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The biggest thing about my platform was I used realistic projects and things,

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so I'd been so involved and connected throughout the university that

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before I put something on the platform I wanted it to be realistic

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and something that students wanted but also not an empty promise and something

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that I really felt we could make happen. The biggest thing, I'd been involved

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with dining for two years on the university standing committee and students--

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what seemed like easy things that we could get done that students really wanted,

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so the late-night dining was the big thing, and it really wasn't too hard to get done.

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And so as student government I tried to facilitate student wants and explanations

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in a realistic way, so didn't want to ask a campus administrator or someone

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to do something crazy, so doing research beforehand, seeing what other campuses had,

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and trying to get that at NC State. . . . And that was another thing with listening

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to student concerns and knowing issues that people were having finding a place

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to study on campus. Talley was closing; D. H. Hill was really crowded. . . .

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Evelyn Reiman worked with me on that project and we created some spaces in Harrelson,

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not the prettiest, but some temporary places there and in Witherspoon,

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just a little lounge that students could go study. It's great to have electrical outlets

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so I think I was working to get more places like that on campus, so study space

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that also had the ability to plug in your phone for a charge or maybe your computer.