Facts: Student Body President Candidate Forum will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in Student Senate chambers at Witherspoon. This forum is hosted by student media and WKNC and will provide information about student body president candidates running for elections.
Our Opinion: Students need to be informed before they vote. All students should make it a point to research the candidates in order to gather necessary information needed to cast an educated vote. One of the many ways students may do this is through the candidates forum.
Students have been asked to submit questions to student media for the candidates forum. The forum is organized for students to hear more about their candidates and to learn the answers to selected questions from their future leaders. While this forum will help us learn more about each student body president candidate, there are other methods to research the candidates’ platforms and how they will better represent us in the upcoming school year.
We need to attend this forum in large numbers, as a responsible student community. Before we vote in these elections it is our right and our duty to know more about the candidates. This will help us in electing the best student leaders that will help make the University a better institution both academically and socially.
Candidates that ultimately win these elections will hold positions of the upmost importance to our community. Their decisions will affect not only ours but the lives of future students as well. Their decisions will shape up the future direction for the University.
Elected candidates will have immense powers. The student body president will represent the University’s student community when dealing with faculty and administration, as well as other universities. He or she will also serve as a voting member of both the Advisory Board to the President of the UNC System, as well as the UNC Association of Student Governments. This means the student body president will be able to vote on any plans made for budget cuts, or even the tuition cost—decisions that if made correctly could immensely improve the academia aspect of our University.
Other positions, like Student Senate president and student body treasurer, also carry great responsibilities that can directly affect our lives. We need to act sensibly when choosing our leaders. This means we need to vote for right and capable candidates that will better serve us and our University. To ensure this outcome, students need to be informed.
We need to find out about the issues or causes these candidates strongly believe in and the impact their choices will have. It is our prime responsibility to make right decisions that will lead to a great future at our University.
Student body elections are an important event in every student’s life. The way we choose our candidates will affect our future at the University, so we need to know more about our student leaders before we vote. Wrong choices today will have their consequences in the future. Students need to realize the impact their decisions make and why they need to make informed choices, which can only be made by seeking information.
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