With Student Association elections this week, the candidates for the executive board positions are trying to put a strong finish to their campaigns.
“From what I can tell, all of the candidates have been perfect gentlemen throughout their campaigns,” Mary Leonardo, elections committee chair, said. “If they have questions or concerns about the rules or financial things, they call me. They are focused on following the rules and keeping things fair, which I’ve appreciated.”
There are currently no grievances against any of the candidates, and according to Leonardo, none are anticipated.
The candidates are still meeting with students across campus and getting their platforms out to the public before it is time to count the votes.
Presidential candidate Josh Berk, and the candidate for vice president for academic affairs, David Lundgren, are teaming up during the final week of campaigning.
“Dave and I are making a laser-graffiti art campaign this week,” Berk said. “We will have a projector directed at one of the buildings and we can use a laser to draw on this projector, which will look like graffiti. The idea is still being hashed out.”
Berk and Lundgren, along with other friends, created a poster board seeking student insight on what they want to get out of their Student Association. The idea for this board came from the movie “Accepted” and, weather permitting, it will be stationed outside of the New University Union during this week.
Other candidates are taking advantage of the community meet-and-greets set up this week, as well as the quarter-sheets each candidate are allowed to print and distribute across campus.
Jared Kirschenbaum, candidate for executive vice president, plans to get his name out in this last week of campaigning by walking around campus and speaking to students, and making what he stands for known.
“I have learned a lot from talking to individual students and I’ve been finding out what their suggestions are for improving the Student Association as a whole,” he said.
Similar to Kirschenbaum, both Aaron Cohn, candidate for vice president for programming, and Ricky Da Costa, candidate for vice president for multicultural affairs, said they don’t plan on going crazy in their last week of campaigning.
Both candidates plan to use electronic media outlets, such as Facebook, and student connections to wrap up their campaigns.
“I think everything went well during the campaigns, given the amount of people that were participating,” Da Costa said.
Despite the minor obstacles and controversies expected in a political campaign, Lundgren said, everything went smoothly.
“It doesn’t matter who wins, the important part is that the ideas get out there and changes are made,” Lundgren said.
Voting takes place on Wednesday and Thursday from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. in community dining halls for on-campus residents and in the New Union for those living off campus.