With eye-catching yellow signs and a new approach to ASI elections, the Support US (United Students) slate has taken the idea of a slate to new levels.

Hans Weichhart, the Support US candidate for ASI President, first thought of creating his own slate and running for ASI office back in September when he realized that the campus has much more to offer than it currently does to the students.

Weichhart, who worked as a freshman orientation leader and currently works in the University Union, has gone from that day back in September to a leading candidate for ASI President and the head of a highly organized slate.

The center of the Support US campaign and the slate?s main theme is the “Hornet Pledge,” which is essentially their platform and goals for the next year. The Support US team believes that the Hornet Pledge to the students is a discussion of ideas, and a “pledge to conduct a campaign of solutions and not one of generic signs and inflated promises.”

The core of their campaign is their belief that they can change the campus for the better.”This is the year of true change,” Weichhart said while handing out fliers in the Library Quad. “ASI will be given back to the students so that everyone on this campus has a voice that is heard.”

Among the many ideas that Support US is campaigning on is switching KSSU 1580 (ASI?s AM radio station) to an FM frequency, opening a Greek Access Center in the University Union, and making ASI a real student advocacy group through more student participation and knowledge in the role that ASI plays on this campus. Support US would also like to see a 24-hour computer lab and more Internet ports in what they feel is the “Student” Union.

To achieve these goals, the Support US team has put together a diverse group of students to fill the many Executive and Board of Director positions that are up for election. Rounding out the rest of the Support US candidates for executive office are Shara Perkins, running for Executive Vice President; Tom Hughes for Vice President of Finance, and Kevin Greene, for Vice President of University Affairs.

“It?s all about teamwork here,” said Perkins, while campaigning and handing out fliers in the Library Quad. And that is what sums up the Support US team??teamwork and a pledge to make the campus a better place for students and faculty alike.

Support US candidates for the Board of Directors positions are: Ryan Murphy, Business Administration; Dave Ramirez, Computer Science and Engineering; J.J. Hurley, Arts and Letters; Lisanne Nakayama, Social Science; Felipe Olvera, Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Becky Feil, Education; Tim Lott, Health & Human Services, and Alin Wakefield, University Union Board.