Editor-elect Will Robinson asks News Editor Shuchi Parikh and University Editor Emmeline Zhao for their impressions of the DSG debate held March 25 in the Great Hall.

John Harpham, Chair of The Chronicle's Independent Editorial Board, introduces the candidates for DSG president and explains how the debate will work.

Each candidate then gives his or her prepared 2-minute opening statement.

"Please evaluate the work of the student government of the past two years. What is its biggest accomplishment, what is its biggest failure, what initiative is ongoing that you would try to finish during the presidency?"

"DSG is highly unusual among student governments across the country in terms of its sophistication, its public status on campus, the number of people involved, the amount of time its members devote, and the money it receives and dispenses. What are students getting out of it?"

"Due to the current economic environment, it is likely that some University programs will have to be cut. Granted, decisions of this magnitude are typically made by administrators in the end, but, as a hypothetical question, which of the following programs would you cut if you had to choose one: CAPS, Admitted Students Weekend, or LDOC?"