Taylor Carr, Student Life Committee chair, will run for president of Student Association’s 56th session with the goal of making SA more connected to the community.

Carr will run his campaign with the slogan ‘We are SU,’ he said, representing the idea that Syracuse University is nothing without its students.

‘We are SU, we make up this campus, it is our responsibility to make it better, to make a change and to make a difference,’ Carr said.

If elected president, Carr said he hopes to work with PJ Alampi, the Board of Elections and Membership chair, to change the SA codes so each member has five required community service hours per semester.

‘We’re the student leaders who want to make a difference, and yet we look around and all these other organizations have mandated community service hours, they are going out and making a difference, not only on the hill, but off the hill. And Student Association, in my opinion, is lacking in that area,’ Carr said.

Carr also said he wants to work to distinguish the roles of vice president and chief of staff. He said he wants to make vice president a role that deals with SA in an external sense, connecting SA with the rest of the university and local communities. Chief of staff will be in charge of internal issues.

Carr’s campaign will utilize social media effort, such as a WordPress blog, which has clips of students explaining why ‘they are SU,’ he said.

Since joining SA his freshman year, Carr has become the chair of the Student Life Committee, the assistant director of the Non-Traditional Student Commission and the director of advocacy of the Residence Hall Association.

Carr will speak further about his candidacy for president at Monday’s SA meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium.

His campaign team includes Assemblymember Jenn McKay, his campaign manager, as well as unaffiliated students. Carr said his only expenses will be on public relations efforts.

rebarill@syr.edu

Published on October 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm