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Meet the PAB Candidates: Erin Goldie and Kyle Herm

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Erin Goldie and Kyle Herm

Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles interviewing presidential and vice-presidential candidates for Programming and Activities Board.

Meet: Erin Goldie, presidential candidate, and Kyle Herm, vice-presidential candidate.

Major and Year:

Goldie: History junior

Herm: Public relations senior

Web site: www.thenewpab.com

What makes you qualified to lead the PAB?

Goldie: I'm a transfer student, and at my alma mater I had a lot of experience as chair of the student government and have been involved with a number of organizations on campus. Not only do I have the experience, talent and maturity, I've also been able to ignite the spirit of student leadership and involvement in my peers.

Herm: In high school, I was on a board that did everything that the PAB does. Also, I've been involved with the Catholic Newman Center. I'm on the Student Associate Leadership Team, and we promote activities for the students to get involved with, which is similar to what the PAB does.

What is your platform?

Goldie: We are determined to represent those students who don't even know what PAB is. It's been said that PAB has to program for 48,000 students, which speaks of accessibility but not inclusivity. We're going to achieve that inclusiveness by making PAB relative, by creating greater diversity of programming, by developing a cross-functional organization, increasing accountability to students.

Herm: We want to promote PAB more so more students know what it is. That's the goal, to get as many different students involved as possible.

How much of your platform can you realistically expect to achieve?

Goldie: Absolutely all of it. Our goals are common sense: to act and establish a common goal. But that's not going to be the measure of our success. [Our success] is going to be how much personal growth and experiential learning we can facilitate in the University community, and our plan is going to help us do that.

What would you do differently from the current PAB administration?

Goldie: If you expect students to participate in your programs, you're already a step behind. We're going to make PAB more visible to better invest in students and engage them.

Herm: One of the big things we want to do is promote the intellectual lectures just as much as the concert series. We feel it's just as important because it will create diversity in the student body by including the graduate students just as much as the undergraduate students.

With three competing tickets, how will you distinguish yourself from the pack?

Goldie: We're the only candidates to wholly exemplify our platform. All of our ideas are born of our experiences and those of our peers. So while the other candidates may desire a broad-reaching PAB, in our position in the University we're living the means of accomplishing it. When you've been involved in the organization for a long time, you have extensive knowledge, but is it knowledge of procedures or is it knowledge to serve as a conduit through which others achieve their goals? And by working among the average student, we are that conduit.

Herm: We're taking an outsider's view. I represent out-of-state students, and she [Goldie] represents in-state students who have transferred. Those two different backgrounds are what distinguish us because we have different ideas. I think we complement each other pretty well.

What are the weaknesses of your campaign?

Goldie: Our biggest weakness is our biggest asset -- we're [Associated Students of ASU] newcomers. We're absolutely blessed with this fresh perspective, but it may be a challenge to convince people of our spirit, talent, and vitality.

Herm: It might take a bit longer to learn the ropes of ASASU, but I don't think that will keep us from being successful. Our background and experience will ultimately help us to be successful.

Reach the reporter at elias.arnold@asu.edu.


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