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Students elect SAC officers for next yearSAVANNA MAUE ONLINE EDITOR

When Anna Kauffmann and Angela Jacobs ran together in the Student Activities Council executive election they were together as more than just running mates — they also are roommates. Kauffmann found out she was elected president of SAC for the 2013-2014 academic year on April 5 in front of Kent Library while her running mate Jacobs was elected as vice president for the same term.

“I felt pretty confident about it, but I also know that you can’t completely put your hopes into it and not win,” Jacobs said. “I had the mind set and was hopeful that I was going to win. But I knew the other person that was running also, and I knew that they would do a good job and so if they got elected I would be OK with that because that was how it was supposed to be.”

The duo said they work well together and have similar ideas for how they plan to run SAC in the fall.

“Mainly maintain what [SAC] is now because this year we’ve made a lot of great changes and our attendance has increased like crazy,” Kauffmann said about their plans. “I really want to reach a different group on campus, I want to get a different groups of students involved in our activities and our events and bring in a lot of new members and just make our meetings fun and a positive atmosphere.”

SAC normally has 30 students attend its weekly meetings, but there is always room for new members.

“With the members of SAC, it’s just coming together,” Jacobs said. “I feel this year some people have been kind of distant and we haven’t had the community that we have wanted. I really want to be able to build that community so that people will speak

and the meetings are really open up to what they want to see on campus and what they want to change with SAC and just improvements.”

Other members elected to the executive board were administrative assistant Tim Rosemann, special events coordinators Tyler Rosemann and Ben Mulholland, comedy coordinator Kayla Mengwasser, music coordinator Kynli Smith, graphic designer Steven Amrhein, social media coordinator Trevor Mulholland, films and lectures coordinator Chris Dzurick and historian Jenna Wehner.

According to Kauffmann, as president of SAC she will be responsible for leading the meetings, which consist of weekly executive and general body meetings as well as managing events and making sure they are completed smoothly with enough volunteers.

The vice president’s role, according to Jacobs, is to talk to prospective students about SAC on Show Me Days, award points to SAC members who

participate in events as well as volunteer, award member of the month prizes, plan the holiday parties and offer support to the president.

SAC operates on a point system for its members. Those who volunteer and participate gain a point for each activity and once they reach a certain goal they are rewarded with a prize. Jacobs said this is a great way to keep people active in the organization.

“There’s a lot of students that really enjoy volunteering who show up at almost all our events and they get lots of points,” Jacobs said. “It’s a good incentive and it’s also a way of rewarding those who are volunteering and supporting SAC fully.”

Both executive members said they are excited for next year and hope to keep the meetings fun and open for students to express their opinions on what they would like SAC to become in the future. Meetings are at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays in the University Center Redhawks room.

Anna Kauffmann (left) and Angela Jacobs, the newly elected president and vice president of SAC, in their room on Monday. Photo by Drew Yount“I really want to reach a

different group on campus, I want to get a different groups of students involved in our activities and our events and bring in a lot of new members and just make our meetings fun and a positive atmosphere.” Anna Kauffmann

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Autism Center expands after receiving new programming and federal fundingIn the last few months, there have been changes to how the Autism Center at Southeast Missouri State University operates. In January the center accepted programming from the University of Missouri Thompson Center in Columbia, Mo., according to the director of the center Connie Hebert.

This entitled the center, the lone resource of its kind for the southeast Missouri area, to funding.

“There are a number of Southeast students who have an autism diagnosis,” said Dr. Victoria Moore, a clinical psychologist who is employed at the center. “Some of them participate in services here at our center, such as social skills groups. Our primary purpose is to provide diagnostic services and direct therapies, so the majority of our clients are not of college age. Most of our clients come from the community, and we’ve served families from Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas and Illinois as well as those from southeast Missouri.”

Since assuming this increase in area after the first of the year, three behavioral analysts have been added to the full-time staff at the center. Also, the staff at the center has increased to include a second psychologist to handle the workload of the diagnostic evaluations, Hebert said.

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Bank

On-campus bank will close May 17 and will re-open on July 1 under new managementCommerce Bank will close on campus on May 17 while university officials install US Bank in the University Center. On July 1, students, staff and faculty will be able to use US Bank on the first floor of the UC.

The Board of Regents approved US Bank’s bid and Southeast will replace Commerce Bank with US Bank. Commerce has been the bank in the UC at Southeast since 2008, when it offered the best bid. The university must allow new bids for banking services every four years per Missouri law.

Debate

Southeast will host eighth congressional district debate at River Campus on May 28The four candidates attempting to win Missouri’s 8th Congressional District will debate at Southeast Missouri State University on May 28 in the Robert F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall. KFVS and the Southeast Missou-rian will livestream the event, which is expected to last 90 minutes, at 6:30 p.m. The four candidates for the vacancy are Doug Enyart, Steve Hodges, Bill Slantz and Jason Smith.

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