Tickets' platforms address campus issues

House to focus on involvement, accountability\nPrimary goals of the House ticket are student involvement and administrative accountability, candidates said.\nThe ticket consists of freshmen Dale Drizd for president, Jim Brueggemann for vice president for Congress, Heath Voegerl for vice president for administration and Adam Traylor for treasurer.\n Drizd said the ticket's main concerns are establishing a more prevalent student voice on campus. If elected, the House ticket plans to build on the existing foundation established by past IU Student Association administrations to increase student involvement in IUSA functions and initiatives.\nThe ticket's official platform asserts faculty must more readily accommodate student needs. Drizd said this could be accomplished through more concentrated extracurricular assistance programs and lengthening office hours\nBrueggemann said House plans to implement a University fund to subsidize vandalism costs if elected. On-campus vandalism as well as residence hall security are major issues on the House platform, and Brueggemann said in such incidents, "everyone pays."\nHouse is concerned with allowing students a voice in funds allocation on campus. \nThe group said revenue derived from such corporate endorsements as Coca-Cola and Nike should be funneled to serve student interests.\n"It's all about doing what students get a say in and what they do and do not want," Drizd said.\nImagine envisions increased involvement\nThe Imagine ticket plans to focus on students and their needs, building a platform of ideas as it goes, candidates said. They also plan to increase student awareness and involvement in the IUSA organization.\n Executive candidates are senior Sidney Bosley, president; sophomore Benjamin Lewis, vice president for Congress; senior Dietrich Willke, vice president for administration; and junior Johnathan Goo, treasurer.\nGraduate student Mike Fowler, campaign manager, said the Imagine ticket has ideas, not a platform.\nThe ticket will work to raise Resident Assistant stipends, increase awareness of sexually transmitted diseases on campus and separate the Graduate Student Office from IUSA to improve graduate programs and give the GSO financial independence. They will also work to reduce costs to students to attend IU, Fowler said.\nMembers said they want to set realistic goals for the residence halls, the greek system, off-campus students and graduate students. They said they hope to build alliances with student groups and organizations.\n"We are meeting and talking to people to see what they want," Bosley said. "We are building our platform as we go along."\nMiracle ticket seeks to take IUSA to next level\nThe Miracle ticket said it will strive to be the party of accessibility and student involvement, while addressing current issues and searching for new ideas.\nMiracle candidates are Scott Hamlin for president, Mike Blue for vice president for congress, Doug Coil for vice president for administration and Angie Cherry for treasurer.\nSome of the ticket's goals are to move campus computers from low traffic areas to high traffic areas, to make online class registration available, to convert the Campus Access card to a campus "debit" card and to install clocks at all campus bus stops. The ticket also said it wants to provide more money to support student groups.\n"Our platform has stayed the same throughout because we challenged ourselves at the beginning to find issues that can be successfully dealt with in one year," Hamlin said.\nAlthough Hamlin said the ticket's priority would be its own initiatives, he said the ticket supports the current IUSA administration. As part of a new IUSA administration, the Miracle ticket would take current proposals to the next level, Hamlin said.\n"Whether you're paying or your parents are paying, that tuition buys you a voice," said Cullen Bollinger, candidate for College of Arts and Sciences representative.\nThe Miracle ticket members said they will listen.\nSafety, savings compose ONE\nDeclaring an activist stance, the ONE ticket is moving into the election with a firm position on a variety of campus issues.\nONE's executive candidates are senior Justin Treasure for president, junior Amanda Thompson for vice president for congress, senior Dave Charney for vice president for administration and junior Matt Miller for treasurer. \n"We really feel that over the past week, the campaign has come down to a (clash) of ideals," senior Eli Ewing, ONE's campaign manager said. "Some people think IUSA should set realistic goals others believe those goals should be idealistic. We believe in idealism."\nEwing said the ticket's dedication to improving the campus environment. The group has proven instrumental in increasing recycling efforts on campus, indicated by last month's petition drive, Ewing said. \nPresidential candidate senior Justin Treasure said after a month of petitioning in the Indiana Memorial Union, ONE has collected more than 2000 signatures in support of the initiative.\nONE has additionally worked with State Senator Vy Simpson in lobbying for tuition relief for undergraduates. According to Ewing, fees are "getting out of hand" because of last year's freeze on higher education funding. ONE has already begun working with Simpson to inspire a "grassroots campaign" to garner more student financial support. \nAnother key issue is campus safety, said Charney. The group is working with the Committee on Higher Education to allocate funds for additional blue emergency lights throughout campus. The group also hopes to implement the Boost Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students bus system, which presently runs only during Little 500 weekend, year-round.\nSupernova strives for communication\nThe Supernova ticket plans to bring "high-energy" leadership to IUSA, candidates said.\nSupernova's executive candidates are junior Jake Oakman for president, junior Christopher Smith for vice president for congress, sophomore Jeff Wuslich for vice president for administration and junior Emily Kolles for treasurer.\nWhile the ticket will work to build on the accomplishments of current officers, it said it will bring new energy, new people and new ideas into IUSA.\n"We have a high-energy campaign that will make a big impact on campus," Wuslich said.\nMembers said the ticket is focusing on four main priorities -- campus-wide improvement, opening up communication, helping to instill a feeling of pride and continuing to add new technology. \nHe said some goals are to increase hours in academic buildings, especially in computer labs and practice areas for music students, to investigate the undergraduate business fee and to add change machines to residence hall laundry rooms. \nIn an effort to open communication, Smith said the ticket will empower small organizations, coordinate larger ones and organize a campus-wide bash. Smith served last year as the Union Board outreach director. \nWuslich focused on pride and tradition for the ticket announcement. He said the ticket would bring back siblings weekend and work to improve the University's academic reputation.\nKolles said she will bring a new perspective to IUSA. She said the ticket will focus on technological improvements by adding laptop portals, e-mail access terminals and investigating ATM access on campus.