The candidate believes that students' experiences and stories help define the University of North Carolina. Some stories bring joy, while others highlight distressing issues. As Student Body President, the candidate will work to amplify voices across campus and create a climate where all students feel comfortable sharing their stories. The administration plans to address issues of campus expression, sexual assault, and mental health in order to make UNC a place where all students feel at home.

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LETTER OF CANDIDACY
Dear fellow students,
How do you define home?
For me, it all starts with space. It starts with red and gold leaves in late October. It starts with Dog-
wood blossoms come March. It starts with James Taylor or “Wagon Wheel” on a car radio. It starts
with the crowded halls of Charlotte’s public schools. It starts with the crowded bleachers of the Dean
Dome. All of these layered, intricate and nuanced details create home.
For me, my home is here, in North Carolina.
And that space informs my story. Amongst those reds and gold,
my Dad took me camping, and I became a Boy Scout. My mom
lulled me to sleep with James Taylor tunes, so I learned to play
guitar just like him. In 13 years of public school, I studied what
was in the textbooks and in my community. Now, this great
University has started the next chapter of my life.
And this story inspires my service. Those camping trips and trees
sparked a passion in me to care for our environment, leading me to
work for Strata Solar. Boy Scouts helped me give back through my
Eagle Project. My guitar became a tool for me to mentor children
with Musical Empowerment. And my public education led me to
work with the state and the town to make this public University
thrive.
This University has become my home -- and it is your home as well. Yet the spaces speak to each of us
differently; we all have different stories to tell and different ways to serve.
Each of us defines Carolina.
But that definition is not always positive. We call the monuments of the past silent, but they still
speak with venom and menace. We abhor sexual violence, yet struggle to stop it. We fall short in en-
gaging with the town, state and nation that support us.
But I am running for Student Body President because I believe these challenges are not insurmount-
able. I am running because every student deserves to have Carolina mean home.
Hark the sound,
Wilson Sink, Candidate for Student Body President

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPACES......................................................................................................................................................4
Racial History.............................................................................................................................................5
Environmental Affairs..............................................................................................................................6
Equal Access..............................................................................................................................................8
STORIES..................................................................................................................................................11
Campus Expression.................................................................................................................................12
Sexual Assault...........................................................................................................................................13
Mental Health...........................................................................................................................................15
SERVICE....................................................................................................................................................17
Greek for Good.........................................................................................................................................18
Student Government Reform..................................................................................................................19
Engaging Democracy...............................................................................................................................21
POLICY GOAL CHECKLISTS.............................................................................................................23
STUDENT GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE.......................................................................................26

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Think about UNC. How would you describe it? Would you talk about
the Pit, the crowded line out of Lenoir during lunch, the shouting, sign-holding
student groups? Would you talk about the Dean Dome, the risers, the band, the
chants, Roy’s multi-colored suits? Would you talk about the UL, the crowded
tables during finals, the Facebook pages pulled up during study hours? Or would
you talk about Silent Sam, Saunders/Carolina/Hurston Hall, the unsung found-
ers?
Everyday we interact with the spaces around us at UNC-Chapel Hill; our
classrooms, dining facilities, residence halls, and more. Space intertwines with
how we define Carolina and our Carolina experience. Many of these spaces bring
positive memories. Others remind us of past struggles and strife. But the job of
this campaign and this administration is to engage with our spaces and make
each more welcoming for all. We want to understand and appreciate them so that
they feel like home.
In turn, the Sink Administration believes that addressing the spaces around
us is the first step to making campus accessible for all students. We will work to
remove inequality and emphasize respect in spaces in a variety of ways – whether
that is through contextualizing campus or fostering access for marginalized com-
munities.

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Addressing our History for the Best
UNC has a complex racial history, which must be addressed by Student Government. The Sink Ad-
ministration plans to serve as an amplifier for stories that go unheard or unacknowledged. We can
accomplish this through a series of policies that begin with improvements to orientation, campus ex-
pression, collaborating with administrators, and carving out more spaces for more diverse communi-
ties. Through these policies, we hope to create both physical and cultural change on campus. Through
these polices, we can allow our University to move forward, embracing the stories that define it.
Changes to Orientation
Tasked to: Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: Visitor’s Center and the University History Council
Our commitment starts during students’ very first days as a Tar Heel. Each year 4,000 new students
arrive on campus, bringing with them new perspectives and stories that help Carolina thrive as a
diverse space. Orientation presents an opportunity for these students to learn about the campus they
will soon be interacting with on a daily basis.
The Sink Administration will leverage orientation as a chance to acknowledge the racial history of
this University. If incoming students have a better understanding of how our nation’s racial history
impacted this university, they could have a deeper ability to enact change and address racial prob-
lems on campus.
The resources needed to accomplish this already exist. In 2001, the “Black and Blue Tour” was devel-
oped to highlight the history and involvement of black students on campus. The tour also includes
information on the complex history of race in the Chapel Hill community from enslavement to the
present. This administration will add its voice to the chorus of students calling for the University
to ensure that every Carolina student is made aware of the history of his or her campus presented
in this tour.
Contextualization and the Moratorium
Assigned to: Student Body President and Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: UNC Task Force on UNC-Chapel Hill History and Black Student Movement
Students cannot tackle the role race has played, and still plays, on campus at orientation, only to
ignore it for the four years following. The simple day-to-day lives of students are still impacted by the
names and history of the spaces they operate in. While a 16-year ban on renaming campus buildings
was adopted this past May, there are still approaches to be taken. The Sink Administration will work
in conjunction with current contextualization efforts and help to create spaces for students of color on
campus.

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Additionally, the Office of the Chancellor outlined a comprehensive plan to, “Work together to
create and sustain the kind of community where all feel welcome, respected, and free to pur-
sue their dreams and goals.” Chancellor Folt hopes to create more opportunities for students
to speak out and listen, build learning experiences offered to staff and students, and strengthen
existing communities by more focused requirement efforts. We believe Student Government can
help in these efforts.
The Sink Administration will put contextualization at the hands of students, allowing them to
promote understanding through forms of expression. Because spaces hold the power to uplift
stories, we will promote contextualization through art.
Environmental Affairs
Our environment is a unique space – it is collectively ours and we must care for it. The Sink Ad-
ministration will take definitive action to ensure that UNC continues to lead as one of the most
eco-friendly campuses in the nation. In order for this pattern to be kept, we will implement a
more practical bike-sharing program, continue to expand composting and recycling efforts, and
uphold campus-wide sustainability efforts.
Bike Share
Tasked to: Environmental Affairs
In Collaboration with: Town of Chapel Hill
The Tar Heel Bike pilot program was started in 2005. It consists of more than 30 bikes that are
stationed outside of Morrison, Craige, Ehringhaus, and Hinton James residence halls. A recent
capstone project done by seven undergraduate students in the UNC Institute of the Environment
revealed the necessity of expanding this pilot program. In a survey of 151 students, more than
100 of these students said that they would pay a student fee of at least $1 to expand the program.
The Sink Administration will recommend a $0.75 fee be allotted to Tar Heel Bikes to expand
the system. This would generate a net $21,000 per semester, which would cover both annual ex-
penses and expansion. In expanding this program, the Sink Administration will alter the system
from A-A to A-B. In other words, students could ride from their residence halls to class and not
have to check the bikes back in at the original location.
“Bike Sharing on the UNC Campus” http://www.ie.unc.edu/for_students/courses/capstone/14
w/bikeshare_report.pdf

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Student Government will propose this fee under the Student Activities Fee. This would require a
student referendum to approve the fee. With the widespread support of this program, we view it as
both feasible and justifiable.
Composting and Recycling
Tasked to: Environmental Affairs
In Collaboration with: Department of Housing and Residential Housing and Residence Hall Association
Instituted in 2000, the composting program at UNC now repurposes over 11,000,000 pounds of food
waste annually. Over the past two years, the Environmental Affairs Committee has partnered with
the Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling to make great strides in student programing. Because
of this engagement, there are currently nine residence halls involved in the pilot-composting pro-
gram, recycling is available at all athletic events and composting has been expanded to a limited
number of zero waste events. The Sink Administration will continue this expansion in three ways.
The Sink Administration will institute educational programing in the residence halls with
partnership from the Residence Hall Association as well as Resident Advisors. These programs,
including informational sessions and premade bulletin boards for RAs, would show students how
and where to compost and recycle. By improving awareness of UNC’s commitment to reducing
waste, these programs would enable students to make environmentally responsible decisions.
This administration will also expand composting to residence halls and academic buildings.
With previous expansion in these areas, Student Government has a set plan of action with limited
cost. Overall, this would make waste reduction more accessible to the student body, faculty and
staff, while creating a habit that lasts a lifetime.
Lastly, this administration will increase collaboration with UNC Athletics and the Office of
Waste Reduction and Recycling to make sporting events more sustainable. This includes hosting
more zero waste games and striving to make composting available at athletic facilities. This is cer-
tainly feasible based on the experiences of peer institutions. For instance, Ohio State’s 100,000-per-
son football stadium diverts more than 90% of its waste away from landfills on gamedays.
Sustainability Efforts
Tasked to: Environmental Affairs
In Collaboration with: Food for All Steering Committee
“Zero Waste at Ohio Stadium”
http://footprint.osu.edu/zero-waste-ohio-stadium/

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As the Office of the Chancellor releases the Strategic Sustainability Plan in the coming year, we hope
to incorporate the ideas of this plan into our administration. Based on the update to the plan in Sep-
tember 2015, we already know it encourages the spirit of innovation and involvement. The plan
promises to establish interesting programs and events such as an innovation hub focused on sustain-
ability and new sustainability focused electives.
In the same entrepreneurial spirit, we hope to encourage the continual ideation surrounding sustain-
ability. This past year, Wilson was a part of a group of students who brought International Parking
Day to UNC. As Student Body President, he will continue this tradition through the Environmen-
tal Affairs Committee. On this day, community members pay for parking spots and transform them
into public spaces that encourage interaction. This past year, a parking space on Franklin Street was
turned into a mini golf course and lounge area for students and community members.
As we enter into the second year of the “Food for All” theme, we will take the lead on making UNC
a global leader in solving food-related challenges. By working with the six students on the Food For
All steering committee, the Sink Administration will determine how students can best be encour-
aged to engage with the theme. The Edible Campus initiative, which will allow students to harvest
a snack from a fruit tree or a vegetable plant right outside of the library, is an example of projects we
seek to support.
Equal Access:
The Sink Administration knows that each student should feel at home at Carolina. This means that
spaces across campus must facilitate acceptance and value across diverse groups. While some spaces
like this already exists, such as the LGBTQ Center, the Upendo Lounge, and the forthcoming Pride
Place, we believe that inclusivity should not be limited to specific spaces. With established trainings
and ongoing projects, the Sink Administration will celebrate all students in their role of defining Car-
olina.
Strengthening Commitments to the LGBTQ Community
Assigned to: Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: Department of Housing and Residential Education, Residence Hall Association, LGBTQ
Center, and Carolina Union Board of Directors
Elevating and cherishing the experiences of the LGBTQ community is crucial. The Sink Administra-
tion plans to continue to make campus a safer and more accepting place. In turn, UNC will become
more accessible to students coming from every background.

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The LGBTQ Center is located in SASB, on South Campus. We are fortunate to have an entire center
devoted to the LGBTQ community, but LGBTQ students need safe spaces across campus – the Union,
classroom buildings, and residence halls. The Student Body President cannot require every student
be SafeZone trained, but as President, Wilson will use his leverage to ensure that specific groups are
trained.
First, Wilson will ensure that his Executive Branch Officers and Cabinet are all SafeZone trained.
Many Student Body Presidents have made, and broken, promises like this in the past. Wilson will not.
A list of SafeZone trained members of the Sink Administration will appear in the October Report. By
requiring Executive Branch Officers to be SafeZone trained, Wilson is ensuring that the Student Gov-
ernment Offices are a safe place for LGBTQ students.
Wilson will also ensure that appointments to specific boards will be SafeZone trained and will
task those appointments with encouraging others to be trained. Two appointments come to mind
immediately, the appointment to the Union Board of Directors and the Liaison to the Residence Hall
Association.
By working with the Department of Housing and Residential Education and the LGBTQ Center
the Sink Administration will integrate established programing into residence halls. On a residen-
tial level, this programming will be no different than Academic Advising’s integration into Hardin,
bringing important education and service to where students live. It will allow support and discussion
groups to be more accessible to students by placing it directly in their home.
Through Student Government’s appointment to the Carolina Union Board of Directors, this ad-
ministration will also encourage LGBTQ programing in common areas. Opening up these groups
and holding events in the Student Union would allow for larger support across campus. This would
promote the idea of acceptance and inclusivity in a peer-to-peer fashion.
Plots
Assigned to: Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp, Department of Housing and Residential Education,
National Pan-Hellenic Council
In 2014, Michael Morrison, current president of the National PanHellenic Council, first introduced
the idea of plots to Student Government. Plots serve as a physical representation of minority Greek
organizations and their accomplishments. NPHC was connected with various organizations through
the Student Government Advisory Committee to Andrew Powell. The project has progressed through
the administration of Houston Summers, where it has been taken to the Department of Housing and
Residential Education and Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp.

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While we acknowledge the recent success on this project and hope that this issue is settled before the
Summers Administration leaves office, some things take more time. The Sink Administration will
maintain the promise made to NPHC and ensure that plots are established on campus. Beginning
in the spring term of 2016, we will continue the work of the Summers Administration.
Gender Neutral
Assigned to: Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: Vice Chancellor Winston Crisp and LGBTQ Center
We must set a goal to provide gender-neutral facilities to our students. The Sink Administration will
establish markings of all gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. We will seek allocations from the
Student Safety and Security Committee in order to pay for the markers.
The LGBTQ Center currently provides a spreadsheet of all gender-neutral bathrooms on campus. The
spreadsheet is helpful, but students should not have to use a spreadsheet to navigate their campus.

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STORIES
How would describe your Carolina story? How did you feel with the acceptance
letter? What terrible things did your freshman roommate do? And what do you notice
in other’s stories? Why did that first-year insist on taking a 400-level class? Why is that
voter registration guy chasing me with a clipboard? More potently, what is that survi-
vor’s struggle after sexual assault? What antiquated moral thinking did our founders
endorse?
Stories, too, define our Carolina experience. Some bring joy, but many bring
distress. The job of this campaign and administration is to work with campus leaders
across all groups to help amplify the voices and stories already being told and to cre-
ate a climate for individuals and groups to tell their own stories. We want the story of
Carolina to be one of homecoming.
UNC has a rich history founded on the idea that higher education should be ac-
cessible to all. With that, though, we have the responsibility to unapologetically share
the stories of those who built this University, the space so many of us have come to
love. The Sink Administration is excited to use Student Government as a tool to ampli-
fy the stories of all students so that as we move forward, our future can build on and
honor our successes and learn from our mistakes.

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Campus Expression
Public expression is an important method of storytelling. Art itself is the culmination of an artist’s
story, and the public display of art, especially on college campuses, can positively impact the stories
and experiences of others. As Carolina continues to define, and redefine itself, art needs to play an
important role in our campus space and story.
Promotion of Art
Assigned to: Student Engagement
In Collaboration with: Office of Student Affairs, Carolina Union Advisory Board, and Carolina Dining Services
The Sink administration will continue to promote the works of art and expression already on our
campus, and will make those displays more accessible. We will partner with the Union, Carolina
Dining Services and others to continue to bring art to public spaces like the Pit, the Quad, dining
halls and libraries. Additionally, we will remain a partner in expression events like Converge and
Thanksgiv(spri)ng, and focus on making sure student-led art initiatives are supported and promoted
by student government. Promotion of public art will further student’s self expression and strengthen
their ability to engage with their own story and the stories of others.
Public Art Event
Assigned to: Student Engagement
In Collaboration with: Office of Student Affairs
More directly, student government wants to be a vehicle of student expression. This administration
wants to aid in the telling of every Carolina story. To do that, we will partner with the Office of the
Chancellor to host a spring art festival. Similar to the innovation Summit this past October, this festi-
val will be a celebration and demonstration of the power of the arts and humanities. The event would
focus on displaying student art in Polk Place and have programming supporting and complimenting
the pieces. The event would foster student unity and engagement while also allowing a space to share
unique stories of defining Carolina experiences.

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STORIES
Sexual Assault
For nearly four years, sexual assault on campus has been among the most prominent national issues,
including here at Carolina. In that time, tremendous strides have been taken to prevent sexual assault
and support survivors. These include the release of a revised sexual assault policy, expansion of One
Act training to all IFC fraternities, and the Board of Governors’ move to increase support for the Car-
olina Women’s Center.
Despite those efforts, sexual assault remains an issue on our campus. The staggering results of the
American Association of Universities (AAU) Campus Climate Survey, which was designed to identify
the pervasiveness of sexual assault on college campuses and students attitudes on how it is handled
by administrators, proved as much.
Sexual assault still occurs at a substantial rate on our campus. Nearly a quarter of female undergrad-
uates have experienced some sort of unwanted sexual contact. One in eight female undergraduates
said they were penetrated by force or during incapacitation by alcohol.
LGBTQ students face the highest risk of sexual violence. 22.8% of non-heterosexual students reported
experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact/penetration by physical force or incapacitation, nearly
twice the rate reported by heterosexual students.
Finally, the report showed that many Carolina students lack the requisite knowledge to be an active
bystander. Over two-thirds of students who witnessed a drunken person headed for a sexual encoun-
ter did nothing to stop it.
Based on the results of the AAU Survey, the Sink Administration will pursue the following: a cul-
ture change campaign intended to demonstrate the student body’s commitment to ending sexual
assault on campus; initiatives aimed specifically at protecting LGBTQ students from sexual vio-
lence; and expansion of bystander intervention programs.
Culture Change
Assigned to: Student Engagement and Student Safety and Wellness
In Collaboration with: Project Dinah, CAGE, Siren Magazine
Research has shown that social norming campaigns can be a powerful tool for preventing sexual
assault. The logic is simple, others are less likely to behave in ways their surrounding community
deem reprehensible. The Sink Administration will fully commit to the White House’s “It’s On Us”
campaign, which relies on students leaders to promote a campus culture that is intolerant of sexual
assault.

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The Sink Administration will, however, tweak the movement. Each year, “It’s On Us” kickoffs in
mid-September. That is simply too long to wait. Research has shown that many sexual assaults take
place in the first six weeks of the fall semester. We must ensure that incoming first years are aware of
the student body’s support for survivors of sexual violence and commitment to ending sexual assault.
That is why the Sink Administration will work with Orientation Leaders, organizers of Week of
Welcome and FallFest, and the football team (orientation, Week of Welcome, and football being
events that bring student leaders and incoming first years together early in the fall semester), to
incorporate the message of the “It’s On Us” campaign in their events.
We are not so naïve as to believe that a culture change campaign can end sexual assault, but it can
help us achieve that goal while simultaneously making campus more supportive of victims.
Protecting LGBTQ Students
Assigned to: Student Safety and Wellness and Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach
In Collaboration with: Project Dinah, CAGE, Siren Magazine, LGBTQ Center
The AAU Campus Climate Survey showed that non-heterosexual, transgender, and gender non-con-
forming students face the highest risk of sexual violence. The Sink Administration will task the
Safety and Student Wellness committee, alongside the Multicultural and Diversity Affairs com-
mittee, with researching ways in which the University could take extra steps to protect these stu-
dents.
Prevention Measures
Assigned to: Student Safety and Wellness
In Collaboration with: Project Dinah, CAGE, Siren Magazine, Greek Organizations
Finally, we must train more Carolina students to be active bystanders. We are fortunate to have a
number of groups on campus devoted to doing just that. The Sink Administration will support and
help expand their work.
First is the Delta Advocate program. Delta Advocates are students who are trained in peer education,
campus outreach, and survivor support for sexual assault. The Advocates, however, are only assigned
to sororities. The Sink Administration will help expand the Delta Advocates program to IFC frater-
nities and other student groups.
One Act is another bystander intervention training program that has been successful on campus.
Some of the many groups in the Carolina Community that One Act trains are IFC Fraternities. How-
ever, that training comes late in the pledging process, after the first six-weeks of classes when most
sexual violence occurs. We will hold that training earlier in the semester.

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STORIES
The Department of Housing and Residential Education is currently in the process of placing resources
educating students on how to be active bystanders in residence hall bathrooms. Those resources have
been in bathrooms in the Student Union for some time. The Sink Administration will work with
IFC and PanHel to place those same resources in Fraternity and Sorority Houses.
Finally, many students can be reached through Resident Advisors and Community Government. As
President, Wilson will personally work with the President of the Residence Halls Association to
create a competition amongst community governors to have students in their residence halls be
One Act trained.
The late, and legendary, Carolina Basketball Coach Dean Smith once said, “there is a point in every
contest when sitting on the sidelines is not an option.” In regards to preventing sexual assault, we
have reached that point. Students must leave the sidelines and step in to prevent sexual violence. The
Sink Administration will support programs that give them the tools and knowledge they need to do
so.
Mental and Emotional Health
Each year, 300 students leave UNC due to mental health concerns. Additionally, 40 new cases a day
are brought to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Nearly a quarter of our school strug-
gles with mental health, yet comprehensive policy reform has yet to be pursued by our University.
Progress in mental and emotional health has been stalled by the lack of funding.
That is not the case, however, in California. There, the state legislature voted to invest just $8.7 million
in mental health care across its public university systems. The results were impressive. 329 additional
students graduated and conservative predictions estimate that the state of California reaped a $56
million return on its investment.
Student Government cannot grant the University funding for this issue, nor can we alone request it
from the state legislature. Instead, the Sink Administration will advocate that University leaders
make increased funding for mental and emotional health care on campus one of the University’s
top budgetary priorities for the upcoming long session of the North Carolina General Assembly in
January 2017. In the mean time, we have a multifaceted approach for mitigating these issues. To best
leverage existing resources, we will work to defeat stigma and increase accessibility of resources.
Addressing Stigma
Assigned to: Student Safety and Wellness and Student Engagement
In Collaboration with: Stigma Free Carolina, Rethink Psychiatric Illness, Active Minds at Carolina

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To address stigma, the Sink Administration will host frank and open dialogue about the experiences
of those who have struggled with mental health problems. Through town-hall-like meetings as well
as more outlets for evocative expression (seen in the Campus Expression section), the Sink Adminis-
tration believes there can be significant progress towards defeating this stigma.
This Sink Administration will develop strong partnerships with existing anti-stigma and mental
health student groups like Rethink: Psychiatric Illness, Stigma Free Carolina, and Active Minds at
Carolina. This will create a broader, cross-campus coalition of expertise and advocates that can devel-
op anti-stigma, educational resources, and support campaigns so that the gap between students and
the care they need is closed. The Sink Administration believes that sharing and creating resources to
help students lead healthy lifestyles is a priority
Improving Resource Access
Assigned to: Student Safety and Wellness
In Collaboration with: Counseling and Psychological Services, Department of Housing and Residential Educa-
tion, Office of Student Affairs
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is used by students struggling to manage school-in-
duced stress or tough heartbreak. While both of these situations deserve attention, we have to ac-
commodate the most severe mental health cases. No student should be turned away from the care
they deserve. That is why the Sink administration will work with CAPS in providing more online
coping resources.
In that vein, the Sink Administration will propose the adoption of the telecounseling service, Big-
WhiteWall. These resources provide coping techniques, preventative care suggestions, and a commu-
nity of people anxious to support one another through open and safe dialogue. By opening up this
resource, we can alleviate pressure from CAPS while expanding the overall capacity and accessibility
of mental health services across campus.
Second, we will develop peer-to-peer support networks throughout the University so that RAs,
student organization leaders, and other faculty can also be a tool for students. Programs like this
already exist at other universities like NC State and Rutgers where students are professionally trained
to help manage stress, healthy relationships, conflict resolution and communication. We want expand
this program with a module-based curriculum and trainings each semester.
Finally, we will make efforts to bring counselors to campus. Often, after six visits with CAPS, stu-
dents are placed with a counselor off-campus. This arrangement is difficult to maintain for students
without cars. If we cannot adequately serve students with our own resources, we must ensure that
barriers to alternative solutions are knocked down. The Sink Administration hopes to work with local
psychiatry clinics to bring more counseling professionals and psychiatrists to campus to provide bet-
ter access to services.
Ashwood, et al. Payoffs for California College Students and Taxpayers from Investing in Student Mental Health,
RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1370.html

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SERVICE
How do you serve the community? Do you volunteer with local organizations to
build houses or walk dogs? Or are you involved on campus in club or association? Do
you ever wonder how campus gives back to you? What you are getting from admin-
istrators? Or even how Student Government is working to best represent your inter-
ests?
Over the years, Carolina has been defined by its public service. UNC was the first
public university in the nation. With that designation, comes a longstanding commit-
ment to public service. This starts from the ground up. That starts by ensuring that Stu-
dent Government is functioning efficiently and connecting with the needs of campus,
we will create a democratic citizenship. That starts by relaying the information of what
is happening in the state and across the world to students.
In relation to this platform, we acknowledge that spaces mold our stories and
our stories inform our service. Being at UNC gives us all the opportunity to share
our stories and participate in service. That is what defines us. The service of the
Sink Administration varies largely -- from bettering internal communication to collabo-
ration with Greek philanthropy -- but the value the same across the board.

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Greek for Good
Assigned to: Chief of Staff, Greek Liaison
In Collaboration with: Greek organizations
The Greek Community makes up almost a fifth of the student body at Chapel Hill. The Sink Admin-
istration wants to make this large Greek Community allies in the defining of Carolina as home. We
define Carolina with Greeks for Good.
First, the Sink Administration would like to acknowledge the good that Greeks do. Greek organi-
zations donated $415,000 last year to charity. Combined, the Greek community logged 20,000 hours
of community service. For the 12th year in a row, the Greek community had a higher GPA than the
University average. The IFC fraternity DKE is UNC’s largest recycler. Greeks have done good, and
with support and acknowledgement will continue to do even better.
Second, Student Government will partner with Greek communities to fight sexual assault. IFC
fraternities already have mandatory One Act training for new members and executive councils. That
training usually occurs in the spring. Let’s move it to the fall, forcing the conversation earlier and
making impressionable new members aware of important steps to prevent sexual assault. Everyone
should be educated on sexual assault prevention and Greeks can be allies in this fight.
Further, this administration will partner with Greek communities on Environmental Affairs. In
a survey conducted by the Greek Recycling Interns from Orange County Solid Waste Management,
73.4% of the 440 Greek students who responded said that the reason they don’t always recycle is be-
cause of inconvenience.
In an effort to increase recycling, the Sink Administration will expand information and access to
recycling to all Greek housing. Recycling bins should be made just as convenient as trashcans. This
could be distributed through an assigned member of each chapter.
Another way that Greek life generates a significant portion of food and trash waste is through
philanthropy events. The Sink Administration will combat this waste by offering a Green Events
Training program to all philanthropy chairs. After this training, it would then be possible to have
zero-waste events so that huge amounts of food could be composted instead of thrown away.
Finally, to help leverage the Greek community’s substantial commitment to service, the Sink
Administration will create a Greek Liaison. The Greek Liaison will be an Executive Branch Officer
tasked with coordinating and collaborating with Greek philanthropy chairs and with on-campus
organizations. The Liaison will be tasked primarily with creating connections and opportunities for
Greek and non-Greek organizations to serve together. For instance, if a fraternity was planning a golf
tournament to benefit charity, the Greek Liaison could connect the fraternity with campus organiza-
tions like Relay for Life and the Golf Team to increase publicity, participation and impact. The Greek
Liaison can help connect the Greek community to campus and allow all of Carolina to better serve.

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Student Government Reform
During their time at Carolina, most students have asked themselves the question: what does Student
Government do for me? But not many students can answer this question. While many members of
Student Government have been working hard on everything from sexual assault prevention to food
insecurity on campus, these efforts are very rarely communicated back to the people they aim to serve
– students. In order to better communicate between Student Government and its constituents, the
Sink Administration suggests a few simple changes.
Out with the Old
Assigned to: Chief of Staff
The Sink Administration will make clear the responsibility of the Student Body Secretary to com-
municate with its constituents. While this position may have been built to fill the goals of this type of
communication, the execution must be improved.
As President, Wilson will require his Student Body Secretary to publicize the work of every cabinet
committee. This publication is not covered simply by posting minutes, rather it must be done through
forms in which students typically interact – social media, the Daily Tar Heel, etc. The Secretary will
also tasked with informing the student body on the work of Executive Branch Officers. This could in-
clude but is not limited to sharing remarks from important speeches, materials from closed meetings,
or even making the reporting system more inclusive. We will also create a calendar on the Student
Government website of meetings the Student Body President is having. This would foster further
involvement and transparency.
Overall, we believe that students should know where their student fees are being spent. They should
know what their Student Body President is doing in Board of Trustees meetings. They should know
when topics they care about are being worked on. All of this communication could and should stem
from the Secretary position.
The Sink Administration would also better internal communication in Student Government. Follow-
ing the Summers’ Administrations lead, we will officially institutionalize transition documents for
all student government bodies. These documents would include past meeting minutes, monthly re-
ports, and other important information. This administration will also necessitate transitional men-
toring for Executive Branch Officers. This would aid in preserving institutional knowledge within
Student Government. It would also allow the incoming administration to hit the ground running,
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This type of communication would also prevent committees from replicating each other’s work. In
that vein, we will merge the Student Engagement and Student Programing and Outreach Commit-
tees. The two have similar missions and combined can carry over their own visions with the infra-
structure support of both. The combination increases not only the network of both group’s work to
engage students but will also help coordinate more effective programming and policy recommenda-
tions with more minds on the work.
In with new
Assigned to: Chief of Staff
Student government’s role is not only to create programming, though. Part of governing and manag-
ing is to help generate solutions for campus problems. In the Sink Administration, committees will
be required to generate policy briefs and actionable proposals on areas germane to their expertise.
For instance, Environmental Affairs could create a policy brief on how student government can re-
duce campus wide energy use. The Student Body President cannot be an expert in everything, and
the policy chairs should be experts in their fields. By mandating policy development and reports, the
Sink administration can create a more informed, effective and responsive student government.
Additionally, the Sink Administration we will create a rapid-response policy think tank called
CarolinaResponds. This organization will act as an independent agency within Student Government,
dedicated entirely to educating students on pertinent national and campus issues. The committee will
listen to the campus pulse and national news to determine what major issue is dominating student
conversation and then create material and programming for students to understand the issue. For
instance, say students are concerned with gun violence.
CarolinaResponds would select that issue, and quickly generate digestible information and pro-
gramming for student consumption. The agency would develop fact sheets, social media, infograph-
ics, videos and more to help students digest the content and information more readily. The informa-
tion would be by students, for students. The agency would also be responsible for bringing in experts
to lead forums on the topic. This direct form of education can keep Carolina students as leaders in
national dialogue, and keep UNC as a leading institution.
Beyond the Old Well
We live in interconnected communities that rely on one another – Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the
United States, and the world. We have responsibilities to be citizens to each community, to ensure that
just like with our own spaces and stories, we are defining spaces and stories for others
Serving the Community
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Bonding is a crucial part to healthy leadership, and our administration will promote it through ser-
vice. Each semester, every cabinet committee in the Sink Administration will participate in a day-
long service event. These days of service may relate to the committee’s particular area of expertise or
they may be general service days for all of Student Government. For example, the Sink Administra-
tion could work with the local branch of Habitat for Humanity to build a house. Or, members of the
Multicultural and Diversity Affairs Committee could spend a day working in a garden with Burmese
refugees. The hope is that by more actively engaging with our community beyond the campus, we
may better understand how our communities work.
Engaging Democracy
Assigned to: State and External Affairs Task Force
In Collaboration with: Town of Chapel Hill, NCPIRG, and League of Women’s Voters
The University does not exist to serve customers. It exists to educate citizens, to turn students into
conscientious adults. And a key way that citizens can serve the community, the country and them-
selves is through the democratic process. That starts with voting. State and External Affairs has done
an excellent job in past administrations in educating and registering voters. But the Sink Administra-
tion can do even better.
To educate voters on policy positions, we will co-sponsor and promote Young Dems vs. College
Republicans debate in October for the General Election. We will create platform summaries and
other media for all major candidates at the national, state and local levels. We will partner with other
organizations to bring national and state level politicians to speak on campus. But education is not
enough, Student Government also has a role in encouraging and enabling students to vote. The Sink
administration will continue to work with NCPIRG and League of Women’s Voters to clarify new
voting laws and register new voters. We will work with RHA to get residence halls registered earlier.
We will work with professors and departments to incentivize their classes to register. And with new
voting laws in place, we will enable out of state students to vote via absentee ballots by providing
guidance and stamps.
Moreover, Carolina students have an incredible ability to serve the state and the University as a vot-
ing block. Seniors receive the attention and beneficial policies of politicians because the senior vote
turns elections. There are 30,000 potential voters at UNC. There are 220,000 potential voters in the
UNC system. The Sink Administration will push to mobilize this block in favor of higher educa-
tion. By researching and publishing a simple Higher Education scorecard on every General Assembly
race in NC, we will enable voters, especially students, to take a stand for their educations and their
futures. We are helping students define their story. We are helping students serve their state.

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After voting day passes, the Carolina community has to work with our elected officials to make a bet-
ter home for all of us. Past student governments have laid important foundations in building relation-
ships in the General Assembly, the Association of Student Governments and the Board of Governors.
The Sink Administration will continue engagement at the town, state and federal levels through
meetings between students and elected leaders. The Sink administration will be an advocate for
student needs to these officials, fostering both dialogue and action. Further, we need to build re-
lationships with local leaders. We will foster this at the town level, for instance, by hosting a student
leader and town leader potluck. Putting students and the town in communication can only benefit
both groups. Bringing students and the town together to serve can only benefit our home.

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STRUCTURE OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT