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Discuss “Candidates state similar goals”

With elections fast approaching, Student Body Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates gathered last week for a forum and debate. The Vice-Presidential forum, hosted by Mudge House, and the Presidential debate, hosted by WRCT, The Tartan, and cmuTV, were designed to allow candidates to answer students? questions and expound on their different platforms. However, their dialogue brought into question just how different, or even defined, a Student Body Presidential platform can be.

One of the primary issues candidates focused on was communication and information channels aimed towards students. During her opening statement in the debate on Thursday, Presidential candidate Rachel Gross remarked that ?Students are not currently being given...

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