Our Opinion
Vote Juan Pablo Moncayo for president
THIS YEAR’S AS presidential
election has brought three good candidates to the public sphere.
Each of the three men running for the office has been impressive in
both their grasp of the issues facing Fresno State students and their
ability to reach out and run positive campaigns.
Yet the candidate who has been most impressive during the course of
the campaign, and in his AS experience, is Juan Pablo Moncayo.
During The Collegian’s televised debate between the three candidates,
Moncayo’s answers and platform were the most relevant to the needs of
students.
When asked what the biggest problem facing Fresno State students is,
Moncayo answered that while tradition and student involvement in
AS are important to the campus, money matters and university funding
from the state are the most important considerations for students
today.
Moncayo is correct in this statement and his pledge to lobby at the
state government level for funding should be welcome to the Fresno
State student body.
Moncayo also pledged to work on textbook costs, parking problems on
campus and the creation of new study space to replace the areas being
lost with the pending closure of the Madden Library.
In addition to these pledges, Moncayo’s platform states that he will
work to create an honors program in each of the university’s colleges
for upperclassmen who show exceptional promise in their lower-division work.
The creation of such programs would go far to increase not only the university’s
reputation but also serve to keep Fresno State’s most intelligent and
promising students working on material of their own choosing and at their own
level.
This program would also make Fresno State an academic leader in the
CSU system.
In addition to these ideas, Moncayo would bring extraordinary experience
to the office of President.
As the only current AS executive in the race, he has had a first-hand
opportunity to observe how executive offices function.
As a result, Moncayo has called for the creation of a Presidential
Cabinet that would assist him in the duties of the office and make
him more responsive to student needs.
While all three of the AS presidential candidates would do well in the
office and represent Fresno State’s student body with honor, Moncayo has the
most realistic plans for the future of the university and has shown that he
has the dedication to serve with distinction.
As a result, The Collegian is proud to endorse Juan Pablo Moncayo for
AS president.
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