Students First
- Cuts to Student Affairs: “We must not tolerate budget
cuts without student input- it’s our money, it’s our lives,
we should make the choices.” — Presidential
candidate Jason Mironov
- Voter Registration: “As a student government, we have the
resources and the responsibility to encourage civic participation
in any way possible.
Regardless
of party affiliation, students should realize the importance of
educating
ourselves
about political issues. When students don’t vote, politicians
don’t care
what
we think.” — Vice presidential candidate Jenny
Nathan
- Trotter House: “Trotter House holds special importance
not only to minority students, but also to the university community
at large in the form of increased understanding of and ability to
experience different cultures.” — Mirono
DAAP
Defend Affirmative Action Party
- Defend Supreme Court victory in Grutter v. Bollinger:
“Our campus prides itself on its diversity. If we allow the
current attack on affirmative action through the misnamed
‘Michigan Civil Rights Initiative’ to succeed, our
campus loses that diversity and the University will be de facto
resegregated.” — Presidential candidate Kate
Stenvig
- Build up the May 15 march on Washington: “This May will
mark the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of education
decision, and we will be mobilizing the campus and the nation to
march against the separate and unequal conditions that still
permeate American education.” — Stenvig
- Reverse the cuts to Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness
Center: “This is just not acceptable. Women on campus who
have faced rape and sexual assault need a place to go for help and
support.” — Stenvig
Independent candidates
- Budget cuts: “We need to get on top of the
University’s budget situation because the long-term effects
of eliminating such critical parts of our campus are quite
frightening.” — Presidential candidate Tim
Moore
- Making MSA cohesive and productive: “Working to rebuild
MSA’s reputation and productivity, eliminating divisiveness
caused by the party system and remembering that we are there to
serve students, not promote individual agendas.” —
Vice-presidential candidate Anita Leung
- Student unification: “Residence Hall Olympics,
CareerTools … these are all examples of great projects that serve
all students,which is the essence of MSA.”—
Moore
Other Political Party
- Tenant rights: “The idea of bringing back the Ann Arbor
Tenants’ Union is a phenomenal one but it can’t stop
there, there needs to be more … The truly substantive measures of
tenant’s rights will live and die by the Ann Arbor City
Council.” — Vice-presidential candidate Matt
Lapinski
- Housing: “I have campaigned on North Campus, and there is
a strong sentiment to re-flatten the wave field so it may be used
as prime real estate.” — Presidential candidate
NickChuck Heidel
- Beer: “I believe the next step is bringing beer back to
the Big House in the vending booths as is common in many other
arenas.” — Heidel