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Small turnout for candidate debates
Erin Keilah Chin
Issue date: 3/15/06 Section: News
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Even though only a little more than 10 people showed up to the Candidate Crossfire on Thursday in the Student Union Umunhum Room, the event still went on. Candidates were able to address questions posed by a moderator as well as the audience.
Of the 13 candidates running for Associated Student government, seven were in attendance. The positions of president, controller and directors of business affairs, campus climate affairs, community affairs and programming affairs were not represented because of previous engagements and class.
The handful of students who made up the audience also left as soon as the meeting ended.
Savander Parker, university ombudsman, served as the moderator of the debate.
Parker had a series of questions to ask the candidates as well as questions that were asked by the audience. In order to ask questions, audience members had to submit them on a question card to be approved. The questions were then given to the moderator to ask.
A recurring question that was asked regarded the type of experience candidates had in leadership or with their particular position.
Candidates had similar answers of being involved in residence hall government, Academic Senate or heading other organizations' events and community service.
Mark Powell, running for director of extra curricular affairs, said he is heavily involved with Spartan Squad.
"I will make the claim that no one is more involved in sports on campus than myself," Powell said. "This year at San Jose State, I have not missed a football game, a volleyball game, women's basketball, men's basketball game or gymnastics meet."
Jessica Loebig, the candidate running against Powell, is involved in Alpha Phi Omega, a service organization, as well as Spartan Squad, freshmen orientation and is a resident adviser.
"All of these jobs and organizations have allowed me to really see a wide range of people and meet a lot of people on campus," she said. "Through working with incoming freshmen and current freshmen, I am able to get the word out there that involvement in organizations, clubs and sports is what we really need on campus to get our campus climate up."
Of the 13 candidates running for Associated Student government, seven were in attendance. The positions of president, controller and directors of business affairs, campus climate affairs, community affairs and programming affairs were not represented because of previous engagements and class.
The handful of students who made up the audience also left as soon as the meeting ended.
Savander Parker, university ombudsman, served as the moderator of the debate.
Parker had a series of questions to ask the candidates as well as questions that were asked by the audience. In order to ask questions, audience members had to submit them on a question card to be approved. The questions were then given to the moderator to ask.
A recurring question that was asked regarded the type of experience candidates had in leadership or with their particular position.
Candidates had similar answers of being involved in residence hall government, Academic Senate or heading other organizations' events and community service.
Mark Powell, running for director of extra curricular affairs, said he is heavily involved with Spartan Squad.
"I will make the claim that no one is more involved in sports on campus than myself," Powell said. "This year at San Jose State, I have not missed a football game, a volleyball game, women's basketball, men's basketball game or gymnastics meet."
Jessica Loebig, the candidate running against Powell, is involved in Alpha Phi Omega, a service organization, as well as Spartan Squad, freshmen orientation and is a resident adviser.
"All of these jobs and organizations have allowed me to really see a wide range of people and meet a lot of people on campus," she said. "Through working with incoming freshmen and current freshmen, I am able to get the word out there that involvement in organizations, clubs and sports is what we really need on campus to get our campus climate up."
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