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Lesser-known Powers and Katers make a run for ASCSU presidency
Erik Myers
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: News
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"Our campaign has gotten off to a slow start, but it should be picking up a lot more by the end of the week," said Nick Powers, candidate for the presidency of Associated Students of CSU.
Powers, along with Andrew Katers, candidate for vice president, have had little presence in the current race for their positions: neither has served any position within ASCSU, and admit that the campaign has gotten off to a sluggish start compared to other candidates.
Powers, however, said he believes it takes candidates outside of the senatorial circle to serve as a leader. Powers, who has served with the Air Force ROTC and the Silver Wings business fraternity, says he has gained experience as a leader without having had been limited by overly long presence in the senate.
"By working with an organization long enough, you come to a point where you subscribe to one form of management, you start limiting yourself to one form of solutions," Powers said. "(My organizations) give me enough experience to be informed and be effective without actually limiting my scope of thought."
Far too often, he adds, past tickets have floated into office on empty promises, especially on issues of tuition and student fees. He and Katers said their campaign offers the idea that long-term management of rising costs is a much more realistic solution compared to outright percent caps.
"Every year, we hear people say they want to lower tuition, lower student fees," Powers said. "Every year the budget's increasing - It's not decreasing. We know this.
"What we want to work towards is kind of a five-year plan idea; we can look at the purposed increases over the next five years, then lay them out in a manageable fashion, so each year we don't see a huge jump one year and no jump the next."
Powers adds that he and Katers ultimately want to bring a more transparent process to the students when it comes to tuition, and if that means making details of their executive sessions with Penley public, so be it.
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