The candidates for president and vice president of the University Park Undergraduate Association (UPUA) have laid out plans for bringing the "student voice" to administrators.

There's only one problem -- what is the student voice saying?

Christopher Brink, Jay Bundy's UPUA vice presidential candidate, said finding the issues students really care about was "very tricky" and one of the most difficult parts of the campaign.

Brink said he and Bundy, UPUA presidential candidate, based their platform on short conversations they had with many students. He said they will continue to have those conversations after they are in office.

"I feel the only way you get that information is straight from their own mouths," he said.

Jay Chamberlin, also a UPUA presidential candidate, said if elected, he would hold monthly meetings where any student can make a presentation to the UPUA representatives. He said he would require representatives to hold office hours so students could meet with them.

Chamberlin said he would develop strong relationships with the presidents of other student organizations.

Michael Hines, another UPUA presidential candidate, said he plans on working with student organizations in addition to administering surveys and polls.

Hines said he often got very valuable input at group meetings because the members share common concerns.

"As a student official, that's the best feedback you can possibly get," he said.

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is also stepping up its efforts to gauge student concerns.

The Student Information Committee, will hold office hours every Thursday between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at a table in the HUB-Robeson Center, Katelyn Holmes, the committee's chair, said.