Yusuf Malik and Lauren Kwan

AUSA Vice President Yusuf Malik will run for president in this year’s election alongside running mate Lauren Kwan. Both can boast past experience as senators, including Malik’s current term as vice president and a sophomore year as class senator. Lauren Kwan currently holds a position as the Senate’s marketing chair.

Their platform calls for increased campus events with an emphasis being placed on DU athletics, music and the arts.

‘We would like to have big events on campus, events with some real moxie that the whole student body will want to attend, like concerts, tailgating events, and a Fall Festival,” said Malik.

Academically, they hope to push through initiatives to develop a computer lab in Sturm Hall for all undergraduate students; but there are still strong social initiatives on the agenda.

“We’re hoping to better the Student Center in every way,” said Malik. “New atmospheres with more live music, foosball, and ping pong.

This, combined with a focus on proactive communication with the student population will form their policy initiative in the 05-06 school year.

Brian Kelley and Molly Brown

Presidential hopeful Brian Kelley will run with Molly Brown for next year’s top office spots.

Both are current AUSA senators, Kelley serving as representative for the Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Brown for the AHUM/ SOCS departments.

Kelley has been heavily involved in the DU community since his freshman year. As a senator, he battled to advance those he represented, constantly fighting to increase funding for science clubs. Brown chaired the Board of Contingency and strove to provide principled funding to organizations with emergency needs. Their vision for the office is that of student opportunity. First, they would like to institute a program of free tickets to Pioneer NCAA events such as basketball and lacrosse, hoping to improve attendance and school spirit.

They are also avid supporters of equal attention to all of DU’s organizations and clubs, hoping to distribute consideration equally to both the large and small of DU’s assemblages.

These ideas, coupled with a belief in campus-wide events like the April Snoop Dogg concert, they hope to present a strong and unbiased platform to students.

John O’Malley and Alden Schiller

Senior John O’Malley is running a presidential campaign with vice presidential candidate Alden Schiller, also a senior.

O’Malley, who has served as the risk manager and social chair of the Theta Chi fraternity, is also a member of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students and is a resident assistant.

Schiller is the chief of marketing for the DU [Dis]claimer, the business manager of DUTV and a resident assistant in Centennial Halls.

O’ Malley and Schiller say that their platform will focus on change and increased accountability.

“Alden and I are very different from one another and because of this, we are most representative of the entire campus, and will do so objectively,” said O’Malley.

Agreeing with O’Malley, Schiller asserted,

“We’re ‘real’ candidates, and by ‘real,’ I mean that we have not set outlandish goals or made impossible campaign promises.”

The two hope to improve the students’ voice to the administration, create a better recycling program around campus and sponsor more campus events on the lawn.

They also propose to push forward the Clean Energy Campaign and create more funding accountability of campus organizations.

Matt MacDonald and Daniel Goldware

Though Matt MacDonald, AUSA Presidential hopeful and vice presidential candidate Daniel Goldware will be seniors next year, both have been student leaders since their freshman year in high school.

MacDonald served four years as a Community Service Representative. In his senior year he was prefect and served on the school’s Disciplinary Council.

He also founded the Brunswick School Fund Bank and raised over $40,000.

Goldware was the junior and senior class vice president at his high school in Houston.

Since arriving at DU, he has served on DUPB’s Tradition Committee and held positions in the SAE fraternity, where he was awarded the top undergraduate award of the Order of the Phoenix.

He served as AUSA Senator his sophomore year, where he devoted himself to campus unity events and the Readership Program, which gave DU the free newspaper stands seen around campus today. As president and vice president, they pledge to bring softer toilet paper to all bathrooms across campus, which, though seemingly trivial, could go a long way to improving the quality of life on campus.

They also plan to stop the administration from charging $4,000 to students who seek academic credit for internships.

Last, they will work to stem the tide of the ever-raising Student Activity Fee.

Zak Brewer and Chris Sturges

AUSA Senate Presidential hopeful Zak Brewer and running mate Chris Sturges think their commitment to change and dedication to the entire student body sets them apart from the pack.

“We are both very involved and have a good understanding of students’ needs,” said Brewer. “We hope to improve the communication and continue the tradition of the university with our election.”

Both candidates will be seniors next year and have been involved in several on-campus organizations in their three years at DU.

Brewer is a member of the Chi Phi fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi Business fraternity and DUPB. Sturges has been the captain of the club ski team, the co-founder of the Clean Energy Campaign and a member of the Pioneer Leadership Program.

Issues on their campaign agenda they hope to address if elected include improving Driscoll Bridge as well as the quality of food on campus.

“Updating the Commons is important and we have already spoken to administration and believe that through surveys and other action, we can get healtier eating options on campus,” said Brewer.

Additionally, they would like to initiate more quarterly outdoor lawn events to create more student cohesion.

“Overall, our goal is to improve the Student-Senate-administration relationship and we are determined to do so if elected,” said Sturges.