By Jenna Duncan, News Staff

Tim Siclari was elected Student Government Association (SGA) Vice President for Administration and Public Relations after Michael Rockland’s resignation from the position on Oct. 26. Additionally, former Resident Student Association (RSA) Vice President for Housing Services Matt Soleyn attended the meeting as a new senator.
Rockland would not comment on his resignation, though SGA President Ryan Fox said it was for ‘personal reasons.’ Rockland had a statement read at the meeting to endorse Siclari.
Siclari, his assistant vice president for administration and public relations since October, filled as his interim. Siclari has been on the Senate Nominations and Elections Committee and the Administration and Public Relations Committee since this spring, which he will now oversee.
‘I’m very excited over taking this position,’ he said. ‘Even though it’s essentially midway through the year, I’m confident I’ll do a good job and essentially be very effective in this division.’
Siclari said his main goal is to create a website about the senators and their current projects. This would first be internal, then become public and allow students to offer feedback.
‘For the rest of the year I plan on carrying through on a lot of my campaign promises,’ he said. ‘One of the common issues that students usually have is that they are basically not informed on what the Senate is or up to, and I think this is a great way to show them.’
Siclari secured 35 votes while his opponent, Mallory Brown, had 15. Brown currently serves as the assistant vice president for student services, and formerly served as the RSA’s vice president for administration.
Soleyn was also present. Soleyn has been an SGA Senator before and last year ran for SGA president before suspending his campaign early.
He turned in his application for SGA senator on Monday before the meeting, and was able to participate but will not be able to vote due to an SGA policy that has senators wait four weeks after they begin in the position to be eligible to vote. However, Soleyn was active in discussions for the election as well as the amendments that were passed, and he said he wants to be involved until his graduation in May.
‘I thought that it would be a good way to be involved and have an impact on campus without the time commitment and stresses of an [executive] board role,’ he said.
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