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Students pitch questions during ASCSU presidential debate
Shelley Woll
Issue date: 4/3/09 Section: News
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Each president and vice presidential candidate pair was present for the student government Elections Committee-sponsored deliberation except for Paul Wade, vice-presidential candidate on the Moores/Wade ticket.
Wade said his presence was unnecessary in light of Wednesday night's debate, in which former write-in candidates Ben Walker and William Overmann officially dropped out of the race, endorsing Wade and his presidential running mate, Andy Moore, on their way out.
"I didn't feel the need to be there because we overwhelmingly won the debate (Wednesday) night," Wade said.
The debate started at 11 a.m. and ended at 1 p.m. and was set up in an "open town hall style," according to Zane Guilfoyle, Election Committee head, as students not only picked the questions, but the candidate order in which they were to be answered.
The candidates stood as follows on current CSU hot topics:
Q: Are you for increasing the Associated Students of CSU fee above the mandated fixed cost for next year?
A: Dan Gearhart, presidential candidate/Tim Hole, vice presidential candidate -- Yes
A: Conrad Miller, presidential candidate/Jake Donovan, vice presidential candidate -- No
A: Moores/Wade -- No
A: Shaun Reed, presidential candidate/Melisa Panagakos, vice presidential candidate --Yes
Q: Do you support the current gun control law on campus, which allows students to conceal and carry a weapon as long as it's registered with the CSU Police Department?
A: Gearhart/Hole -- No
A: Miller/Donovan -- Yes
A: Moores/Wade -- Yes
A: Reed/Panagakos -- Yes
Q: Should library hours be extended to be open 24/7 during finals week?
A: Gearhart/Hole -- Yes
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