LBC Senate hears from candidates

Posted to On Campus by Grace Meiners at 5:54 p.m., Oct. 9, 2008

The LBC Senate meeting Wednesday featured an MSA slate and black homecoming candidates, all vying for a vote.

Phyllis Williams and Jonathan Snipes, running for MSA president and vice president, discussed how they will run their campaign without a platform or campaign promises.

“They’re limiting in what you can do when you get into your administration,” Williams said. “We can both run on our previous engagements and accomplishments.”

Williams said their lack of platform allows them to become a better liaison between students and faculty.

“I can’t say I want to be a key liaison and then say we have this platform,” she said. “I don’t want to have anything that will tie me to specific issues.”

Snipes said he wanted to make MSA more transparent, especially on the issue of student fees.

Danielle Huff, a member of LBC and the Minority Association of Pre-Health Students, asked how important the issue of student health is to the slate. She said student health is often overlooked.

“Student health fees have been a problem for many reasons,” Williams said. “There’s redundancy in the fees because there’s multiple places to go to that students aren’t aware of.”

Candidates for the black Homecoming court introduced themselves to the group, including outspoken freshman Justin McCain.

“I am a leader in every facet in my life and in everything that I do,” he said. McCain said in high school he was involved in so many activities in high school “it was crazy.”

Twelve other candidates also introduced themselves at the meeting.

Also at the meeting, political committee head Kevin Anderson announced LBC will host a debate between the College Republicans and College Democrats next Tuesday.