A write-in candidate for the office of Undergraduate Student Government president said last week he will campaign but not participate in USG-sponsored debates or publicity.

Aldo Barovero (junior-political science) said he is running for the presidential office, but his name will not appear on the ballot.

"I'm looking forward to winning," Barovero said, adding that his friends encouraged him to seek the position.

Barovero said he does not want to pay the $25 fee to the USG Elections Commission to be an official write-in candidate.

The fee would allow him to participate in this week's debates and have his name included in election advertising, Goldstein said.

Five official presidential and vice-presidential candidates are in March 27's USG elections, but write-in votes are accepted. Head Elections Commissioner Wendy Goldstein said that write-in candidate's names must be spelled correctly on the ballot to be counted.

Barovero said he also does not need a vice-presidential candidate to run with him. If elected president, he hopes to restructure USG into a 22-member organization that would exclude a vice president.

According to Barovero, the new USG would have one representative from each housing area on campus, a president and a secretary. The other 14 members would include representatives from student organizations such as the Graduate Student Association, Interfraternity Council and Black Caucus, as well as a student liaison to the State College Borough Council, he said.

Barovero said he would keep the University Student Advisory Board and USG Academic Assembly.

Visiting Harrisburg regularly would be a priority, Barovero said.