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_ASUO Elections Candidates promise open door policy to increase student input By Fral« de Guzman Emerald Associate Editor ASUO Executive candidates Andy Clark and Scott VVyckoff would like to see increased diversi ty. unity and student interest in student govern ment next year According to Clark, a junior political science major running for ASUO president, the nature of their ticket — "Friends working together" — em phasizes the unity which he and running mate Scott VVyckoff continually stress "We believe that student government involves all students, not just the ASUO Executive." Clark said. For this reason, the executives must be willing to listen to students and to spend time with the different groups and to listen to their concerns, he said. This would include frequent visits with the various campus groups and organizations "We want to do a 'washing' of the ASUO," Clark said, "We want to establish an administra tion where people can give us their input and not feel choked off because they do not fit into the agenda." The only stipulation to this open-door policy is that people share their information and ideas with others. In this way. communication between groups would develop, stopping misunderstand ings before they start, said VVyckoff. who is also a junior political science major. "We would only be the facilitators of the dis cussion," he said. "We don’t want to dictate what the policies or issues are. We want to go out and seek input from others to find out what they feel is important." This need to reach out to the campus is seen in their policy statement. "Student government shouldn't be intimidat ing nor should il lie invisible," they said If elected, both candidates assured that the ASUO will be "marketed so it looks appealing "Time anti money need to be spent informing the general student body of the issues and con cerns that the ASUO Executive office may be at tending to." Clark said A possible way of getting this information out. he added, may be through the release of a "State of the ASUO” address In response to questions regarding their unfa miliarity with ASUO procedures. Wyckoff said that a lack of familiarity did not necessarily indi cate incompetence Instead of being a hindrance, a lack of familiar ity with the system is a plus. Wyckoff said. "It will force us to go out and seek input from others and to utilize their talents. It will force us to be inclusive instead of just paying lip service." Both candidates, who were endorsed by the Prelaw Society, kappa Alpha f*si and the Greek Endorsement Committee, together have a diverse background in student leadership ('lark has coordinated office affairs for the Uni versity Housing Office, chaired the ASUO Elec lions Board, is a member of the AIDS Task Force and was a member of the Council of Minority Ed ucation leadership Team. Wyckoff helped the Housing Office enforce its drug and alcohol policies and processed resi dence and food service contracts In addition, he was named in this year's Who's Who in Ameri can Colleges and received the University's Centurian Award last year Four groups endorse tickets for Executive> three tab Hughes/Kirk With the spring primaries less than a week away, mem bers of four student groups an nounced their endorsements for ASUO president and vice presi dent. The Graduate Teaching Fel lows Federation, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance and the Black Student Union endorsed ASUO presidential candidate Tim Hughes and running mate Mau reen Kirk. The Greek Endorsement Committee favored Andy Clark and Scott Wykoff to fill the ASUO Executive. Members of the GTFF, an or ganization with 985 members elt that political skills and ex rerience were needed "to ge hings done in the ASUO Exec Beet & Beeak^eUt Spring Special $10 off one night $30 off two nights Ciood thru S/IS "Scrrmrv-* o located hetueen Neufmrf & Florfiwr neur Ptu.\Jw twaat* lientle place to relax after forest & tuicf»r4 exploration Settled in V o». hao Valle* of Coast fLin^i Mtmtic from Cape Perpetua. Sea Lum Cate*. Heeeta Lighthouse a*ui emend bridge* Yachats, Oregon ClldtS, 547-3813 We ve got your tan when you want it1 SunShowtr on camput «tnn ■ in f im utive and to ensure that student empowerment continues to move forward.” GTF Michael Dawson said. GALA also based their selec tion on candidates' student government experience. GALA announced its endorsement last Thursday. The Hughes/Kirk ticket is more “representative of the campus as a whole and they understand the issues more." said Ryan Kennedy, GALA codirector. According to BSU President Julie Sprague. "Tim Hughes and Maureen Kirk have a long history of supporting the issues that art? important to students of color. Most importantly, we feel that they have the experi ence netossary to fight for stu dent rights and expand student empowerment." The Greek Endorsement Committee, however, voted to endorse ASUO presidential candidate Andy Clark and run ning mate Scott Wyckoff. “We believed that the inter est of the Greek system would be further served by the Clark/Wyckoff ticket." said Aaron Felton, committee chair man. 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