Linnear is one of the co-founders of the Speaker Initiatives, which has brought many notable academics to the University. Michigan Party candidates Pak Man Shuen and David Silver are worthy of note. Shuen has served as MSA's Peace and Justice Commission chair for a year while Silver is a former LSA-SG representative and has been active in efforts to oversee the use of the Code of Student Conduct. But while their respective credentials are impressive, their ticket is not as cohesive as it should be. At the center of the Students' party platform is the increase of student input into the ways that LSA departments work.
Departmental committees guide curriculum development and faculty promotion and procurement.
The party's efforts toward getting students on these committees will help provide much-needed student insight into departments' activities. Another of the party's strengths is the expansion of departmental clubs. The clubs provide students with an opportunity to become better acquainted with faculty in their concentration departments and can also help them in their search for internships and jobs in their respective fields. The Students' Party also has made connections with other student organizations and the LSA administration. The programs tend to be academically restricting - preventing students from fully exploring all of the options available to them at the University.