How would you define the 2016 presidential race and why?
William Geck, sophomore, computer science
“Horrible. The bashing is ridiculous and peoples’ views on everything is pretty bad. It’s hard to pick a side, honestly, because both sides are horrible, but people are only looking at a small little piece of it.”
James Hirdman, sophomore, mechanical engineering
“I tend not to really ponder on these things because I don’t like either candidate, really. We have an unprofessional candidate who’s a businessman, and the other one is a shady person I wouldn’t want in office because I’m in the reserves and she’s going to do funny stuff with the military.”
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Hannah White, sophomore, nursing
“Paramount. Because with all the stuff that’s going on in the world right now — like ISIS and political issues and racism and sexism and all kinds of different things — I feel like this specific election is really important. Whoever wins has a really important role in changing things and it’s really important, as a nation, because all these problems are re-arising and it’s almost worse than it’s ever been. Whoever becomes president needs to be able to change them.”
Emily Carrico, junior, English
“Frightening. I think this election...I don’t feel like I’m really happy with either the Democratic or the Republican candidate, and I wish that I had some more options to choose from.”
