The candidates for Associated Students Inc. will have a chance to speak about their qualifications and stances in a debate in front of the student body this Tuesday.
The event is sponsored by the Daily 49er, and is intended to be an independent, neutral forum for the candidates. Its debate style will encourage dialogue between participants, differing from last week’s ASI candidates’ forum, which focused on students asking the candidates questions.
Daily 49er managing editor Zien Halwani will be emceeing the event and editor in chief Alexandra Baird will moderate.
The debate will feature candidates who are running for the offices of ASI president, vice president and treasurer.
Five of the six candidates have already consented to participating in the debate, including presidential candidates Lucy Nguyen and Alyssa Gelinas, vice presidential candidate Stephen Thomas, and prospective treasurers Justin Lawson and Michael Quibuyen. Attempts to reach vice presidential candidate Melissa Molina via e-mail were unsuccessful.
The candidates will take turns responding to questions. Some questions will be generalized and others will be geared toward specific office positions.
The debate will be divided into three sections — one for each position.
Each candidate will have up to three minutes to respond to a given question, then the opposing candidate will have two minutes to respond with either the original question, or the first candidate’s answer. Presidential candidates will respond to a total of six questions and vice presidential and treasurer candidates will respond to a total of four.
“I am really excited to get the chance to hear students’ questions and I hope everyone gets a chance to stop by,” Thomas said.
The event will be held in Ballroom B of the University Student Union on March 15 from 12-2 p.m.
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