Delta Force announces student body office candidates

By By Nicole Kelley

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

In its 10th anniversary as a coalition, new Delta Force candidates want to address campaign finance.

The coalition announced Raymond “Studie” Red Corn as its presidential candidate and Bridget Franklin as his running mate Monday.

Red Corn, Shawnee sophomore, has been the First Nations Student Association senator for the past two years.

Franklin, Topeka junior, is in her first year as a junior/senior College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senator.

The coalition’s campaign will focus on issues students face on and off campus, Red Corn said.

Delta Force will address social, environmental and educational concerns to reinvigorate student interest in current common social issues.

Official platforms will be announced in March.

“You will see an organization that stands by what it believes in by running a campaign that does business with socially responsible companies and that works to reduce the large amounts of waste usually created from elections,” he said.

One waste Delta Force wants to examine is excessive campaign spending.

Red Corn said coalitions had spent $5,000 to $6,000 on campaigns, an amount not all students could spend.

“We want every student to have a voice on this campus, not just those who can afford it,” he said.

Red Corn said that he wanted to be able to show students that they have the power to initiate change within the community.

Delta Force has always tried to make a difference, and it will continue to do so in the future, he said.

Stephanie Craig, Edmond, Okla., senior and holdover senator with Delta Force, said the coalition had always been an advocate for students.

“We have a tradition of integrity and valuing student opinion and student voice. We have a lot of experience fighting for students and the changes students want to see on campus,” Craig said.

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