Dear Fellow Students,

You might have noticed our presence around campus lately with all the chalk, flyers, banners and tents, but we’d like to formally introduce ourselves and tell you what we plan to do for you at this university.

We are Jordan Davis and Ashley Sinram, and we are running for Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president. In our many years in USG, we have had the great fortune to learn something new about this university and its students every day, and we hope to use that knowledge to work with you to improve the student experience at Ohio State.

There will be articles and Web sites that profile who we are in the coming days, so we would like to take this opportunity to discuss what we feel is more important — what we are going to do. It is no secret that USG has had poor voter turnout over the previous elections seasons, and that is not the fault of the voters, but the fault of the candidates. We intend to convince you not only to vote, but to vote for us, by proving to you that you have tangible things to gain from voting for us. We want to make this election worth your while. So here are some things we will do for you.

We plan to continue the strong progress USG has been making in safety and wellness this year through continuing to advocate that the STOP Program, run by the Franklin County Sherriff’s Office, require that its officers be in uniform and allow its officers the ability to issue citations on-site as opposed to mandatory arrests and incarceration of students. We also wish to expand the Student Safety Services program by working to purchase an additional van for the service upon the condition of an expansion of their hours of operation to accommodate for early morning pick-up and delivery. We want to expand the Emergency Blue Light system to not only outdoor areas on campus, but also install them within campus buildings, as not all emergencies occur outdoors on this campus.

We want students to have the opportunity to have more of a choice in the money they are spending, from textbook affordability and better swipe packages for meal plans, to having no additional mandatory student fees. As president and vice president, we will not support any university plans to implement new mandatory student fees, as students have seen enough of an increase in their expenses at this university with an increase in the Student Activity Fee, the Ohio Union fee and an upcoming tuition increase.

We plan to strengthen the student experience here at OSU, inside and outside of the classroom. From advocacy on behalf of students during semester transition decision-making to strengthening career development opportunities for all students to enhancing the valuable experiences of student involvement, we will work to ensure that students are succeeding not only while they are on this campus, but also when they leave it following graduation.

It would be a great honor to continue to serve the undergraduate students of OSU and utilize the momentum we have gained in our experience as leaders within USG. For more information about our platform, experience and the senate slate of candidates we are supporting, we encourage you to visit voteJORDANandASHLEY.com, and furthermore, we encourage you to vote in USG elections on April 15 and 16.