When deciding who to endorse for the FUSA Presidential election, The Mirror decided that Kyle Duggan ’11 would be the best choice.
We also believed that Eddie Muniz ’11 would also make a solid FUSA President and be able to pick up where outgoing President Jeff Seiser left off.
Muniz proved that he has the support of the student body, defeating Duggan by a wide margin. Now he has to prove that he deserves that backing.
Having spent time working closely with Seiser in his cabinet as Secretary of Student Life, alongside re-elected Vice President Lauren Johnson, Muniz knows what programs should be continued and what needs to be changed and he clearly felt throughout the election he is the right man to make the changes.
Muniz plans to tackle the same issues that have faced the FUSA President over the past few years: transportation, course evaluations, advising and housing. With his involvement in transportation issues and Living in Learning communities, two issues that are important especially to underclassmen on campus, he has the knowledge to try and make strides in those areas.
The underclassmen clearly feel that Muniz has what it takes to make those necessary improvements and fix the issues facing him. The sophomore and freshmen classes voted more than the upperclassmen and were decidedly in Muniz’s favor.
The issues that Muniz wants to address are mainly going to affect the underclassmen, so it is fitting they chose the president they feel can benefit them the most.
Muniz built his campaign around visibility, but now he needs to stay present in the minds of students. While Seiser worked to fix FUSA internally and on placing students in positions where the administration would listen, many students were unaware of his dedication. It will be Muniz’s job to change that and become a leader who can be in the minds of students.
Duggan, The Mirror felt, would have provided a strong face, outgoing and omnipresent, not just at FUSA events and in the office, but at events attended more regularly by students.
Muniz was also clearly the choice of current FUSA members, which is both a positive and a negative. He will be able to work well with the current administration, but is also going to maintain the status quo, rather than provide needed change.
Muniz has not articulated his ideas beyond saying he will work to improve transportation, advising, Living and Learning and other issues. It is important that he immediately makes his direction known and picks up where Seiser has left off.
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