In the last chance Ohio University’s Student Senate candidates will have to debate one another, each ticket’s presidential candidates have promised to not pull any punches.
The executive candidates of VOICE, the internal senate ticket with people running for every position, and FUSS (Fighting to Uphold Student Solidarity), a ticket running only for executive positions, will face off at 6 p.m. on Tuesday in Porter Hall 105.
The debate is being put on by The Post.
“We need to be challenging this mentality in Student Senate that things are good right now,” said Matt Farmer, a junior from Cincinnati, Ohio and FUSS’ presidential candidate. “We are endorsing the other 29 members of the VOICE ticket because we honestly believe they have a lot of great ideas.”
Farmer says his ticket will continue to hammer his platform’s key pillar of affordability for students.
Nick Southall, a junior from Marietta, Ohio and VOICE’s presidential candidate, believes his platform addresses college affordability adequately — along with a wealth of other issues FUSS does not.
“We have an (affordability) pillar of the same size, but we also have more pillars (than FUSS),” Southall said. “I think that they rely on (affordability) a lot.”
Southall says his ticket will not enter the debate looking for a fight, but if FUSS attacks his platform, he won’t hold back.
“Of course (Matt is) going to endorse the people that are inevitably going to win. It’s obvious that everyone he endorsed prefers our executive ticket,” Southall said. “If he endorses 29 people that believe in our ideals, I don’t really see the logic in not endorsing us.”
Post Editor Pat Holmes is looking forward to a forum where the candidates will be asked the tough questions.
“In theory, it’s for the students and it’s about their representation — whatever that means to them is their prerogative,” said Holmes. “But we’re going to try and put all six candidates under a magnifying glass and if they’d like to join us tonight in Porter, they’re more than welcome.”
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