Red-Hot brings attainable goals, IUSA experience to race

Announcing their intentions on Feb. 2, the Red-Hot ticket has since campaigned for connecting, developing and sustaining IU. And with a platform of attainable goals, it seems as though they could do it.

To connect students, Red-Hot has proposed a “virtual” student union, where students and student groups could interact on an integrated web platform. On this “student-oriented Web site,” individuals could also choose to receive emails from a particular category of student groups and organizations. In general, it sounds a lot like an IU-only Facebook.

The ticket also wants to focus on better connecting students to the campus and community. Pledging to gain an additional $1 million to $2 million for the campus bus system, Red-Hot has plans to lead the process of applying for support from state transportation funds – though it’s unclear whether this money could get the buses to actually show up on time.

To develop the campus, the ticket promises to help maximize space, particularly in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation building and Student Recreation Sports Center. It also has proposed the use of student meal points at the Indiana Memorial Union and has insisted that it would work to add a fall break to our calendar.

All of these measures could bring increasing quality to student life, though the last two could be particularly difficult.

The ticket promises a more sustainable IU by creating a unified campus-wide recycling system. Working toward greater energy efficiency by caulking windows and installing water-saving shower heads in the dorms, the ticket has concrete plans to improve IU’s disappointing record of energy use and conservation.

But more than the platform, this ticket is built on experience. Presidential candidate Andrew Hahn is the current IUSA vice president for Congress. And it’s comforting to know that Hahn is majoring in ethics.

Hopefully his knowledge of right and wrong can bring increased trust and respect to IUSA, which is still trying to earn a good reputation after its election scandal last year.

With concrete, achievable objectives and proven executive experience, the Red-Hot ticket has much to offer to students come election time.