Undergraduate Student Government

Senator

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• Name:
  John Tannous
• Major:
  Political Science/Economics
• Year:
  Freshman
• Slate:
  Working For You
• Website:
  http://site.brandenandjulia.com/Senate_Slate.html
• Constituency:
  College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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• Question 1:How would you make sure your constituents know who you are and how they can contact you?
  I am extremely reachable by cell phone (440-391-1502) and e-mail (tannous.2) and have been contacted by constituents to express opinions on everything from the semesters switch to requests for funding. I do my best to contact constituents, which can be difficult in the decentralized College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, but I encourage all of them to communicate with me whenever they have a problem.
• Question 2:How do you respond to accusations that joining USG senate is all about resume padding?
  USG is definitely not about resume padding for me -- if it were I would simply have joined and showed up and gone home as soon as the meetings were over. Instead, I have engrossed myself in all things student government so as to best serve my constituents -- I have been working all year on a project to create a student life guide to distribute to all freshman, I have met with representatives of the Office of Academic Affairs and created a report calling for a student-staffed walk-in advising center which I have pitched to the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and the Vice President of Student Life, I have gotten funding for the Collegiate Conference on World Affairs to host a Model United Nations conference here at Ohio State, and I have gotten involved in numerous other initiatives and projects. I really care about bettering this University. Plus, if I really cared about betting my resume, I would actually have one.
• Question 3:How would you like to see USG improve?
  I have been involved in the organization for a year now and have served both in the executive committees and in the senate. So I have the advantage of having seen most parts of the organization, but not having been involved for so long that I have lost my ability to be disappointed at failures. I have seen USG do a LOT of good, even in just the past year. But I would like to see some changes, including the way Senate funds projects, the way USG markets themselves to the larger university community, and the structure of student outreach.
• Question 4: Pick a ballot initiative, state your position and explain why you hold that position.
  None
• Question 5:What is your least favorite day of the year; and why?
  My least favorite day of the year would usually be the last day of spring quarter when I have to go back to Cleveland and leave OSU, but luckily I recently found out I got a job here at the university for the summer so I get to stay here year-round...and I'm excited about it! I don't know that many people that will be here over the summer so if you're staying, get at me!
• Ledger:
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