Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles interviewing presidential and vice presidential candidates for student government.
Meet: Andrew Moe, presidential candidate for Programming and Activities Board and Jenny Leung, vice-presidential candidate for PAB.
Major and year:
Moe: Journalism mass communication and political science sophomore.
Leung: Business management and supply chain senior.
Web site: None.
What makes you qualified to lead the PAB?
Moe: We have experience. We have both been on staff for two years serving in a variety of capacities. We have a passion and a drive for the office that we seek and I think that's something that makes us different.
Leung: The PAB has to program for 48,000 students: graduates, undergrads, whether they are freshman or they are non-traditional students. In order to plan events in that capacity and on that level you have to have experience and that's something that really sets us apart. Besides, passion and all those things, even though they are important, we have the knowledge and the resources to tap into in order to be successful next year.
What is your platform and why?
Moe: We have a variety of things on our platform. One is to reach out to student organizations, to collaborate with student groups on campus to provide the best programming needs for our students. We want to gain a student perspective by holding student forums, by appointing major programming organizations to our legislative board and by reaching out to the entire association, both undergraduate and graduate students.
Leung: We also have a strong initiative in working with diversity programming and that actually incorporates so many different other facets of the ASU community.
How much of your platform can you realistically expect to accomplish?
Moe: We plan on accomplishing everything because we know how to reach out to students, we know the inner workings of the PAB, we know the inner workings of the entire association and we have experience in event planning both small scale and large scale.
Leung: We wouldn't put something on our platform unless we were capable of accomplishing. So our platform is our promise to students that that is our plan and those are our goals. We're going to do everything in our power to make sure that happens.
What would you do differently from the current PAB administration?
Moe: I don't think the current administration has done enough to understand the goals of the average student. I don't think they have utilized their undergraduate and graduate directors to find out what students want to see on campus. I think they have great ideals and great goals and great vision, but I think we have to go a step beyond that.
Leung: I would say because ASU is such a growing campus, I don't feel that the current administration has done enough to step beyond what happened the inaugural year. We have to continually foster growth.
With four competing tickets, how will you distinguish yourself from the pack?
Moe: We have leadership, we have experience and we have a drive to program and to hold events for students. We love the PAB and that's why we're involved this year and last year.
Leung: Between the two of us, we have so much experience in all different facets of PAB that we have a true understanding of how it works. That's one of the things that really puts us on a different level. Beyond that is really our drive and our passion to understanding what students want.
What are the weaknesses of your campaign?
Moe: I think the No. 1 weakness of the campaign, because ASU Tempe campus is so large, we could not possibly reach out to every single student.
Reach the reporter at rkost@asu.edu.
