Ben Brown, a senior majoring in journalism, is running for ASUO Executive.
 
Emerald: Quickly summarize your priorities.
Brown: I’m running on behalf of students for a shirt-free campus. Shirts optional. I believe all students should have that right and that freedom.
Emerald: How will you succeed in keeping your campaign promises where other administrations have failed?
Brown: Well, I only have one promise, so it shouldn’t be all that hard. Shirts optional. I believe that is extremely important.
Emerald: How will you maintain an open government that keeps students informed about the ASUO and allows adequate media access?
Brown: Well, first of all, I would like to do away with restricting access to the ASUO executives to having to go through their press person. And secondly how much more open can you be than a shirtless campus? I will demand my entire staff be shirtless.
Emerald: What’s your fiscal philosophy in regard to the incidental fee?
Brown: I think it should be largely eliminated. It’s too big. It’s too much money.
Emerald: What’s your favorite reality television show, and how does it relate to your campaign?
Brown: I don’t have TV.

— Jennifer Sudick