{"id":23491,"date":"2020-04-07T03:29:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=23491"},"modified":"2020-04-07T03:29:40","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:29:40","slug":"bu-student-government-e-board-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/04\/07\/bu-student-government-e-board-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"BU Student Government E-Board Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/792783466&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe 2020\u00a0<span>BU Student Government E-Board Debate took place at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 6, 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Candidates from 4BU, BeLoudBU, ConnectBU, IgniteBU, and OneBU debated their platforms and discussed issues ranging from mental health to campus culture. You can listen to our post-debate analysis and discussion above. WTBU News reached out to all the candidates for comment following the debate. Their responses are below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"iw\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/03\/07\/student-body-presidential-race-aditya-jain-of-connectbu\/\"><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"aditya.wizkid@gmail.com\" name=\"Aditya Jain\" data-hovercard-id=\"aditya.wizkid@gmail.com\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\">Aditya Jain<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\">, Presidential Candidate, ConnectBU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The debate tonight really shed light on the central question of this election: which is the team that will really get things done. We heard a lot of the same talk from\u00a0the slates running: accountability, transparency, community. Yet despite most of the slates having members who had been in Student Government for many years, none of them could give examples of how they had affected change in their time in Student Government. The talk of accountability did not hold up for the other slates as they refused to be accountable for the time they had already been in StuGov. On the flip side, ConnectBU showed how its members are dedicated to fixing the issues. Aditya, our President, talked about our slates&#8217; successes from the Water Quality Act aimed at ensuring healthy, clean water for students to the Academic Grant Competition which gave growing clubs StuGov&#8217;s support. We believe we won the debate tonight and are excited to bring together students at BU so we can affect real change at BU.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/03\/07\/student-body-presidential-race-archelle-thelemaque-of-beloudbu\/\">Archelle Thelemaque<\/a>, Presidential Candidate, BeLoudBU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From the moment\u00a0we started campaigning, we knew we wanted this to be different than what we&#8217;ve seen before. Tonight&#8217;s debate is proof that BeLoudBU is not just ready to take on the role of a student government executive board\u00a0but that we have the heart\u00a0and compassion\u00a0to create a better BU with our bold and actionable platform. Tonight, Arrchelle took the questions\u00a0and demonstrated\u00a0that BeLoudBU has the vision to improve\u00a0BU and also a strong understanding that student\u00a0government\u00a0does not stop at internal meetings but goes onto impact\u00a0the entire student body. We plan to stick to our goal and amplify the student voice and make it the loudest\u00a0sound on campus. We hope you caught a glimpse of that\u00a0in the debate tonight and that you join us on our journey to be loud and be heard.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"iw\"><strong><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/03\/19\/student-body-presidential-race-collin-mccormick-of-ignitebu-interview\/\"><span>Collin McCormick<\/span><\/a>, Presidential Candidate, IgniteBU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Collin and IgniteBU have not yet responded to our request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iw\"><strong><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/03\/26\/student-body-presidential-race-dan-kelly-of-4bu-interview\/\"><span>Dan Kelly<\/span><\/a>, Presidential Candidate, 4BU<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dan and 4BU have not yet responded to our request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"iw\"><strong><span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\" tabindex=\"-1\"><span email=\"ngjordan@bu.edu\" name=\"Nyah Jordan\" data-hovercard-id=\"ngjordan@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\">Nyah Jordan,\u00a0Vice President of Internal Affairs<span email=\"arch99@bu.edu\" name=\"Archelle Thelemaque\" data-hovercard-id=\"arch99@bu.edu\" class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"135\">\u00a0Candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/03\/05\/student-body-presidential-race-oliver-pour-of-onebu-interview\/\">OneBU<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The debate allowed us to see how much work and passion that the other slates have put into this. Their passion definitely inspires us to put more energy into our campaign. OneBU\u2019s slate reaches from four different corners of the university, and we know we can revitalize student government across the university. Through our initiatives, we want to connect with various clubs and administrators to achieve our platform and then some. I hope that through the debate, students will be able to see how much the entire OneBU slate genuinely cares about the issues that affect our campus and how we can make it better. Each member of OneBU is powerful in their own way, and we came together to change BU for the better. I know I&#8217;m personally excited about how many people we have involved in elections this year. I think it&#8217;s brought energy to student government that is much needed, and I know OneBU will keep this energy going because we plan to make it a staple as we are only sophomores. Five slates running in this student government election should not be an anomaly, it should be the norm, and OneBU will make it that way while simultaneously fostering and assisting students to present ideas and take action.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2020\u00a0BU Student Government E-Board Debate took place at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, April 6, 2020. Candidates from 4BU, BeLoudBU, ConnectBU, IgniteBU, and OneBU debated their platforms and discussed issues ranging from mental health to campus culture. You can listen to our post-debate analysis and discussion above. 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