Editor’s note: This story is the third in a four-part series on the Student Goverment campaigns. The candidates will be presented alphabetically by last name. Student Government presidential candidate Theo Williams and vice presidential candidate Millena Williams have more in common than their last name.They also share ideas on how to run Student Government and help students.The pair announced their candidacy in the Greek Amphitheater last Wednesday under the slogan “Geauxing the Distance.””The basis behind ‘Geauxing the Distance’ is, instead of sitting and waiting for student opinion to come to us, we’re going to go find it,” Theo Williams said.Millena Williams said the slogan complemented their vision for their campaign, including going the distance for students on campus and in the community.Theo Williams said he first decided to run last semester and chose Millena Williams as his running mate because she was already assisting the campaign by bringing in a service component. “The original intent was to bring service, but it felt really comfortable,” Millena Williams said. “We had a friendship that felt comfortable and would be good match.”Theo Williams has worked in SG since his freshman year, serving as executive aide under former SG President Colorado Robertson and as assistant director of external affairs under current SG President Stuart Watkins.”Beyond that, I think my involvement in organizations other than Student Government will allow me to be a good representative of the student body,” Theo Williams said. “I’ve been able to see how people feel about things without looking at it from a political perspective.”Millena Williams said they have the ability to be good leaders and people of integrity, which will help them if elected.”Everything I’ve been involved with at LSU, it’s been about helping students,” Millena Williams said. “I have a lot of experience already representing and being liaison between students and things that need to happen on campus.”With her experience in service, she said the service component of their pushcard is the most important to her. This includes creating semester “GEAUX service” days, making more upper-level, service-learning courses and establishing a civic engagement distinction program.”It’s not only good to provide that route for students to give back to community, but it’s also a good way for LSU to show its worth to community,” Millena Williams said.Theo Williams considers transparency the most important item on the pushcard, which includes allowing student input in SG executive staff meetings, holding a campus improvement summit and increasing connection with student organizations.”We’re getting students to believe in SG. Now there’s more of an elitist perception,” he said. “We want to make students feel more comfortable with SG.”Concerning SG action about budget cuts next year, the “Geauxing the Distance” pushcard includes an idea for an iAdvocate program.Millena Williams said it would allow students to be more involved in budget cuts by spotlighting students and getting the opinion of different voices on campus.Theo Williams said he wants students and the University to take proactive approaches to budget cuts, rather than fighting them.”I’ve been saying — and I hold firmly to it — a vote for us is a vote for yourself because we’re providing outlets for students to better educate themselves on budget cuts,” Theo Williams said. —————Contact Catherine Threlkeld at [email protected]