“It Starts With Us,” say MSA candidates Stockton and Gulati

The Maneater: Latest Stories Running behind their campaign motto of “It Starts with Us,” Josh Stockton and Shruti Gulati prioritize inclusivity, sexual assault prevention, MSA reform and collaboration with Greek Life.Stockton, who is studying finance, and Gulati, who is studying marketing, aim to incorporate their business knowledge in their campaign. Stockton was a Missouri Students Association senator and founded the MU chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon. Gulati and Stockton are both members of Alpha Kappa Psi.
WIth regards to inclusivity, the slate wants to develop a student outreach program through the Department of Student Communications, have senators reach out to other groups, and make the chief inclusivity officer a permanent, paid position.
Gulati, who will spend the summer interning at J.P. Morgan, has offered her summer MSA salary if elected as a way to pay this position. For more long-term solutions, the slate has considered cutting “$500 or $1,000” from the Department of Student Activities budget to fund this position, Stockton said.
In addition, the pair plans to work with the city of Columbia to increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms in Columbia.
“We think it wouldn’t be the most difficult thing to add them in everywhere so that people don’t have to wait 45 minutes and go home to go to the bathroom,” Gulati said.
The slate also wants to increase the frequency of meetings between the presidents of joint session governments, which currently occur once monthly. In addition, they want to assign each of the student governments a senator as a representative.
“Obviously this decision would require a lot of MSA support, but I see much more of a voice coming from LBC or Greek students, or Four Front, rather than journalism versus business majors,” Stockton said.
The slate’s second major goal is sexual assault prevention. They plan to bring a campus speaker to discuss sexual assault on campus ...


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