Student Government President-elect Zack Faircloth and vice president-elect Lindsey Landry are wasting no time getting their initiatives for next year started before their inauguration on April 12.
The “Forward” campaign winners have already scheduled meetings with administrators and Baton Rouge community leaders to establish connections that will help them implement their plans smoothly once they are in office.
The two will meet with Metropolitan Councilman John Delgado to develop their “LSU Connect” initiative which will help University graduates connect with internships and possible career opportunities in and around the city.
They are also ensuring a student presence at the state Capitol as part of their “Flagship Forward” initiative. Faircloth said there has been a student from the “Forward” campaign at the Capitol each day since the regular session started on March 14.
“In addition, I’ll probably be sending out emails to legislators in the upcoming days saying … ‘Let’s set up a meeting and start talking,’” he said. “TOPS is going to be a huge issue for this session.”
Other initiatives the two plan to work on before inauguration include opening the UREC for summer use and making campus vending machines Paw Point-accessible, a project the Student Senate has already begun working on for vending machines in the Student Union.
Faircloth and Landry will continue working on some initiatives started by the current administration such as finalizing the Student Bill of Rights and maintaining the College Council’s Speaker Series between University alumni and students, which will hold its first event Thursday.
“This is something that we hope to continue to connect students to what their future careers could be as LSU alumni,” Landry said.
Although they look forward to continuing current plans, the “Forward” winners said their personalities will set them apart from the “Here and Now” administration.
“There’s a lot of internal Student Government things that Lindsey and I will do differently … we like to surround ourselves with different kinds of people, so that aspect will be different,” Faircloth said.
Looking back on their campaign, Faircloth and Landry said the most important components of their win was their candidates and their tangible initiatives.
“It was never just about me and Zack,” Landry said. “It was about our whole team and what everyone had to offer.”