Let the games begin.
Ten days, seven tickets and one goal: to become president and vice president of Penn State's student government.
Ballot positions were drawn Friday for Undergraduate Student Government, Association of Residence Hall Students and University Park Allocation Committee elections to take place Wed., March 27.
Fourteen candidates are running for USG's top executive positions:
Ed Brown (junior-political science) and Chris Boris (junior-meteorology)
Legitimate campus news channel
Maintain a stable and productive Greek presence on campus
Add study days
Improve security on campus
Mike Gallo (junior-political science) and Chris Miller (sophomore-mechanical engineering and economics)
Endorse senate's Tuition Challenge Grant proposal, a program that limits tuition increases to 4.5 percent
Work with Center Area Transportation Authority to increase service to Vairo Boulevard and Aaron Drive
Improve dormitory Internet service
Pursue student options for downtown parking
Erik Ives (junior-political science) and Matt Brezina (junior-electrical engineering)
Extend CATA services later on weekend nights and to more areas
Form a multicultural roundtable
Music festival during Arts Festival
Keep fall break
Rubina Javeri (junior-finance and international business) and Kris Ankarlo (senior-journalism)
Online waiting list for filled classes
Expand eatery hours
Online services at Ritenour
Form a union of off-campus students
Jonathon Koltash (junior-finance and economics) and Jeremy Montgomery (junior-criminal justice and business administration)
Focus on university spending
Accountability for administration and USG
Concentrate on fiscal responsibility
Continue programs started by the Zartman administration
Dave Somerman (sophomore-pre-medicine) and Brandon Goldwater (sophomore-biology)
No tuition increases without justification
No code of conduct
Better health care
Unlimited CATA access
Makini Young (senior-operations and information systems management) and Dan Heist (junior-speech communication)
Encourge multiculturalism
Advance community service efforts of students
Objectively inform students on USG issues
Uphold ethical behavior within the student government
