Election fliers litter the walls and bulletin boards of first year dorms as freshmen candidates bid for seats on the student counsel.

"I decided to run alone," states CCSC candidate, Eleanor Stein. "So I get to do that all by myself. And because I really wanted to name my party the Hiphopopotamus Party. Because I think it's catchy and people who don't really care about the election and will go on and see that name. It'll catch their eye and maybe they will vote.

"We've been doing door knocking, we've been talking to students. We have a suggestion box with little suggestion cards for students to come up with ideas and it can be anything. We actually want to find out what's important to students and then execute them," exclaims Tara Reed, CCSC presidential candidate.

"The three of us have a lot to offer," explains Karishma Habbu. "We have a lot of experience in leadership; in student counsel and even outside of student counsel which bring fresh perspectives. And more than that, we're just very enthusiastic people."

While plans to unite the freshmen class and obtain higher quality food in dining halls is a common platform amongst candidates, each party has created a set of goals that they wish to accomplish within their first semester in office.

"We do have our three points of better internet access, access to introductory and core classes, and also transparency so that freshmen can actually know what's going on."

"In want to be a liaison to the general student body so that they know what's going on."

In contrast, the election of ESC representatives ended before it even began with only five candidates running for four available positions.

"It seemed like at first, there were a lot of people who were interested in running," contends Mary Byers, Freshmen ESC President. "It just didn't pan out that way."

"Not many people turned out to run for the election. So, our first action event-wise would be to get people more involved with ESC."

"One of the things we've been thinking about is creating some type of forum online where the people in the class can actually communicate with us in an easier way."

"In order to bring together a class of this size and this nature, you need certain personalities who are able to get through to those people."