The candidates for Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president hope to improve student services, increase state funding and "clean up" USG, according to their platforms.

-- Roger Czulewicz (senior-political science) and Janine Salomone (junior-psychology) said eliminating tuition increases is their primary concern. They said they also hope to address inadequate parking for students, possible misdiagnoses at Ritenour Health Center and what they view as understaffing at the Women's Health Center. In addition, they said they are concerned with "secrecy and poor USG communication" between student government leaders and students.

-- Courtney Malveaux (senior-sociology) and Saul Trieman (junior-accounting) said they will stop USG from funding "radical" speakers, trying to impeach its members and taking political stands on left-wing issues. They said USG should instead provide an affordable education, ensure campus safety, improve student health care and work to keep ROTC on campus. They want to make the Department of Women's Concerns' priority the prevention of sexual assaults, and create three new USG departments to address financial, academic and community service issues.

-- Leslie Osborn (senior-advertising) and Michael LaFlam (senior-human development and family studies) want to provide an affordable education by creating a Department of Higher Education Affordability that will fight tuition increases, help open the University budget and examine University expenditures. They said they will also work for more student representation on University committees and involvement with the State College Borough Council, as well as increased USG interaction with other Big Ten schools.

-- Mark Stewart (junior-English) and Merryl Werber (junior-accounting) will focus on providing student services, like allowing students to use their meal points downtown, providing buses to away games of athletic teams, establishing an 800 number for class scheduling and adding weekend HUB Eatery hours.

-- Jim Van Horn (junior-history) and Kim Thorsen (senior-social work) want USG to serve the students more directly by having a group lobby in Harrisburg regularly. They also suggest lobbying the University Board of Trustees to add a clause to the University's non-discrimination policy that would protect gay men and lesbians from discrimination. They said they want to "streamline" USG, unify student organizations and have the HUB run by students.

The candidates will state their platforms and debate at 7 tonight in the HUB Fishbowl.