All three University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) presidential candidates said they intend to work with the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) in any possible projects.

"That group could be very useful for us," Jay Chamberlin, a UPUA presidential candidate, said. "If we need a lot of people to advocate certain interests, we would consider working with them."

UPUA replaced the USG as the student voice officially recognized by the university administration after a student referendum in the spring.

Though not in his presidential plans, Chamberlin said USG would probably disappear within the next few years.

"I don't think we have the ability to dissolve USG," he said. "I think it's important to point out that if UPUA does its job, USG will cease to exist."

Jay Bundy, a UPUA presidential candidate, said he thinks USG will eventually become a part of UPUA.

"I think the two organizations will integrate," he said. "I'm not concerned with what they do as a separate organization, but I think they will want to be a part of the process and continue to be involved."

Nick Stathes, USG president, said he would be willing to work with UPUA if an attempt to cooperate was initiated.

However, Stathes said he will continue to disagree with the way UPUA was brought to existence.

"I'm not going to vote," he said. "I've talked to a number of candidates and they seem like good leaders. I'm not going to put one over the other, but we are absolutely willing to work with whoever is elected."

Other USG members said they have mixed feelings regarding the UPUA elections on Wednesday. Some have already begun involvement with UPUA. Clare Peterson, USG treasurer, was helping Bundy stamp flyers for his campaign.

"[Bundy] is my friend," she said. "My affiliation with his campaign has nothing to do with my involvement in USG."

Other USG members want nothing to do with UPUA and won't be voting in the elections.

"I refuse to vote for someone that the students don't support," USG senator Angelo Pontillo said.

Some USG members said that voting is not a personal matter, but one of exercising constitutional rights.

"If somebody strikes my fancy, I suppose I'll vote," Brock Coleman, USG senate president, said. "I'm not going to miss out on having a say on whatever student voice there is."

Despite comments that USG will cease to exist in upcoming years, Stathes said his organization isn't budging.

"Our turnout for [USG] elections this year has beat those in past years," he said. "We have less vacancies and a large number of incoming freshmen that opted to join USG knowing that UPUA was the official voice."