Student Life
Let the voting begin
By: Abigail Frye
Twitter: @Abigail_EF
Email: fryea@findlay.edu
As the school year comes to a close, it’s time to start planning for the next one; especially if you are considering running for student government.
The University of Findlay held Student Government Association elections this week from April 4-6. Any student with a 2.5 cumulative GPA can run for their respective class position. With up to 20 open positions, students had many options for what role they would like to run for.
Rebecka Stricker, SGA senior class president and early childhood education major, explains the purpose of UF’s Student Government Association.
“Our role is to provide funding and oversight for organizations, as well as acting as a voice for the student body,” said Stricker.
Students can run for an office once they receive 25 signatures from people of their respective classes and send in a 150 word biography before the deadline. UF students have the opportunity to join either the executive board or the senate. Both of these elections happen each school year in the spring, with the only exception being the freshmen class elections held in the fall.
Stricker says it is the goal of SGA to give students a good experience while at UF.
“We also work closely with the Office of Student Affairs and Student Activities to give students a positive student experience at UF,” said Stricker.
Stricker explains the Student Government Association typically makes decisions regarding the budgets of clubs on campus as well.
“We hear all budgets that are submitted to propose funding for events campus organizations want to put on,” stated Stricker.
SGA also works with the administration so students can network outside of their major while helping to make decisions.
“SGA assists the administration by being a representative voice for the student body when stances on a new policy or change are proposed,” explained Stricker.
Ethan Hockaday, SGA sophomore class president and Japanese and graphic design double major, says SGA has helped him out during his time at UF.
“It has given me confidence as I have to discuss things with at least 20 people every meeting,” said Hockaday. “It gives me confidence to speak my mind.”
Both Stricker and Hockaday encourage all students to get involved in SGA, as all positions were open, but may not be filled.
“Students should get involved to make a difference campus wide and gain leadership experience,” said Stricker.
Hockaday agrees and says it gives students an opportunity to give back to the University.
“It gets you involved on campus,” said Hockaday. “Every student should be involved in one club, and this gets you closer to the administration side of campus.”
For results of this weeks’ SGA elections, check out the Pulse Online at https://fmn.findlay.edu.
Movie Review: Red Sparrow
By: William Adeboyejo
Email: Adeboyejoa@findlay.edu
At first glance, the film Red Sparrow would seem like just your everyday, run-of-the-mill spy story.
The basic plot is about a Russian ballerina who only cares about her sick mother, gets hurt, and then is recruited to a “Sparrow” school where students are trained to use their body to get information from targets.
Before I sat down to watch this film, I checked out the run time and it is listed at two hours and 21 minutes. Red Sparrow starts off slow, the pace in the beginning was lulling me to sleep. Jennifer Lawrence’s performance was a stand out to me, as I really felt like she was into this role and took the time to prep for it. However, her Russian accent was executed very poorly and seemed really inconsistent over the film.
I thought the other actors did a good job, but the story didn’t really make me care for anybody. The motives of the characters felt fake and not genuine. SPOILERS/TRIGGER WARNING: For example, one scene has Lawrences’ character showering when a classmate walks in and tries to rape her.
Lawrences’ character has a meeting with the instructor of the spy school and the guy who runs the program. No punishment is given to Lawrences’ character, but in the next scene she is instructed by her teacher to have sex with her classmate who tried to rape her. She gets naked and sits on a desk waiting for him, but he doesn’t go along with it.
During this scene I was left wondering: Was this an important part in her character development? Did this add something to the movie that would make you understand how spies have to make hard choices?
While watching, I also had a hard time trying to understand what Lawrence’s character was feeling, so I had a hard time staying engulfed in the experience of the film. The two main actors, Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton, don’t seem to be competing against each other. It is mostly their governments, and I could only assume that they love their country so much that they will do anything for it, as they didn’t really convey it. Also, Edgerton’s character doesn’t really have any other goals besides to protect his information.
I’m going to rate films out of five, and I would give this one a two out of five. The two lead actors didn’t have that much chemistry on camera, the film tried to sell itself in the spy genre, and my thoughts of spy genres are completely different from what this film showed.
Overall, I’d say the best aspects of this film would be the locations they shot at, and the opening scene when Lawrence is a ballerina.
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