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M-Party will make LSA-SG for studentsTO THE DAILY: We won, not by using fancy posters or spending the most money, but by identifying and actually getting out and talking about the issues LSA students care about most. Michigan is an incredibly big school, and while it does have many advantages, it leaves many of us feeling like a number.Why do I think less than 10 percent of the student body votes? Perhaps, it is because they feel that they are one number out of 30,000 other numbers buried in a 10-tier bureaucracy. LSA-SG should not and will not be another tier. Paul and I have a mandate to be the voice of LSA students. In response to your editorial ("Vote for Students': Kovacs, Deringer bring experienced leadership," 3/27/96), yes, I am an outsider; yes, I am enthusiastic. While the Daily has looked down on these attributes, I am proud of them. The inner workings of LSA-SG can be learned, and I will learn them quickly. Yet advocating for students' rights and concerns takes hard work and yes, enthusiasm. I am diligent and persevering as well as enthusiastic, and I am also someone who isn't plagued by the complacency of being on student government -- and someone who remembers what it feels like to be a number. Paul and I will be out there, making LSA-SG accessible to those we represent. Every week, one of us, as well as every LSA-SG representative, will be going to student groups for ideas and concerns. With diplomacy, vision and realism on our side, Paul and I will make LSA-SG an effective conduit for the students, and the students only. If I need to take out my pom-poms to advocate for change I will, as long as the students' voices are heard. EVE MADISON LSA SOPHOMORE
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