Election season began with an official announcement from the Experience LSU ticket, but fewer signs from The Next Step ticket.
Presidential candidate Christian Coleman and vice presidential candidate Ashleigh Pichon of the Experience LSU ticket discussed several initiatives at their ticket announcement Thursday afternoon. They proposed a new seating area at Alex Box Stadium called the “bump at the box” that would allow students to socialize and sit at an outfield mound at the baseball games.
Members of the Experience LSU ticket also discussed urging a pre-law program to Academic Affairs for interested students. Pichon said if there is pre-nursing, then there should be pre-law. 
The ticket presented an idea to have a Fitness Friday on the Parade Ground, which could give students the opportunity to rent out equipment from the UREC. 
Members of Experience LSU want to connect more with external University campuses, such as Alexandria, Shreveport, Eunice and the LSU Health Center in New Orleans to collaborate and share ideas.
The candidates stressed the need to clean up the University’s campus by creating a litter campaign.
“Facility Services would be used on other aspects to beautify other buildings and make other parts of campus look better,” Coleman said.
The ticket aims to continue the initiative of a Tailored Tiger program, which would provide students with business attire in the new career center.
The Next Step ticket did not publicly announce its candidacy Thursday, but its members tentatively plan to make an official announcement Monday afternoon. 
Presidential candidate Clay Tufts and vice presidential candidate Taylor Lambert of The Next Step ticket suggested giving part-time seniors benefits that full-time students have. These benefits would include access to the UREC, Student Health Center and sporting events without having to pay an additional price. 
Another idea from The Next Step is to partner with Southeastern Conference schools to create an SEC ticket exchange. Tufts said this program would be beneficial for students who want to go to more away games. The exchange would allow students to exchange individual tickets with other SEC schools. 
“It would be more beneficial. Instead of buying that big package of tickets, they could do it individually,” Tufts said.
The Next Step wants to partner with the ROTC program and the Warrior Project to help raise money for soldiers who have fought and come back to Baton Rouge. 
“Students should recognize this, and it’s a great way that we can show our appreciation for everything [the soldiers] did,” Tufts said.
Members of The Next Step also wants to clear up lines for football games at the student gate.
Another initiative they presented is to create changes with the parking congestion by Greek Row and Middleton Library.
Another initiative is a service project called White Roofs for the Red Stick. The project would consist of painting the roofs at LSU white to help lower utility costs and increase sustainability.