With the spring semester coming to an end, the Associated Student Government (ASG) of Colorado Mesa University are holding annual elections for next years President, Vice President, Trustees and Senators. However, the viewers of the election are being limited every year with seniors moving on to their future goals.
Although it was calculated based on both an online and in-person poll of a total of 86 selected students and a randomly selected poll of 66 students that 38 percent of them were going to vote for Troester-Harwell and 42 percent were going to vote for Flores-Vela, there was also a significant amount of students who were not planning on participating in the polls at all.
With seniors eager to walk out of CMU forever as the warm breeze quickly approaches, it has been a big question for these delegates whether or not they can count on any seniors to pay attention. The answer, has been a big “no”.
This years 2018 graduates will be taking the stage on May 12 at 8:30 a.m., and with the real world on their minds, these Mavs have no desire in putting any of their focus on the upcoming class elections. According to many seniors, they were unaware of any election occurring on campus. This is one reason why senior, Karen Prather, will not be participating.
“I probably will not be voting. I didn’t know it was happening, I do not know where to vote, I’ve never voted before, and also I just feel like I don’t know if I care,” Prather said. With all these questions left unanswered, and no advertised information in front of her, Prather doesn’t believe her participation with be beneficial.
This election determines the person who will be ultimately responsible for ASG, which is a student led organization that strives to be the voice of the students of CMU. The senators elected work to decide how student funds are to be distributed to the various Colorado Mesa University clubs and organizations. Their primary goal is to develop creative and fun ways to enhance the campus experience for every student by providing exciting activities and opportunities.
This lack of information around campus about these candidates has been a major impact on the amount of voters these individuals have received. According to another senior, Nuriyyeh Brett, she was also unaware that student government elections were taking place on campus.
“I am not participating in voting for the elections because I did not actually know there were any.” Brett said.
However, getting the word out their isn’t what’s going to get every seniors attention. Without an incentive, the older Mavs can’t seem to find any interest. Although he has heard about who will be running, Seth McDonald, also a senior at CMU still does not see his participation as guaranteed.
“No.” McDonald said, “Someone mentioned it to me the other day, but probably not cause I’m an older student.” The seniors at CMU do not see their participation as necessary as, the lowerclassmen votes.
With seniors getting ready to go out in the real world and take on their dreams, the future of CMU has no impact on them anymore. Voting for an official president and vice president will begin April 11-13. However, these candidates can’t count on this year’s senior class to help make the decision.
