Reed-Simonson Responds to Readers' Questions

Courtesy of Al Hiland, Reed-Simonson Campaign Manager

1. How will you work to make good on your campaign promises even if you lose this race?

Our campaign is dedicated to serving the University. Dakotah will continue to look for places to work with the executive office as well as continuing his work with students on financial literacy. Zach, who currently sits on the Supreme Court, would continue to serve the student body in that role and would consider a transition to senate over the long term. As a ticket they would submit a list of policy issues and recommendations to the winning ticket.

2. My question is, if this act was to come up for a vote in the US House or Senate, would the candidates support this legislation and lobby for it?

Strictly speaking, the first priority of the President and Vice President is dealing with issues that directly affect students at the University. That being said, our campaign sees itself as the voice of the students amplified. If the student body makes it clear that they want to be represented by our administration on this issue we will take this obligation on.

3. As the President and Vice-President are comparable to Ra's, just for the entire campus, how do the candidates propose to develop that sense of identity and community for the entirety of UNI.

We agree that creating a sense of community is important. We plan to do this in three ways. First-create an application for droid/iphone that has a comprehensive event calendar so students know about all of hte events on campus. Second-promote diversity and dialogue within the student body. This includes expanding orientation programs to include multicultural education so that all students are more comfortable at UNI. Third-we would work to make more information available about what student organizations we have on campus. We see the student organizations at UNI as a great way to get students involved, and educating students about their options is the best way to get them involved. The guiding principle of our view on building a community is that students are motivated and will be involved if given the right resources.