Alison Mormino feels her broad range of experiences at Eastern would make her an ideal student body president.

“I love this university like no other,” she said Sunday. “I just can’t get enough of it.”

In addition to two years of involvement in Student Government, she has been the president of the Residence Hall Association, lectures coordinator for the University Board, participated in collegiate and marching bands and has worked with housing and university administration on various issues.

Mormino and the Students’ Voice Party have announced their candidacy for the upcoming Student Government elections.

Along with Mormino, Ronnie Deedrick, Internal Affairs and Shuttle Bus Committee chair, will run for student vice president for academic affairs, Amy Leonard will run for student vice president for financial affairs, Lisa Flam will run for student vice president for student affairs and External Relations Committee Chair Marty Ruhaak will run for student vice president for public affairs.

No other party has announced its candidacy for the elections.

A senior political science major from Alton, Mormino has served two semesters chairing the Housing Committee and two semesters as a member of the Academic Affairs Committee. She served on the search committee for a new housing director in spring 2001 and the Housing Bond Revenue Committee in spring of 2001 and 2002.

In 2001 Mormino ran for student vice president for student affairs with the Student Pride Party, but Yve Williams from the Students First Party was elected.

A number of her campaign goals have already been decided, but Mormino also said she will seek feedback from as many Recognized Student Organizations as possible in her quest.

“If the students aren’t into it, then what’s the point?” she said.

Objectives already on her list include securing a federal grant to provide an on-campus child care facility for faculty, staff and students, increasing school spirit through some sort of spirit organization, creating a bucket brigade home improvement community service project, establishing a tenant union for off-campus students, working with the project to renovate 7th Street Underground and working to increase diversity on campus.

The Child Care Access Means Parents in School, or CAMPIS, federal grant is something Mormino learned about at the Conference on Student Government Associations earlier this year. She thinks making child care available on campus for faculty, staff and especially students would help those with children. The grant would go toward a child care operation on campus.

Mormino wants to bring more spirit to campus, like the Blue Crew that emerged during the 2001 basketball season. She also has ideas to institute spirit traditions in each class.

The Bucket Brigade community service project is one done in Mormino’s hometown to help residents who cannot improve their homes. RSOs would be paired to provide these services, such as painting houses. to Charleston homes, she said.

Work has already started in the senate Housing Committee to establish a tenant union, which is a group that would exist to help off-campus students by maintaining the landlord registration system and becoming a mediator between students and landlords.

Mormino currently is the Student Government representative on the 7th Street Underground Planning Committee, which is looking into renovating and expanding programming to become a sports bar and coffee house bar alternative. She also wants to continue working with the students and the community on improving entertainment options in Charleston.

On the issue of diversity, Mormino says she will work with the administration to create a more diverse campus, because the more diverse an education, the better off students will be, she said.

Mormino hopes her party will not go unopposed in the election.

“We think (competition) is a good thing,” she said.

Applications for senate executive positions and senate seats will be available beginning Wednesday and are due April 10. The Student Government elections will take place April 16 and 17.