In the second round of debates Tuesday evening, the full slates will square off against one another to convince students why they should vote for them.
The last time there were three slates running for Student Government Association office was during the 2013 election season.
The debate takes place at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Pruis Hall.
MOMENTUM
The Momentum slate came up with its name as a way to represent their drive to keep moving forward and making change, said Patrick Jennings, secretary candidate.
“The points that we have brought forward are things we cannot continue to ignore,” said Quintin Thompson, presidential candidate for Momentum.
Dayna Arnett, the treasurer candidate, said the slate has a group of people that can represent different parts of the student body.
“Our collection of people is such a true representation of students on campus,” she said. “We can give them what they want or, better yet, what they deserve in an executive board.”
Out of Momentum’s nine platform points, Thompson said the most challenging point will be Text UPD because they have to work with the Board of Trustees and promote its use if it gets brought to Ball State.
CARDINAL DIRECTION
Cardinal Direction was named after the compass directions, with the four candidates representing each of the directions and what they can do for Ball State, presidential candidate Jacob Cash said.
The slate wanted to show their school pride by including Cardinal in the name, he said.
Cardinal Direction wants to connect to students through their social media campaign #BSUCan.
“We want people to get behind the idea that students can and BSU can, we wanted to push that more than our name,” Cash said.
Vice President Wesley Crouch said the most challenging point for Cardinal Direction is the athletics tradition because it involves determining a tradition that would please most of the student body. The slate is letting students submit ideas for this platform point on their website.
ATLAS
The final slate running is Atlas, who chose their name because an Atlas represents the different possibilities and directions, presidential candidate Jack Hesser said.
“We explore all possible avenues; we worked with administrators and different people to make sure these are things students care about,” Hesser said.
Vice president candidate Richu Aby said the four slate members are all passionate about Ball State.
Hesser said each candidate has had a diverse background and have held similar leadership positions before.
“We know exactly what it takes to be in these positions and we have been, in some way, in SGA,” he said.
Their most difficult platform point to accomplish is international student relations, Hesser said, because it relies on student participation and student interest may change year to year.
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