Congratulations are in order for Rob Kampia.

But before he and Vice President-elect Beth Schneck have too high a time partying, they must hash out plans for the coming year.

Kampia's landslide win in last week's Undergraduate Student Government presidential election demonstrated that students are unhappy with the current ineffective administration and want leaders who are more activist-oriented.

First on Kampia's list of campaign promises is to establish a rape awareness program for freshmen through the Freshman Testing, Counseling and Advising Program. Work on this project must begin now in order to have the program instituted for the first group of freshmen in May.

The duo also promised an environmental audit of the University and to reinstitute a full recycling program.

Although these are worthwhile goals, the new USG administration is lacking in some key areas. Kampia and Schneck should not neglect important issues, such as the open budget and minority concerns, in favor of marijuana reform, which is not a major concern for most students.

During the campaign, they advocated a fully-opened budget, but later said they did not support releasing individual faculty salaries. Without this information, it is impossible to determine the extent of salary discrimination against women and minorities.

Kampia and Schneck must also develop a concrete plan for addressing the intolerant climate for underrepresented groups here.

With the record voter turnout last week, it appears that students are interested in USG, which Kampia and Schneck should use to their advantage. By getting more student input, perhaps they can shake the image that USG is just a resum builder for student "leaders."

A more activist approach to leadership will hopefully move USG away from its current service-oriented focus and lead to real progress on issues like tuition increases and the closed budget. But this will only happen if leaders are knowledgeable on issues and in touch with student needs.

Now Kampia and Schneck must use the energy that got them into office to put their plans into action.