The Student Association held a public forum Thursday for students to ask e-board candidates about their platforms.
Four to five students trickled in at different times.
“I think this is representative of everyone who cares,” Eric Weinman, CLEAR Party’s treasurer candidate, said.
Candidates played music and talked while they waited to see if more students would show up, but no one else did.
SA scheduled the event for 6-8:30 p.m. in the Student Union Theater, the same time as journalist Ronan Farrow’s Distinguished Speaker address.
Sophonie Pierre-Michel, SA elections and credentials chair, said she was “a little disappointed” with the low turnout, but said she understood there were multiple events that night which students attended.
The town hall followed SA’s club council endorsements, which was on Wednesday night, where candidates presented their platforms to club members. Roughly 400 people attended the endorsement event, which was mandatory for clubs to attend.
Pierre-Michel said candidates requested the forum, which is why they held it. She said there are no plans to reschedule the forum, but if candidates wanted another forum, she would “try her best” to make it work.
SA e-board elections will run April 2-4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union Theater.
Jacklyn Walters is a co-senior news editor and can be reached at Jacklyn.Walters@ubspectrum.com and on Twitter @JacklynUBSpec.
Jacklyn Walters is a senior communication major and The Spectrum's managing editor. She enjoys bringing up politics at the dinner table and seeing dogs on campus.
