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said Beale.
Patton got into student poli-
tics because he plans to make
a career of public service.
“I’d really like to goto public
policy school and do some
graduate work for public pol-
icy. Public service is a career
I could really see myself in,”
said Patton. “Now whether
or not that’s elected office, I
don’t know. State and federal
elected politics is a lot differ-
ent then what we do at the
college level. I am majoring in
public relations and looking at
being a press secretary. I love
social media and strategy and
press relations. Those are all
things I enjoy.”
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He said as external vice
president, he chaired the
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mittee and realized a huge
discrepancy. The Student
Government Association
is spending approximately
$700,000 to bus students to
several apartment complexes
around Lubbock and those
complexes pitch in less than
$200,000.
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Installation of officers took
place last weekend, and Beale
and Patton had their first day
on the job of the 47th admin-
istration Monday.
Beale’s being elected as a
freshman to the senate is
rare. She’ll also serve in one
of five paid office positions
as journal clerk.
“She makes sure all of the
legislation is in place and
all of the committee reports
are turned in,” said Patton.
“She makes sure all the nuts
and bolts of our senate are
together so meetings can run
efficiently. She keeps all of the
records for our legislative ar-
chives for the end of the year
so people can see a snap shot
of what all of the discussion
and voting was.”
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crowd after being sworn in as student body president at
Texas Tech. Caitlin Beale, left, will serve as a senator for
3 of Mass Communications her sophomore year
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m unity.
“We do a lot of minor events
on campus, but I feel student
government has an obligation
to be out in the community,”
he said.
He said there is a significant
homeless population in Lub-
bock. He said through student
dining, there’s a great deal of
food that gets prepared and
thrown out in a day.
“I’d like to arrange
perfectly good food tl
o go to homeless
id shelters,” said
from the fees we take in from
the apartment complexes
we provide that service to
and the cost to provide that
service,” said Patton. “I’ve
gotten three messages from
apartment complex owners
this morning, so we have our
work cut out for us.”
Fixing Tech’s trans po
woes is just the tip
iceberg for Patton.
He also wants to revamp
senator education and help
initiate newly elected sena-
tors and get them up to
speed on the policies and
procedures.
He plans to create a legisla-
tive working group to work
with the external vice pres
dent to map out legislate
strategies.
“Every two years, we (
to meet with our (str-
legislators. I think having
group of students outside <
student government to assist
ig Tech’s concerns
good,” said Patton.
He also wants to increase
service to the Lubbock com-
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Patton.
He plans to create a diversity
task force.
“I think that Texas Tech is
pushing really hard for tier
one research university sta-
tus and trying to increase en-
rollment to 40,000and making
a more diverse student body.
I think the university is doing
well, but I want to lookat what
we can do to bridge some gaps
in this,” said Patton.
He also hopes to create
a student system advisory
council which designates
students from institutions
in the Tech system along
with administrators to come
together to discuss priori-
ties and report on important
matters concerning all of the
different campuses to the
Board of Regents.
Patton has no fear of going
big. Whether running f
student body president
setting goals to accomplish
in office, he said this oppor-
tunity to serve just reenforces
that he selected the best
university to attend.
“It’s kind of surreal. I did
not expect that things were
going to end up the way it
did. It’s been a blessing and
a privilege, and I’m er:~”
ing every minute of it,’
Patton. “I don’t think
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set up a meeting.’ There is so
much more special attention
to the experience we try to
create here than they do
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County Attorney Dayne
Miller told commissioners
from his view, the sick pool,
with defined illnesses and
injuries, is the safest way to
move forward.
“If they have the illness or in-
jury that qualifies them, they
are qualified for the pool,”
Miller said. “It eliminates
discrimination. The pool as
defined here is a reasonable
way to handle things.”
Hawkins then made a motion
to create the pool with County
Auditor Cheryl Roberts as ad-
ministrator. Wiley seconded
the motion.
“I prefer we don’t add to
the policy at all,” Bullock
said. “This is a rather large,
voluminous policy. I think it
could create some bias.”
Despite Bullock’s plea,
motion passed 3-2. An
visory committee for the
pool will be discussed when
commissioners meet in two
weeks.
istrator and a advisory coi
mittee to review requests.
“Ithinkthis is a good policy,”
Hawkins said. “I think it cov-
ers a lot of bases. It helps
protect the county as well as
the employees.”
But Bullock refused to be
swayed, saying the sick time
accrued by employees is their
personal time. Therefore, the
employee, not a pool, should
have final say over how that
time is used.
“I look at it as the employee
has a vested interest and
earned that time,” Bullock
said.
But Hawkins again
that leaving the chok
individual could create big
problems.
“If I need it, somebody gives
me 40 hours,” Hawkins said.
“If later on, Jimmy needs it and
no one gives him 40 hours,
the county is going to have
to pay. The precedent is set.”
“My precedent is I will give
it to whoever I want,” Bullock
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who comes up doesn’t
any hours, you’re going
pay that time anyway because
you’ve set a precedent.”
Bullock replied by saying
many governmental agencies
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better than the sick pool,”
Bullock said.
Rogers said his view was
to leave the choice up to the
individual employees.
“I still stand behind my
opinion that rather than a
sick pool, you can donate
to any employee you want,”
Rogers said. “It will have less
administrative time.”
But Hawkins said that
proach could lead to
trouble.
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ing one in Graham.
“I know GISD will allow its
employees to transfer two
of their days to another em-
ployee if they so choose,”
Bullock said.
Bullock added that one
problem with either idea is
a constitutional provision
that says it is against Texas
constitutional law to pay an
employee who doesn’t work.
After discussing the two
alternative proposals, each
failed when no one made a
motion.
Commissioners then turned
to the sick pool proposal first
discussed two weeks ago.
In the proposal, county em-
ployees may join the pool by
donating at least eight hours.
Anyone who is in the pool
may request time for cata-
strophic sickness or injury
after they have used their
personal sick days and vaca-
tion days.
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