The lower level of the BCC was like a ghost town Tuesday afternoon as FUSA Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates squared off for the traditional debates. Fewer more than 50 students showed up for these most important proceedings, a sample comprising less than 1 percent of the student body. While the student interest in these elections seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years, we feel that one candidate has distinguished himself as the answer to this and many other problems.
Hutchinson Williams ’08 has exhibited an energy and enthusiasm for the position of FUSA President that The Mirror has not encountered in recent memory. It is for this reason that we endorse Williams for President.
We use this page to complain about the lack of school spirit on many occasions. On a campus hopelessly plagued by overwhelming apathy, Williams has been a beacon of proverbial light. Whether we see him screaming his head off at basketball games dressed in red face paint and wigs, or recruiting students to come to the “Ring in the New Year Dance” in a manner strikingly reminiscent of “Van Wilder,” Williams has produced results in this regard, driven by what we believe to be a genuine love for this school.
Though only a sophomore, Williams has accomplished more in his three and a third semesters, and with fewer resources, than most FUSA lackeys accomplish in all their time at FU. His boundless energy and unwavering spirit could very well be the remedy to the most contagious of Fairfield’s ailments – apathy.
Ryan Neubauer, Williams’ opponent, also presents an extraordinarily strong choice. His credentials are impeccable for the job, and he perceives the abilities and limitations of FUSA from a paradigm firmly grounded in reality and experience. Whoever wins the election on Tuesday would be remiss if he were not to appoint his counterpart to a cabinet post.
This year, we are also excited about the two candidates for VP of FUSA: Meg McConville and Ashley Toombs. Both of these women are so focused, driven, knowledgeable, and articulate that they could easily have made strong presidential candidates. While McConville seems to share a strong bond and an efficient working relationship with Williams, students should consider whether the voice of Toombs, a rising senior, should be heard in the President’s office.
With such compelling candidates, it is implicit upon the student body to make their voices heard in the polls on Tuesday.
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