Putting a Student Rep on City Council

At yesterday’s mayoral debate, sponsored by the ASG and held in the Union, Walt unveiled his idea to put a student representative on City Council.  (The idea isn’t without precedent:  The University of Iowa student body is represented on Iowa City’s City Council, and the University of California - Davis has similar representation, too.)

Walt’s actively engaged students and young voters throughout his campaign.  He was the first mayoral candidate to ever request a meeting with the UA Executive Council, and during that meeting, he proposed a number of ways to strengthen the relationship between our community and the University of Arkansas.  (Read a recent campaign newsletter on this matter example here.)

Giving University of Arkansas students a clear voice on City Council makes sense.  Walt discusses the idea in greater detail in today’s weekly campaign newsletter.  (We’ll post a link as soon as the newsletter is published later this afternoon.)

-Greg