By JENNIFER KATLEMAN coams ebe Exammner 5 LE AG — Biff Whiting iis taking. ihe Rots Perot approach to. getting elected student senator — eat down to the bubble gum - propping up his small ears. i Dressed in his best. pin-striped suit, the candidate pulled out. charts and graphs. Wednesday to illustrate the apathy he says para- _lyzes students from having more rights at Weber State University. “What I offer is a simple solution to a complex problem. No rocket scientist needed,” he said, borrowing Perot’s folksy Texas twang. His cure entails asking each of the 17 senators to set up a 10member council to poll students on issues. With that many pollsters, students could be asked every week what bugs them. But wait just a minute, said stu- _ There are 16 senators, not 17. He can’t even get his facts “But ‘Tater the candidate said throwing out the incorrect number was a test to see if students were listening. Whatever the numbers, student Brian Crittenden called the candidate’s polling plan unreasonable. “He can’t take a public opinion poll every time he has to vote. We elect senators to represent us when we can’t be there,” he said. _ Amy Heaton said impersonating the former independent presi- dential candidate smacked of bad taste. “He’s embarrassing for our school. It’s unprofessional for a candidate,” she said. But Johnn Tan saw the gimmick in a different light. MICHAEL BITTON/Standard-Examiner “If he works this hard to get Biff Whiting, a Weber State University student Senate candi-_ dent Phil Micke from a crowd Oe : gp eed bt hard he date, impersonates former presidential candidate Ross Perot. Peabo -arou | His opponent ‘er social science Rwy: oakFP ige help hi with Saniinistraturs. most of whom are from his generation. rire or ne g ‘strident: pointed to his. pants, as | ing his fly was down. Fo Indeed, it was down, but Whit- — “ing fixed it immediately. | ares: mi pe i thought they were joking,” he said. : Casting» aside any embarrasshment, Whiting passing out stickers ‘embossed with his name. He said rhe. would fight to give the the stu- s ae crisis, a Mickey 0 With sentiments. like that, this | bi race could be one. of the hottest. In two of the executive - races; candidates are running con“I have 49 years experience in tested. With no opponents, Brett ane sycrage. sence hashis | -Chugg appears a shoo-in for student body president and Julie - Batchelor for academic vice presi~ dent. ‘For the executive vice president like saying ‘you want a rookie team position, Nancy Barrow is taking going against the all-stars. If stuon Pat Murphy. _ dents do that, then they have no Campus polling places will reright to complain they get beat at main open until 2 p.m. Friday. Reeverything they ask for,” he said. But the candidate’s statement about experience didn’t wash with Phil Mickey. “All he’s done so far 1s ripped the administration. I will not vote_ sults will be announced late that night. | a Like Perot’s run, some confusion arose over whether Whiting quali- fied as a true candidate. senator, Bryan Benard says Whiting should be a write-in candidate since he filed after the deadline. Whiting admits he filed late, but says he has a good reason. The rules he picked up in the election packet disqualified him because he was a part-time student. But after reviewing the guidelines, the student Supreme Court ruled Whiting could run last week. With controversy like that, Whiting concedes being so bold with his impersonation and plans could turn off some voters. He said he knows he has irritated “the ruling student clique. But I refuse to compromise any of my principles.”