Don't Gamble With The Future: Godlewski and Bowen

Information compiled by Broadside Asst. News Editor Becca Fulton
Photo by Broadside Photography Editor Courtney Erland

Anna Godlewski and Katie Bowen have promised three things within their presidential campaign.

The first thing they have promised concerns transportation. They want to institute carpooling passes as well as a rent-a-car system. The rent-a-car system would be through the university where you can rent a car for a day or even a few days with a full tank of gas for free. They believe this will be ideal for resident students who need to go home for the weekend or are just wanting to go somewhere for the day.

“The goal is to open up on campus residential spots by providing other transportation options. I feel like more students have a car on campus because it’s convenient to go to Tyson’s for the day and go to D.C., you know, go home and do their laundry, run errands,” Godlewski said.

The second thing that they are promising is better financial aid. Godlewski noted that the Princeton review has ranked George Mason University the fifth worst university for financial aid.

They want to take a model from the University of Minnesota, which has a panel that hears financial aid cases that Godlewski and Bowen think would be more beneficial than the current Mason application process.

“Right now, that process is all on paper and you don’t show your face and you don’t tell your story, but by using this board, we can have financial aid be more aggressive for getting funds for students, as well as they will make better decisions about what money goes where because it will be more collaborative; it’s not one person stamping a paper,” Bowen said.

The third thing that the team has promised is embracing the diversity of Mason. They want to provide for students whose culture or religion requires them to have services that are not currently available.

Godlewski noted that she was one of the senators who fought to bring Halal food to campus and wants to bring other food places such as kosher and vegan to Mason.

“Our university is not dumb,” Godlewski said. “They’re working on these things already but we have to be more communicative to what we want and work with them so that we can get what we need.”

Godlewski and Bowen stress the need to be proactive instead of reactive within the university.

Read more about these two at: annaandkatie4mason.com.