Homecoming candidates eager for voting to begin
Rachel Hazlett
Mesa Legend

Homecoming royalty nominees were anxious for campaigning and elections to commence.
“If I won, I’d be excited, that would be cool,” one nominee said during the mandatory meeting for the nominees held Oct. 18.
There are seven candidates that campaigned during the week of Oct. 20, voting takes place at the Fall Bash located in front of the Kirk Center on Oct. 29. During this time, each candidate will have the opportunity to give a brief speech on why he or she should be elected as homecoming king or queen.
Secretary of student government, Kristen Weston, is heading up the election. “I think people run for different reasons. It looks good on an application, some do it just to see if they can win, and others do it for popularity.”
Candidates this year tried to get more people out to vote.
“I don’t think they (MCC students) know very much about it,” nominee Chad Jewel stated after a meeting for the candidates.
Contender Jessica DeLattre added, “I didn’t even know there was one, if we promote, I think more people will vote.”
MCC student Steven Silvas did not know that there was a homecoming, but if he did, he would not vote. “It should be carried out through high school…once you get to college it’s just bull crap; I just think it’s bull crap.”
Trisha Sprankle, a student at MCC was also unaware of the homecoming elections. “If they told me where and when to vote, I would.”
There are three women and four men running.
Nominee Jamar Younger planned to focus his campaign on face-to-face contact with students.
DeLattre planned to hand out suckers with the slogan, “Don’t be a sucker, vote for homecoming.”
The king and queen will be crowned at the homecoming football game Nov. 1 played at MCC.

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