Undergraduate Student Government elections are today, but whether students are concerned remains to be seen.

Of the students surveyed by The Daily Collegian, predominantly most were not likely to know about the candidates or be aware that elections are happening today unless they knew someone who is running.

Tara Ritchie (sophomore-human development and family studies) said she did not know about today's elections. She recalled seeing signs, but she did not pay attention to them and she said she did not read USG-related stories in The Daily Collegian.

"I haven't heard much about what they do, so I don't know if they make a difference," Ritchie said.

Bill Gulla (junior-operations and information systems management) was also unaware of the elections.

"It doesn't interest me," Gulla said. "I'm guessing the things they do have an impact. I should probably pay more attention to it."

Arianna Dombchewsky (sophomore-marketing) heard about the elections from a candidate campaigning in the HUB-Robeson Center, but she could not remember his name.

Dombchewsky said USG should post more signs around campus, such as on large boards in the HUB-Robeson Center, to reach more students.

She said she does plan to vote, but she will need to research the candidates' platforms.

"I want to have a voice and every vote makes a difference," Dombchewsky said.

Patrick Kennell (junior-telecommunications) said he will not vote because he is not interested.

"Student government is pretty much pointless in my eyes," Kennell said. "They talk about things, but they never get them done."

Students who know one of the candidates said they were more likely to plan to vote.

Mike Eisenreich (junior-information sciences and technology) is voting for Rubina Javeri and Kris Ankarlo because they are friends with one of his friends, but he does not know about anyone's platforms who are running.

Stacy Wetter (senior-chemical engineering) is also voting for Javeri, who is her neighbor. Wetter said it is difficult for students to know where candidates stand on issues because their posters do not display this information.

Wetter said a good candidate has feasible ideas.

"Some of the candidates have crazy ideas that will never be done," she said.

Ryan McCarthy (junior-biology) is voting for Erik Ives and Matt Brezina because his friend, Brezina's roommate, asked him to. He said he would not have known about the elections otherwise.

McCarthy also said he did not hear anything about any of the candidates, including those he is voting for.

He said he will vote online from home.

"It is the only way I would do it because it's convenient," he said. "I'm not going to go out of my way to go somewhere to vote."

Jacob Kosoff (junior-economics) said he knows four people who are running for president but has not decided whom to vote for.

Kosoff said he wants a USG president who will campaign aggressively and constantly in Harrisburg. He also wants the USG to lower tuition and improve Centre Area Transportation Authority bus service, but he is not sure if they have the power to do so.

McCarthy said he does not think USG makes a difference.

"It's just a title; they have no real authority or power," McCarthy said.