Noel de Santos
I, Noel de Santos, can bring both experience and ideas to the position of VPIR. I have been the IAC Representative for Filipino Students Association, Treasurer of the Johns Hopkins College Republicans (JHUCR), Financial Coordinator for Stepping-Stone Campus Ministry, Treasurer of the International Studies Forum, SAC Chairman and Student Council Executive Treasurer.
The VPIR next year will deal with both social programming as well as allocation of the student council resources. Who better that the current Student Council Treasurer to deal with financial allocation for programming? Finally I have plenty of Programming Experience: worked on both Baja Club Nights, brought Newt Gingrich and raised over $60,000 for Margaret Thatcher, to name a few.
Furthermore, a University's prestige comes from promoting their students not from being statistically superior (statistically, CalTech and LSE are better than Harvard and Oxford). Hopkins needs more than just occasional fairs. As I have this year, I will continue to work towards trips to firms, utilizing alumni contacts and arranging internship programs like other schools do. I can't promise overnight success, but I know it will get better with me as VPIR.
Please call 410-516-2759 or e-mail NdeSantos@hotmail.com for questions and comments.
Tony Tran
What is exactly is VPIR? The VPIR serves as the student council's representative to other Hopkins campus organization plus the surrounding community, but in past years the position has change to chairing the Programming Board.
Who is Tony Tran? Well - I'm a junior BME who is willing to fight for what we are entitled to. I won my high senior class president back in the day. While attending at Hopkins, I've been involved with a wide spectrum of student groups ranging from college bowl to the VSA.
We deserve real activities, not just sporadic ones that nobody knows about. We deserve better advertisement for all of our events maybe a coke with a smile. We deserve more co-sponsor events with other student groups because bigger is always better. We deserve more than just empty campaign promises.
I want to improve both our academic situation and our social life by alleviating the stresses of the Hopkins. Even though almost every candidate promises the same thing. This time - it will be different. We deserve a candidate that will put in the time, love, and dedication not because he has to but because he wants to. So on Monday, vote Tony Tran for VPIR.
