2008 Woodie Awards
SGA candidates talk retention, academics
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: News
Rob Ranley
Rob Ranley looks beyond the big picture, he said.
The Student Government Association (SGA) presidential candidate prefers instead to look at a problem "backwards" by first deciding what result he wants and then deciding how to get it, he said in an interview with The News.
"It's important to look at the big picture, but it's more important to have a plan of action and know how you're going to get there," he said.
Students can expect less bark and more bite from Ranley, he said, than past student leaders who have made big promises to students they can't keep. Ranley, a junior finance major, attributes his realistic perspective to his years spent as SGA vice president for financial affairs, chair of the Budget Review Committee (BRC) and president of Northeastern's Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter.
"It really gives me an advantage," Ranley said of his presidency of Kappa Sigma last year. "The first four months of being president, it took me so much time to sort things out and figure out how things work, like how to create a leadership team. I think that's one of the advantages I have is that I have that experience."
Despite his ties to the organization, he said he does not feel "at all" that his relationship with the fraternity will cause a conflict of interest for him as SGA president.
Ranley was at the helm of the fraternity chapter last year when it was put on probation by the Greek Executive Council for its involvement in an off-campus party that resulted in eight students, including Ranley, to be summonsed to district court, and more than 80 Northeastern students being reported to the Office of Student Code and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
The position had traditionally been a year-long spot, but at the end of what had been a turbulent semester for the organization, fraternity members voted to reduce it to a single semester, paving the way for Ranley, who was facing OSCCR charges, to decide not to run again rather than issue a letter of resignation.
Rob Ranley looks beyond the big picture, he said.
The Student Government Association (SGA) presidential candidate prefers instead to look at a problem "backwards" by first deciding what result he wants and then deciding how to get it, he said in an interview with The News.
"It's important to look at the big picture, but it's more important to have a plan of action and know how you're going to get there," he said.
Students can expect less bark and more bite from Ranley, he said, than past student leaders who have made big promises to students they can't keep. Ranley, a junior finance major, attributes his realistic perspective to his years spent as SGA vice president for financial affairs, chair of the Budget Review Committee (BRC) and president of Northeastern's Kappa Sigma fraternity chapter.
"It really gives me an advantage," Ranley said of his presidency of Kappa Sigma last year. "The first four months of being president, it took me so much time to sort things out and figure out how things work, like how to create a leadership team. I think that's one of the advantages I have is that I have that experience."
Despite his ties to the organization, he said he does not feel "at all" that his relationship with the fraternity will cause a conflict of interest for him as SGA president.
Ranley was at the helm of the fraternity chapter last year when it was put on probation by the Greek Executive Council for its involvement in an off-campus party that resulted in eight students, including Ranley, to be summonsed to district court, and more than 80 Northeastern students being reported to the Office of Student Code and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
The position had traditionally been a year-long spot, but at the end of what had been a turbulent semester for the organization, fraternity members voted to reduce it to a single semester, paving the way for Ranley, who was facing OSCCR charges, to decide not to run again rather than issue a letter of resignation.
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