User talk:James Totton

James Totton (July 20, 1985 - present)

James Totton is best known as being the Chief of Staff for Purdue Student Government. He is a senior at Purdue University in Selling and Sales Management. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was lived in Indiana his whole life. He was before that a graduate of Lawrence Central High School in 2004.

High School (2000-2004)

In high school James was a staff writer for the student newspaper, the Cub Reporter. He won two awards from National Quill and Scroll and Ball State Univerity for a story written about a former Engish teacher at Lawrence Central who was a pitcher for the Boston Redsox at the same time Ted Williams was playing for the team. The story revolved around the former teacher having written a book about his experiences in the major leagues years before. He also wrote stories about the history of the Lawrence Central Basketball team, during the same year that current NBA players Greg Oden of the Portland Trailblazers and Mike Conley Jr. Memphis Grizzlies were freshman at rival Lawrence North and a story about a Lawrence Central physical education and health teacher that spent time in the [Peace Corps].

James was also a state all-star in volleyball his senior year.

Purdue University (2004- present)

James came to Purdue after a long family history at the school. He started off as an economics major in Krannert School of Management and the College of Liberal Arts. During his Junior year he transfered into the Selling and Sales Management program.

He joined Purdue Student Government as a freshman, working as the Public Relations Director. After a year in that position, he accepted the position of Marketing Director for the 2005-2006 academic year. During that year, he started the Purdue Student Government radio show and later became the Director of Media Communications. He returned his Junior year into that same position. His Senior year he was named Chief of Staff to Purdue Student Government, a position he still holds today.

Political Campaigns

James has worked on a number of different political campaigns in a number of different positions:

2006 - Katherine Carr for Congress (5th District, Indiana) 2006 - David Sanders for Congress (4th District, Indiana) 2006 - Katrina Olek for Student Body President (Purdue) 2007 - Paul Roales for City Council (West Lafayette) 2007 - Eric Van Houten for Student Body President (Purdue) 2008 - Nels Ackerson for Congress (4th District, Indiana)