Of the three candidates for Student Association President, Paula Radtke is the most qualified. Radtke has been extensively involved with the SA at various levels for two years. This year she served as public relations adviser, an executive board position.

While all the candidates talk generally about “new ideas” for the organization, only Radtke has an extensive, specific, detailed outline of what she hopes to accomplish.

Her experience working with the SA Senate, SA committees and university administrators provides Radtke with indispensable insight into how best to present her proposals.

This will be important when she pursues the controversial goals of obtaining direct student input into the operations of bond revenue facilities and obtaining voting status for the student Regents.

Radtke believes students who are not in the senate should be involved as extensively as possible in the decisions made by that body through serving on committees. She found the non-senate members on her own committee this year to be very motivated and productive. Radtke knows how to get “mainstream students” involved—and this can only help in solving the problems the senate experienced this year.

Joe Annunzio’s experience in the SA is not as extensive as Radtke’s and he seems to have somewhat less understanding of the president’s job. He does have many well thought-out ideas about ways to improve the performance and motivation level of the senators and their interaction with SA organizations—this is the job of the vice president. If voters choose to cast write-in votes for Annunzio for vice president, they should be sure to spell his name correctly.

Dale Bradley is the only candidate who believes the poor attitude and performance of some senators is due to too much pressure, and that meetings should be “fun.” Bradley, an honors management student, should understand the senate’s tremendous fiscal responsibilities mean it is involved in conducting very serious business—senators should feel the pressure to take their jobs seriously.

Dan Donnelly dropped out of the race Thursday after he was advised by the dean of the College of Law that being a second-year law student and the SA President next year would not be compatible commitments.