Thomas Boyd, presidential candidate
Year: Junior
Major: Mass Communications
Alexa Burch, vice presidential candidate
Year: Sophomore
Major: Mass Communications
Campaign Slogan
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Experience
Boyd: President of USFSP Connect; former photo editor for The Crow’s Nest; participated in Lead. Learn. Serve.; resident assistant for a one and half years; and director of fun rides for Longboarding Club.
Burch: Works for USFSP Connect and is enrolled in the Honors Program.
Platform
“Like all bipeds from our era, we run on our FEET: food, entertainment, education, transportation.”
Top 3 Issues on Campus
Food:
“Food is not just a meal plan,” Boyd said, explaining the importance of opening the lines of communication between students and Dining Services.
Transportation:
Boyd and Alexa plan to find solutions for parking after the top floor of parking garage is taken over by solar panels next semester and the metered parking spots are lost after the construction. “There is money set aside to expand the parking garage, and we want to make sure that’s a smooth and easy transition for the student,” Boyd said.
Entertainment:
“Student life is dwindling here. We’re thinking of targeting more commuter and nontraditional students,” Burch said.
“We have 500 students living on campus at a 5,000-student university and we’re spending all our money on them,” Boyd said. “They also want to help Campus Recreation to expand the gym, make the Waterfront more accessible and help it become a “lasting force on campus.”
Why should you lead the student body?
“We may not be the most qualified people in this election, but we bring other skills that are unique that allow us to bring a different perspective into Student Government,” Boyd said. “We haven’t spent years in Student Government but that allows us to be more in touch with the students … and be more approachable.”
“We both work for USFSP Connect, and that’s completely revamped looking at student life, from an outsider and making it much more clear, concise, easy and relatable,” Burch said.
