Voters will choose their representatives for the Undergraduate Student Government Senate today. The Daily Collegian asked the candidates to list their qualifications. Some entries have been edited for space.
(18 to be elected)
Bridget Van Osten
(junior-marketing)
USG, Movin' On assistant director, Council of Commonwealth Student Governments, USG multicultural affairs committee, USG town affairs committee
Peter "Toby" Eberhart
(sophomore-telecommunications)
University Choir, Outing Club, Young Americans for Freedom, peer mentor
Catherine Sabatine
(junior-political science)
Director of career and personal development for Chi Omega sorority
Ryan Turley
(freshman-public relations)
Penn State Sports Information and Associated Realty Property Management employee, intramural basketball referee
Janet Moccia
(sophomore-international politics)
Lion Ambassador, moraler for Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, Phi Sigma Pi honors fraternity
Ryan Scott
(freshman-computer science)
Scott Smith
(sophomore-professional golf management)
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Thon communications committee
Sean Miller
(freshman-political science and sociology)
East Halls Residence Association Treasurer, College Democrats, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Thon dancer and finance team member, USG Supreme Court Clerk
Josh Sullivan
(junior-political science)
Army ROTC, College Republicans
Eric Covener
(senior-computer science)
Penn State Linux Users Group
Bennett Lo
(freshman-management and international business)
Thon, College Republicans, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Multicultural Business Society, Newman Catholic Student Association
Jason Davidek
(junior-Spanish)
College Republicans, Young Americans for Freedom
Daniel Matos
(freshman-psychology)
Chi Psi fraternity
V.A. Lopes
(junior-media studies and crime, law and justice)
La Vie photographer, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, co-director of the 2002 Vagina Monologues, director-elect of the 2003 Vagina Monologues, Lambda Student Alliance
Steven Weiss
(sophomore-communications)
USG committees, Delta Chi fraternity
Mark Kubala
(sophomore-finance)
Kappa Alpha Order 2, Thon finance committee and security team, Penn State club golf team
Aaron Gentzler
(junior-English)
Tiffany Johnson
(junior-secondary education)
Junior vice president of programming for Panhellenic Council, Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority
Alaina Maria Powers
(freshman-business administration)
Red Cross
Phil Sorber
(senior-computer science)
Penn State Linux Users Group and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society
John "J.D." Krohn
(junior-crime, law and justice)
CCSG, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Mock Trial
Primo Cruz
(junior-kinesiology)
Kappa Alpha Order
Kevin Barry
(sophomore-biology)
Newman Catholic Student Association religious education committee, Pollock/Nittany Residence Association representative, Housing and Food Services liaison
Mark Atkinson
Christopher Babic
Christopher Brown
Mike Gallo
Daniel Gillespie
Michael Patrick Kelly
Conor Moran
Maya McGeathey
Bryan McKinney
Jeffrey Paradise
Christopher Zegar
(three to be elected)
Julia Graham (freshman-economics)
USG Senate, East Halls Residence Association, Penn State Figure Skating, Mock Trial, College Republicans
(one to be elected)
Erin Ferris
(freshman-political science)
East Halls Residence Association, Penn State United Nations team
Tom Abella
(sophomore-management and international business)
President of Business and Society House, North Halls gym co-chair, North Halls Association of Students representative, College Republicans
(two to be elected)
Michelle Wood
(freshman-communications)
USG public relations committee, USG Unity Week committee
Lyn Weinberg
(freshman-biobehavioral health)
Pollock/Nittany Residence Association trips committee chair, Health and Human Development student council, Alternative Spring Break, Thon dancer, Movin' On volunteer
David Kowalski
Douglas MacLatchie
(two to be elected)
Jim Flook
(freshman-aerospace engineering)
Schreyer Honors College, South Halls Residence Association hall representative, USG Senate parliamentarian, volunteer at Radio Park Elementary School, College Republicans
Paul Scanlon
(freshman-horticulture)
Schreyer Honors College literary committee and orientation committee, Hort Club, Political Science Club, IM football and soccer
Mike Jozkowski
(sophomore-mathematics)
South Halls Residence Association, Eberly College of Science Student Council, Golden Key National Honor Society, New York Academy of Sciences, College Republicans, Mathematics Club, teaching assistant
Bill Knauss
(freshman-marketing and political science)
USG Senate staff, USG Senate Political Action and Lobbying Committee, men's water polo, Mock Trial, South Halls Residence Association floor representative
Jonathan Witcoski
(sophomore-anthropology and geography)
WKPS-FM, Basketball Pep Band, Fencing Club, Anthropology Club, Underdog Geography Club
Ahsan "Ace" Ekhtiarzadeh
(freshman-liberal arts)
Political Science Club treasurer, Springfield dorm hall president, Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service committee member, USG Senate staff, USG Political Action Lobbying Committee, College Democrats, Black Caucus, Schreyer Honors College Student Council, Christian Bible Study, PSU Concert Staff
Abbey Willis
(junior-political science)
Interned for Sen. Arlen Specter, Division of Undergraduate Student Council, dancer in Thon
Steve Damadeo
Matt Midles
Chris Miller
(one to be elected)
Brian Battaglia (freshman-aerospace engineering)
USG East Halls Senator, East Halls Residence Association, Penn State College Republicans, Symphonic Band

