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VLADAGAISINA opinion@technewsiit. com April 12, 2011 Letter from the Editor: Importance of SGA debates By Karl Rybaltowski EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In the weeks following student government elections, I have gotten a few negative com, ments from students about our coverage of the SGA debates, specifically the profiles we pro, vided of the different candidates in the March 29 edition of TechNews. These comments revolved around two themes , that we genera allylacked objectivity in our candidate profiles and that the SGA debates were not a useful resource. I overwhelmingly received positive feedback, but for those with any doubts, I hope to adequately address these concerns by giving some insight into the process. The SGA elections are a curious thing. They draw candidates with varying levels of experi ence in student government, the IIT commue nity, and interaction with the administration. These may not be the only criteria for judging the candidates, but when two, three, even four people with a great deal of passion for improv ing IIT and advocating for students are all run, ning for a single position, these things do be, come important. The SGA debates, coehosted by TechNews and SGA, are a way to give all students some insight into what sets the can, didates apart. They’re also an opportunity for students with less publicity or , let’s be honest ESTABLISHED lN CHARLESTON, IL IN I933 TO ADD TO STUDENTS GPA AND GBIERAL DATING ABILITY. , popularity to stand on an equal footing with their opponents. Does popularity hurt a can, didate in our eyes? Of course not, if they have the vision, plans, and experience to back it up. We have two main goals in our involve, ment with the debates. First, we see what all the running knowledge we have of candidates who have been involved on campus before will equate to in terms of a platform. Second, we are brutal in trying to cut through platitudes, vague statements and dodging of questions we genuinely want answered. We look for sub, stance in the debate performance, not style. Having moderated three SGA debates now, it has been my pleasure to see SGA become an everegreater advocate for student concerns each year. On the flip side, this means that the stakes get ever higher for these positions , the bigger the role SGA plays, the more responsie bility its executives have, and the more impore tant it is that a really solid candidate fills each role. So we take the debates pretty seriously, and we hope the student body does, too. But we also have to be realistic. Not everyone has the time to spend on the debates, and that’s where TechNews comes in yet again. After the debates (where, for the past few years, we have had at least four staff pres, ent taking notes), our staff meets to discuss candidate performance. Between the candie date packets and the debates, we write up the ‘MMY l on". 3301114315 gunfigfi ”Hume sntt‘tvfl“n profiles that you see in the newspaper so that on election day, any student who has not been keeping up with things can make a more in, formed decision. Hard as it can be to believe, subjectivity does not enter into the process , not only because we take our role as a news outlet seriously, but because our concern is making sure students know what their candie dates stand for, and where they may need to improve. In past years, we’ve gone so far as to endorse candidates, a much more controversial prace tice. Given the very short election cycle and some issues of fairness (multiple candidates could not make it to the debates due to a con, ference, making it diflicult for us to render a truly informed decision), the staff got together and decided to forgo the endorsement process this year. 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