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2020 UNT Student Senate Election at TAMS (edit)
Revision as of 01:42, 10 February 2021
, 01:42, 10 February 2021no edit summary
From April 6 to April 9, 2020, an election to fill the sole UNT Student Senate seat from TAMS was held. As the incumbent, Senator [[Reese Jacobs Neal]], was graduating in 2020, he was ineligible to run again. [[Kevin Kim]], [[Saatvik Sunkavalli]], [[Puranjay Shori]], [[Navya Chintaman]], and [[Ranak Bansal]] filed to run.<ref>[https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-government-association/2020-elections 2020 SGA Elections | Division of Student Affairs (unt.edu)]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200811042845/https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-government-association/2020-elections Archived] from the original on August 11, 2020.</ref> However, Ranak did not participate in the election.
From April 6 to April 9, 2020, an election to fill the sole UNT Student Senate seat from TAMS was held. As the incumbent, Senator [[Reese Jacobs Neal]], was graduating in 2020, he was ineligible to run again. [[Kevin Kim]], [[Saatvik Sunkavalli]], [[Puranjay Shori]], [[Navya Chintaman]], and [[Ranak Bansal]] filed to run.<ref>[https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-government-association/2020-elections 2020 SGA Elections | Division of Student Affairs (unt.edu)]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200811042845/https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-government-association/2020-elections Archived] from the original on August 11, 2020.</ref> However, Ranak did not participate in the election.
== Campaign ==
=== Saatvik Sunkavalli ===
Saatvik ran a campaign focused on increasing openness and equity between TAMS and the UNT community at large, pledging to overhaul the TAMS admin-student communication system and reduce the stigma of being a TAMS student at UNT.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=229617441734505&set=a.172263764136540&type=3</ref> He also drew upon his experience in speech and debate.
=== Puranjay Shori ===
Puranjay ran on increasing access to academic resources and improving the student body's perception of safety at UNT.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1723394904588579/permalink/2468543660073696/</ref>
=== Kevin Kim ===
Kevin's campaign focused largely on improving the club experience. He ran on granting [[Exec|execs]] more freedom with club resources, limiting the ability of TAMS admin to turn down club ideas due to controversial content, and increasing student-admin communication.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1723394904588579/permalink/2468364340091628/</ref>
=== Navya Chintaman ===
Navya focused on bridging the gap between TAMS and UNT, improving access to mental health resources, increasing TAMS outreach efforts, and reworking the [[Visual Arts and Design Track]]'s curriculum.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/1723394904588579/permalink/2469678063293589/</ref> She also maintained a now-defunct campaign Instagram page (@navyafortamssenator).
== Results ==
== Results ==
== References ==
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== Additional reading ==
* [[Nathaniel Brown]] wrote an [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L3pwq31Dr2p-nzN0I0G2o43iN2y22X0n_Idc2FwTaUg/edit analysis] of each candidate and their positions. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210210072108if_/https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L3pwq31Dr2p-nzN0I0G2o43iN2y22X0n_Idc2FwTaUg/edit Archived] from the original on February 10, 2020 (link may have issues).
* The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2ohyRcs9BY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3du45GkPOz8DP6KI8O7z8_wDZJvTjYazCPC5XofSYN3fTsQcrbsSXHRk4 first] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvcgWfdKUhE&fbclid=IwAR07skijcZBuHpp0LPtSd4q2fuh99IKwxrb-9MgxA1Mjo7IIzSXm7dnaFkE second] senatorial meet and greet.