As the school year comes to a close and power changes hands, there is a new face representing the student body.

Late Sunday afternoon at the student government instillation dinner, Matt Telvi, sophomore, Wallkill N.Y., was installed as Sacred Heart's new student body president replacing Jim Daly, senior of Hazlet, N.J., who will be graduating in just a few weeks.

Daly served as student body president for two consecutive years, accomplishing a variety of things while in office including completely revamping Student Government as a whole.

"It was in bad shape before I took over with leadership problems and such," said Daly. "I would say also a change in perception of Student Government took place."

Daly said that during his tenure, they worked on major projects including the Financial Aid campaign; the reestablishing of the CSA (Connecticut Student Association) for student governments along with Quinnipiac; and changes in FLIK and parking.

In addition, Daly said that he had the opportunity to discuss events and problems with administration and students talked on a daily basis.

"Over my two years we have helped break every attendance record for our sports teams," said Daly. "Through our hard work SHU is now also been selected for the Princeton Review's top colleges. It has been a real exciting two years."

In spite of the long list of accomplishments Daly takes pride in, there is one achievement that he takes pride in above the rest.

"Probably my greatest accomplishment has been the creation of Big Red. It was something I have been working on since my freshman year and I wanted to make sure it was done before I left," said Daly. "I guess you can say that's my legacy."

So what advice does Daly have for Telvi as he takes the reigns and steps into his new role?

"My advice for Matt is to always stay positive. People look up to the Student Government president. If he is going through it saying 'this stinks' people will say it too. Stay positive and optimistic," said Daly.

Telvi feels ready and able to take on the problems and successes of the school in the upcoming academic year.

"Jim left a great legacy here at Sacred Heart University. He accomplished many things but while doing so I think that, utilizing his leadership skills, he took me in and helped bring out my great potential," said Telvi. "The job of Student Body president entails many obstacles and great opportunities to help make Sacred Heart great."

Telvi admitted that he's a bit nervous about the new rold, but said he feels confident that with the help of his peers, he will "thrive off of what has been accomplished so far and work even harder to get more things accomplished."

Big plans for the future of Student Government has already been made by Telvi, who will be a junior in the fall just as Daly was when he took office.

"I want to be a liaison for all the students to be able to talk with me about their problems so that I can then go forward and try to get these things accomplished," he said.

Telvi feels that parking is a big issue that students and faculty alike would like resolved and is confident that a resolution is on its way.

"I think that the parking situation needs to be addressed and I know that with the addition of our new Cambridge site the parking situation is already in progress," said Telvi.

Telvi has also started to look at ways of changing both academics and recreational activities within the student body.

"While in office, I want to work on creating more space for students to hang out and possibly do work. I feel that Hawley Lounge has good potential in becoming a great Student Union," he said.