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Candidate contradicts her stance

Michigan Student Assembly presidential candidate Fiona Rose said in regard to Students' Party campaigning during last year's election that "We spent more time tearing down the assembly and building up ourselves." ("Rose, Mehta to represent Michigan Party on ballot ," 3/11/96). As her running mate during that election, this comment was surprising to me; surprising because Fiona Rose was, in fact, the heart of the very campaign that she criticizes.

It also surprises me that any party would knowingly run a candidate for MSA president who would, by her own admission, tear down the assembly, in addition to embezzling assembly monies, selectively follow assembly rules to her own advantage and work for positive change, not for its inherent positive effects on the student body, but rather for its positive effects on her own political agenda. Then again, these are the same qualities of the last Michigan Party presidential candidate. So, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised -- just ashamed to have run with her.

BRIAN ELLIOT

FORMER STUDENTS' PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE