Having served as ASI president, I can honestly say the largest risk to you, the average non-voting student, is letting 25 percent of your peers elect someone who prefers to work for ASI instead of working for the students.
Now, the ASI corporation is doing great work for you (think Rec Center, Craft Center, Poly Escapes, UU, Sports Complex, etc.) Your ASI fees pay for 70 full-time staff and 400 student employees to operate ASI services. We don’t need a president who is a guardian for the ASI corporation. We need a president who is a champion for your rights, your needs and your issues.
You can trust Matt Taylor to be your voice. His team has many effective and experienced student leaders who have a finger on the pulse of the campus. He’s more than willing to acknowledge when someone else has a brilliant idea. He has no interest in taking credit for the work of others. He isn’t overconfident in his experience and he won’t disregard the honest input of average students.
I care more than most students about ASI’s future because I’ve been a part of the organization inside and out, and it’s true that either candidate would do a fine job as president. The questions remains, what kind of job do you want your president doing? Moving corporate initiatives forwards or seeking out and acting on the will of the students? If you want a champion for students, vote Matt Taylor.
Tylor Middlestadt
Architecture engineering senior