fandomhigh | FANDOM HIGH STUDENT COUNCIL DEBATES

Good evening from the Fandom High auditorium. I'm CJ Cregg and I'll be moderating the Student Council debates.

Our Format tonight will be as follows:
Students and teachers alike will ask questions of the candidates. [Please submit your questions to the moderator via the appropriate thread] Each candidate
will respond to the question in turn, and I will call on each for their response.

After each candidate has gone, any one may request a further rebuttal to address
a point made by an opponent, the granting of which is at my discretion. The press will have full access and are also encouraged to
contribute questions.

In the case of no opponent, the same format will
apply, although the rebuttals will be unnecessary for obvious reasons.

For the position of student council president--

_notanumber,

future_visions,

pure_blooddraco

Vice presidential candiates--

cyloninmyhead,

demonbelthazorand

notcalledlizzie

For Secretary--

_gottahavefaith and

lizzy_turner

For Treasurer--

not_an_ex_demon and

lady_jessica_bg

Student Relations--

rory__gilmore, and

wannabelawyer

Academic Affairs,

valentine_tart

And for Security,

threeweapons and

oatmanspatient

I ask that anyone who wishes to be a write in candidate remain in the audience, and feel free to question their opponent...making clear the potential as a candidate. All responses, please be concise. This is a venue to discuss qualifications, not to sling mud. Let's have a nice clean debate. Let's go gang.

((ooc: respond in the appropriate comment thread in order to keep this organized. thank you))

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I see the Student Relations position as being a liasion between the student body as a whole and the student government. Due to the, as you put it, unique make-up of our school, I think the position also needs to focus on making sure that all students have a voice, perhaps especially those who are not what we consider to be the average high school student.

My goals are fairly simple. I want to ensure that everyone has a voice, and that the issues and concerns of the entire student body are taken into consideration by the student government. I want to make everyone feel that they have a say in this school.

In order to achieve these goals, I plan on making myself available to all students, perhaps by holding office hours of a sort so that there is always an opportunity for students concerns to be brought to my attention. I'll also be making sure that information from council meetings gets to the student body, by utilizing the student newspaper once it's up and running or the campus radio station, or both.

Thank you. Next question, submitted by an audience member.

*Clears her throat and attempts the accent*
Ye be talkin' about how wonderful all yer ideas are. Give us three things about why yer opponent be not Satan.

Well for one thing, as varied as our student body may be, I'm fairly certain that Satan has not yet enrolled.

*Lindsey grins and pauses for a moment*

Seriously though, Ms. Gilmore is a bright young lady who I'm sure would be able to fill this position quite well. She seems genuinely concerned with helping her fellow students. And she has some fine ideas for reaching out to the student body as a whole.

Good. Next--Should some horrifying cafeteria concoction cause ye to exaggerate yer most annoyin' characteristic, what would ye be doing?

I do have a tendency to get confrontational and argumentative at times. While that's hopefully going to be useful in a courtroom setting, I'm sure it can be quite annoying for people around me. So I imagine I'd be trying to pick fights with quite a few people. On the other hand, I do have a tendency to get mopey at times, so I might end up annoying everyone by having some impressive bouts of teen angst. Hopefully I wouldn't be doing both at the same time.

Thank you, Mr. McDonald. Next question *sighs*

How do you feel about Barry Manilow? Kenny G? That one annoying white-boy band who think's they're reggae and ruins perfectly good Cure songs?

I can't say as I've had much experience with any of them. None of those are the type of music I prefer. I do, however, respect the right of others to listen to what they choose.

Marvelous. Next.

What ~~the hell~~ is student relations ~~anyway? Is that a fancy way of saying you'll keep track of who's screwing who for everyone?~~ How do you define this?

I see it as being the go-between for the students and the student council. Student relations should be about bringing information to the council from the student body, and to the student body from the council, working to bridge the gap between the two.

Thank you Mr. McDonald.

What level of responsibility and accountability do you feel your position will owe to both the student body and to the administration?

There is a tremendous amount of responsibility in any elected position. In this position, that responsibility would mostly involve making sure that the students know what is going on, and that the council knows how the students feel.

In this particular position, I would have to be accountable to the students in ensuring that I acted in their best interests and in making sure all important information is given to everyone. It would be my responsibility to act in the best interests of the students in all student council matters. I would also have to be accountable to the administration, since I would be holding a position in the student government and the administration would have to be overseeing that government.

Good. Ok...

((ooc: that's all I have for you tonight. There may be more submitted tomorrow))

[ooc:ok, cool. I'll check in the AM.]

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