Debate leads up to MCC’s Spring Fling

Lisa Kane

The presidential debates for the Associated Students of Mesa Community College were held on March 25 at 1:30 p.m. in front of the library on MCC’s Southern and Dobson campus.Participating in the debate were presidential candidates and students Sam Babalola, Gregg Jackson and ASMCC’s current Vice President Spencer Morgan.

Each candidate was allowed an opening speech of two minutes, followed by a question and answer session.

Mediator Lea Laffartha, President of Phi Theta Kappa, asked each candidate a question and gave them 90-seconds to respond.

All three candidates have a strong dedication and service to MCC; candidate Spencer Morgan is not only the current vice president of ASMCC, but is also chair of the student senate and pledged dedication to student activities.

Also running for election, Sam Babalola is an independent senator at MCC this semester, having just started as a student.

He’s a member special events committee as well as planning for Earth Day festivities on campus.

Each candidate also participates in community service, volunteering for the Democratic and Republican parties during the election and assisting clubs and organizations associated with MCC.

“Community service is important for impact. I was a volunteer for the Guadalupe Boys and Girls Club and also volunteered at the Merryville Care Center, a senior home,” Jackson said.

The candidates mutually agreed that as president of ASMCC they desired to have a bigger impact on students and promote more student involvement on their campus.

“If students are more involved on campus it improves their learning experience,” Babalola said.

“There’s a lot of success to tap into if we can get more people involved. Spencer and I attended a hearing to fight tuition increase at MCC , and we were successful, just the two of us. Sometimes that’s all it takes,” he added.

As presidential nominees, each candidate expressed sincerity toward their fellow students, hoping to create more student forums and utilize technology to unify the campus.

“I think all of the candidates are promising. They care about our campus and they all have similar ideas for change,” said debate attendee Zac Nipp.

Elections were held April 1 during Spring Fling. Besides the voting, food and and music were also part of the event.

Results of the election weren’t available at deadline, according to Zona Bailey, in the Student Life office.

  • Mesa Legend Staff

    These are archived stories from Mesa Legend editions before Fall 2018. See article for corresponding author.

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