Final ASUSU races are on

ASUSU primaries are over and the race is on. Two candidates remain for each of the positions.

Either Staci Meacham or Peter McChesney will be next ASUSU president after beating six other candidates in a close primary race. Meacham trailed McChesney by 36 votes.

Meacham said if she wins the presidency, she wants to make students more aware of what they can accomplish through ASUSU.

“We’re the most powerful student government in Utah because we have such a good relationship with the administration. People don’t realize the level of power they have,” Meacham said.

She said she also wants more classes with Supplemental Instruction in upper division undergraduate courses such as Organic Chemistry.

McChesney said he wants to focus on student finances and improving academics.

“I want to do things to combine the power of ASUSU with the stuff that’s already out there – to get better scholarships and more work study,” McChesney said.

Executive vice president candidate Jacob Roskelley said the role of the executive VP is lobbying.

“I want to create good relationships with the current elected officials. I want to get students to vote, register to vote and understand why it’s important to vote. Funding for transportation and public education is going up, but higher education isn’t as much,” Roskelley said.

He said if students show elected officials they hold voting power, it can increase funding for higher education.

Roskelley’s opponent Nate Neagle was not at the event.