Junior Gideon Salter and sophomore Doug Vaughan debated against sophomore Matt McNamara and junior Dan Wolfe Tuesday in Buhr Lounge and Wednesday in the Wartburg Television studio.

Each ticket was asked Tuesday why they had chosen to run for executive positions instead of running as a senator. Salter stated that a change in leadership is necessary because things are not currently being done in senate. McNamara answered that both he and Dan have experience in executive positions in senate and have what it takes to get the job done.

Both platforms agreed that more input from the student body needs to be heard.

Vice-presidential candidate Doug Vaughan responded to the issue of including students in discussions on future building renovations by saying that no one knows better than the students what the campus needs, and right now student input in this issue is small and not heard.

McNamara's rebuttal to Vaughan's statement argued that current student body president Emily Hamer has done an outstanding job finding diverse groups to stand on these renovation committees. He went on to say that there will be large student input for the new Union, Becker Science Hall, and residential halls, and senators are elected to represent the student body's views on each issue.

Vaughan said information is not told to senators currently, so the student body is not being informed.

One of the most important topics Wednesday was letting students know what Student Senate does in its weekly meetings.

"We really need to stress that our doors are open, and one way of doing so would be moving some Student Senate meetings into Buhr Lounge," McNamara said. He added that the student media organizations are good providers of news from Student Senate.

In other issues, Salter and Vaughan said they hope to update campus computer labs, including Old Main, and create a 24-hour computer lab.

McNamara and Wolfe plan to work on the possibilities of making washing machines and vending machines capable of accepting the declining balance system as well as updating current technology.

Major goals on Salter and Vaughan's platform include improving race relations and making students more aware of opportunities on campus.

"We have to promote all groups on campus," Salter said Wednesday. "We feel that there are some groups such as BSU, CAO, SPJ and International Club who are not getting the publicity they should. We need to get more students active in those groups."

McNamara and Wolfe would like to see an increase in pay scales for on-campus employment. They noted that the base pay at UNI is higher than at Wartburg.