The TIME ticket withdraws from the race before the final debate for Student Senate candidates Thursday.
Before the Board of Elections executive debate began, board co-chair Omar Kurdi announced that the TIME ticket withdrew from the Student Senate election race.
The TIME ticket faced challenges early on when its presidential candidate, Student Trustee Keith Wilbur, was disqualified for campaigning without submitting a party declaration form and for campaigning before March 31. Marquis Maines, originally TIME’s vice presidential candidate, stepped up to fill the presidential void temporarily.
During the third and final senate debate, candidates took advantage of their last opportunity to voice their platform goals by making bold statements in an effort to distinguish their ideas in the minds of students.
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“I am the only qualified treasurer candidate,” said Charlotte Klimovich, Student Nation candidate for treasurer and current Senate Appropriations Commission, SAC, vice commissioner.
Candidates challenged the platforms of all four remaining tickets by making use of a rebuttal time following each question.
“I think Charlotte is expressing frustration, but I wonder if she has a vision for a truly participatory SAC,” said DJ Amireh, BARE candidate for treasurer and current SAC senator.
In response to DJ’s statement, Klimovich referenced her work with reforming SAC rules during the 2014-15 school year, much of which she says she did alone.
“I would rather have some progress rather than none,” said Klimovich. “I don’t appreciate people taking credit for my work. Sadly, pretty much everyone running on the BARE ticket is not interested in serving on Rules and Procedures or SAC.”
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In addition, the debate focused on the ways candidates for vice president and treasurer plan to approach the duties associated with their position.
Emily Ginty, vice presidential candidate for the Phoenix ticket, said that her method would be friendly and open, while Jared Ohnsman, vice presidential candidate for the SOS ticket, emphasized his plan to confront senators and administrators when tough issues arise.
“I will make a fool of myself just to make someone else laugh and feel comfortable,” said Ellenore Holbrook, vice presidential candidate for the Student Nation ticket. “It’s about putting on a smile even when you’re not in the best mood.”
The debate ended with closing statements from each ticket, which SOS used to respond to a letter that appeared in the Post Wednesday. The letter said that SOS’s “need to provide ‘tangible solutions’ shows their reluctance to do actual work” among other things.
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“If tangible solutions are wrong, I don’t want to be right,” said Ohnsman. “I think it takes a lot more to provide tangible results than to mobilize students who already agree with you.”
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