UOSA presidential candidates Franz Zenteno and Nicholas Harrison spoke to the Graduate Student Senate on Sunday evening in the final stretch of campaigning before the election.

The president has to be in touch with what students want, Zenteno said.

“UOSA needs to get things done ... but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that we get things done that are important to students,” Zenteno said.

Zenteno said he could improve a damaged relationship between branches of UOSA.

Harrison said his platform was more important than his background.

“Regardless of who ends up winning the election, I hope we can focus on [the important issues],” Harrison said.

Harrison said he would like to create a council made up of all university stakeholders.

“A university community council is really the keystone of our platform,” Harrison said.

Zenteno and Harrison were each given 10 minutes to give a speech and answer questions.

All four candidates were scheduled to speak during special orders, but Jess Eddy and Ally Glavas were not present for the meeting.

UOSA presidential and vice presidential elections are Tuesday and Wednesday. To vote, go to elections.ou.edu.

Other Senate news

Also at the meeting, Graduate Student Senate Chairwoman Susan Adams-Johnson was named a representative to the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students.

The association is a national student-run organization that represents all graduate student associations.

Adams-Johnson will become the representative when her term is over as chairwoman to Graduate Student Senate, she said.