The incoming Government of the Student Body leadership will be taking office on Monday night, and has many goals for the upcoming term.

Brian Phillips, GSB president-elect and junior in political science, and Ian Guffy, vice-president elect and senior in computer science, said communicating with student groups and the student body is an important goal of theirs.

“Building a strong relationship between us and the rest of the student body is going to be critical,” Phillips said.

Phillips said actively seeking input from the student body would be something they want to do – for example, the proposed recreation services fee.

“If there’s an issue that comes to us, I think that one of the key things is going to be seeking out student interest on that particular issue,” he said.

Phillips said the cabinet this year would be available to communicate with students.

Phillips and Guffy said they were both impressed by senate training this year.

“Considering the turnout and participation in senate training, I think that the senate certainly is ready to go,” Guffy said.

Guffy said working with the city, including cleaning up Campustown, would also be one of the goals for the upcoming term.

Phillips said it would be important to have short-term as well as long-term plans for improving Campustown.

He said communicating with Campustown would also be important.

“Campustown has a number of neighborhood associations; a number of people who are actively involved, but they don’t necessarily communicate the best. I would like to see us communicate more with groups like that,” he said.

Working with the Student Affairs Commission on improving Campustown is another way GSB will work on improving Campustown, Phillips said.

Tuition will also be a main focus for Phillips and Guffy. Phillips said they wanted to build on the ideas that ISU Ambassadors used this year.

“We have a number of different ideas for things that could happen,” Guffy said.

Lobbying, working with the other regents schools, hosting legislatures and tuition lock-in were all ideas Phillips and Guffy discussed.

Phillips and Guffy said they have started talking to newly elected executives from the University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa about lobbying the legislature in the future.

Emily Jensen, current GSB president and senior in political science, said communication, like in other years, should be an important focus for Phillips and Guffy for their time as president and vice-president.

The rec services facility improvement project will be an important issue over the next year, Jensen said, and Phillips and Guffy should make sure interest in the project doesn’t die.

Jensen said as president, much of the work is outside of GSB. She said most of her time was scheduled with the university administration, groups and the Board of Regents.

“I would encourage them to really make sure they are representing students on those committees or in those groups and areas,” she said.