Candidate Profile

Benny Lum

(He/Him)

Hello, my name is Benny, and I am currently a first year student at LAS. I am running for the position of Student Council Representative because there are issues that I see on our campus, and I hope that I can have the opportunity to raise such issues to those who can influence the Administration. If given the opportunity to serve on the ISC, I hope that the other members of the Council will consider changes regarding but not limited to: (1) Encouraging campus libraries to accept Illinois app payments in addition to i-cards, (2) Advocating for a free parking space for drivers on campus, possibly near the State Farm Center, (3) Adding a mini-fruit section, if ISR does not currently have one, to the ISR Dining Hall, (4) Finding a way for Peoria Charter buses to also drop students off at FAR/PAR (Peoria buses currently drop students off at ISR, the station, and the Armory), (5) Proposing a rule, if possible, that requires professors to post on Canvas the pages of textbooks that cost over $15 dollars, (6) Working to find a way to extend the hours at SRCE so that the ARC will not get too overcrowded, possibly by transferring staff members from the ARC to the understaffed SRCE, (7) Making changes to the UI Ice Arena, and for this, I am proposing that the arena be opened for students later in the day, and I am willing to support efforts to renovate, not demolish the arena. Also, as a resident of one of the residence halls, I have seen some of the issues that many students have been talking about, from issues with the heater to walls that need to be repaired. (8) As a candidate, I support the ISC calling for a referendum, if it has not already done so, which calls for there to be a rule requiring building maintenance to respond to student concerns before a certain number of days. If I have the opportunity to serve as an ISC Representative, I will work to try to address some of these issues.