Dressed in a black suit with a pink dog leash in place of a tie, presidential candidate Jay Bundy stood in stark contrast to his opponents, who each wore solid-color campaign T- shirts.

Bundy, presidential candidate Michael Hines and vice-presidential candidate Mitch Witmer-Belding attended the Perspective Mic held yesterday afternoon in the HUB-Robeson Center.

The event was intended to give the UPUA candidates a chance to increase their civic engagement.

After explaining that his running mate, presidential candidate Jay Chamberlin, had instead chosen to attend the National Coming Out Day rally as an example of how their ticket is supporting diversity at Penn State, Witmer-Belding then addressed Bundy directly.

"I respect you as a person, but how can we elect someone who the administration isn't going to take seriously?" Witmer-Belding said.

In seconds, Bundy rushed to the podium and grabbed the microphone for a quick rebuttal.

Bundy insisted that he has been taken seriously since his freshman year.

Witmer-Belding resumed speaking and asked for questions from his fellow students, at which point Bundy began to stand directly in front of the podium, blocking the view of his opponent as he tried to speak.

"You've had your time to rant and rave," Witmer-Belding said.

Throughout the event, when he wasn't at the podium, Bundy stalked around the room, flashing the peace sign and muttering.

Bundy responded to accusations that his unorthodox approach would be counter-productive by arguing that his intense attitude is absolutely necessary for getting things done.

Bundy spoke of meeting with various members of the administration in the past and implied that he had experience in dealing with these people.

"We've got to make so much noise to make [vice-president for student affairs] Vicky Triponey's office move, it's ridiculous," Bundy said.

Presidential candidate Michael Hines took the podium last and started with a few words about the problems caused by tensions in student government and expressed his disappointment with the difficulties of the first UPUA election.

"In the past, there has been too much drama in USG [Undergraduate Student Government] -- drama that has hurt the student voice," Hines said, "I'm an advocate for keeping the drama low."

Both Witmer-Belding and Hines emphasized their experience with student government and the level of professionalism they would bring to their positions.

Referring to his ability to deal with the administration, Bundy explained that he would "simply sit down with [his] buddy, Graham [Spanier, Penn State president] in Old Main."

While Bundy appeared as energetic as ever, he said he's been in bad shape lately.

"I've been a wreck. I haven't slept in days," Bundy said. "I actually called my mom and asked her to send me my walking stick."