA Intern Program, Off-
Campus Representative and Vice Chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee, and
most recently as a member of the Executive Board and Press Secretary. Maggie is also a
Homecoming captain on the Alumni Relations Committee, Executive Director of College
Republicans, and a Public Relations Committee Member for THON. Maggie is excited to
use her extensive expertise in Student Government and her love for all things Penn State
to enact many exciting changes at the university.
GINA FEGHALI is a Junior double majoring in Broadcast Journalism and Political
Science from Stamford, Connecticut. She graduated from Westhill High School in 2009
where she was Captain of the Cheerleading Squad. Gina was a member of the UPUA
Assembly where she represented the College of Communications, and held the positionof Programming Subcommittee Chair for the Academic Affairs Committee. She has been
a proud sister of Delta Zeta Sorority since her freshman year, and she served as a Greek
Week Captain for Spring 2011. Gina is also very honored to have been recently selected
as a Lion Ambassador and looks forward to using her passion for Dear Old State to
make a positive change in the life of every Penn State student.
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Making a Stronger Student Voice
Maggie and Gina believe that UPUA’s single greatest responsibility needs to be
inclusion of as many student opinions as possible. Its second greatest
responsibility is to make sure those opinions are perfectly translated into excellent
programs and services.
UPUA is granted representation on boards or commissions within and outside of the
university that nearly outnumber the members in UPUA. Maggie and Gina will work to
compile a list of all the external boards on which UPUA serves. They will assign people
to each committee that will be able to attend every meeting and report back to the
Assembly on those meetings. Furthermore, Maggie and Gina will work with the chair of
the assembly to hold these members accountable for their responsibilities to external
committees. Too many times committee meetings are missed and the student voice isdiminished. Under President Quinn and Vice President Feghali, the student voice will
stronger than ever.
Increasing Collaboration for All Organizations
Encampment is a gathering of students that strengthens relationships and provides
networking opportunities throughout the university. Encampment can no longer be a
one-day retreat as it has been in recent years. It needs to be the best source of
collaboration on campus. The event, held for the last few years in the weeks before Fall
Break, proves to be a success every year, but it is only one single event. Maggie and Gina
instead propose the Encampment Series. To start, Encampment will be held earlier
in the fall semester. After that, Maggie and Gina and all of UPUA will host a meeting
with all encampment attendees to regroup, discuss new ways to collaborate, and
continue working together with organizations from every corner of campus to make ourprograms and projects the best they can possibly be.
These meetings will not just be for organization leadership. Any student who sees a need
for an awareness campaign, program, or new initiative will be able to come and share
his or her ideas with the group enabling organizations to get involved in what students
want on an individual basis.
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Enhancing Student Responsibility
Excessive alcohol consumption has long been a problem at Penn State. Maggie and Gina believe that we need to remember that students from nearly every corner of this
university choose to socialize, and stereotyping just isn’t working. A broad approach to
the problem is needed – it can’t just be a single-focus issue. That’s why we propose a
new program called The Stupid Drink .
The Stupid Drink was successfully implemented at Syracuse University as a way to teach
students about the negative effects of excessive alcohol consumption and how to enjoy
alcohol responsibly without endangering yourself or inconveniencing the people around
you. The Stupid Drink program discusses the fine line between “drinking” and what
pushes a person over the edge to “drinking too much” resulting in poor decisions.The
program utilizes Facebook, YouTube, coasters, bar stamps, bathroom stickers and other
conventional and non-conventional ways of advertising. Maggie and Gina will, through
partnership with Syracuse, bring this program to Penn State and the State College
community through Student Affairs, the Tavern Owners Association, and other
concerned parties. We will collaborate with other organizations whom have long been at
the forefront of the battle against binge drinking, such as the Interfraternity Council and
the Panhellenic Council.
Adopt-A-Cop
Under certain circumstances, law enforcement is required to take action in social
activities that occur off-campus. Fraternity houses are sometimes misinterpreted, just
like any other college residence, but many times law enforcement is paying extra
attention to fraternity houses.
Through UPUA’s representative to the State College Borough Council and extensive
conversation with the Interfraternity Council, Maggie and Gina will suggest and help to
implement an Adopt-A-Cop program, where each fraternity house will be assigned a
police officer to develop a working relationship with. This will not only improve town-
and-gown relations, but also will give each police officer a better understanding of the
Greek culture.
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wishes to join. Members will travel to Harrisburg to organize Legislative Focus Groups,
where discussions about government and Penn State’s appropriation will take place.
Maggie and Gina will work with other student governments to implement this at the
start of their term.
Green Greeks Recycling Program
Gina has been a member of the Greek Community since her freshman year. In that time,
she and many Penn Staters have spent time at some of Penn State’s fraternity houses.
When you have that many men living in one house, there’s inevitable frequent
consumption of recyclable goods. Maggie and Gina will work with the Greek Councils to
start a new green recycling program to coincide with the university’s vision of continued
sustainability. This program will ideally work with all fraternity houses to ensure the
maximum amount of recyclable goods will be disposed into the proper receptacles.
Sustainable State
Sustainability has become a major initiative at Penn State. It’s important that Maggie
and Gina’s administration work with organizations like the Sustainability Coalition to
make every Penn State Facility more environmentally friendly. Maggie and Gina will
work to add more hydration stations to classroom buildings and residence halls.
Maggie and Gina will work with Housing and Food Services to eliminate the use of
plastic bags in area commons and other dining facilities, while advocating for the
expansion of low-waste living options such as Earth House. Also, Maggie and Gina want to work with the Off Campus Student Union to increase recycling downtown by
encouraging apartment complexes to place recycling bins next to other garbage
receptacles. Through collaboration with the people and groups who know this
movement best, Penn State can achieve long-lasting success.
Incorporating Every Culture into the Community
Today, Penn State is a melting pot, filled with people of every different race, nationality,
religion, gender, sexual orientation, and virtually every other aspect that makes usdifferent. It is a priority of both Maggie and Gina,to work with World in Conversation to
expand its reach and incorporate that project into the curriculum for all new students to
improve the climate of the campus and also act as training for the global society we will
enter after graduation.
Many cultural groups want to put on programs that include food. As of the publishing
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date of this platform, UPAC has yet to change its policy toward food. The Quinn-Feghali
administration will actively lobby UPAC to change its policy to allow Student Activity
Fee money to be used for food as part of a cultural event.
Learning From Our Past
As UPUA grows, it’s important that we remember where we’ve been. In the years since
its inception, UPUA has worked on many initiatives that have since been forgotten or
fallen through the cracks. Maggie and Gina will work to obtain legislation from the very
beginning of UPUA and implement those old policies to their administration. If they are
no longer relevant, then they’ll be closed out for good. There are good ideas floating
around from years past and Maggie and Gina will make sure the best ones are continued
from UPUA assemblies past.
For the Future: Laying the Foundation for a Strong Penn State
Maggie and Gina recognize that as juniors, a portion of the work they will accomplish
over their term of office will only take effect after they have graduated. It would be
irresponsible to ignore that fact, and it is with that in mind that Maggie and Gina will
have to look to the future - what happens after they’ve left campus.
Penn State’s President Rodney Erickson ends his term in 2014, therefore, the university
will likely begin the process of selecting a new leader during Maggie and Gina’s term.
Along with CCSG and GSA, UPUA will advocate for overwhelming student
representation throughout the entire process.
Recently, the presidents of the three student governments proposed the six points for
change. Maggie and Gina will work with the other student government leaders to see
these changes come to fruition, especially with regard to increased representation on the
Board of Trustees.
Common Sense Approaches to Improve our Penn State Experience
There are many small-scale improvements that can be made at Penn State. Maggie and
Gina will be working constantly to solve problems that come up throughout the year.
These self-explanatory projects include:
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-Making the Wall Street Journal available as part of the Newspaper Readership Program
-Adding more rooms to the online Events Management Reservation System, to allow for
easier scheduling of club meetings and other events
-Utilizing existing student expertise to make platform planks the best they can be, such
as asking IST majors to help with the Marketplace as part of their existing major
requirements
-Continuing UPUA’s positive relationship with CATA to make sure that the needs of the
student body are consistently met
Wrapping It Up
Maggie and Gina are the best candidates on the ballot for UPUA President and Vice
President because they know what it takes to be successful. Through their involvement
both in and out of UPUA, they have learned how to reach out beyond the walls of UPUA
and even the HUB. They know, without a doubt, that the inclusion of every population
at Penn State and not just those involved in student government is the only way toimprove the lives of each and every Penn State student.
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For where we’ve gone…
For where we’re going…
For the chance to succeed…
For the families who brought us here…
For those who came before us…
For those who will come after us…
For the fight …
For anyone who doubts what Penn State can do…
But most of all,
For The Glory.
Vote Quinn Feghali on March 28th
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