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Two MSU students vie for East Lansing Council.

KAREN SCHWARTZ
Special to the Jewish News

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So far, the two have run a voter regis-
tration drive and registered a few thou-
sand students, said Marcus, a senior.
This is roughly the number of voters
who turned out at the last election. But
though they have been working to get
the student vote, they are also looking
to residents to support them on Nov. 4.
The two will be running against current
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows,
Mayor Pro Tem Sam Singh and council
member Beverly Baten.
Many of the issues he and Rapp are
focusing on, Marcus said, affect both
students and the community, such as
traffic, garbage collection, develop-
ment, and urban sprawl. They also are
concerned with community and stu-
dent relations.
"I think it's great that they're run-
ning because these students are realiz-

fiends since middle school,
Michigan State University
students Jared Rapp, 21, of
Bloomfield Hills and Joey
Marcus, 22, of Southfield are teaming
up to campaign for seats on the East
Lansing City Council. They decided
to run after they talked this summer
about problems not currently being
addressed by the council.
One of their top priorities, Rapp
said, is to make the council more rep-
resentative of the community they are
elected to serve, which means bringing
a student voice and student issues to
the table. More than 40,000 students
attend MSU.
Among the issues of student concern
is a noise ordinance passed at the
end of the summer that made it
mandatory for students to serve
a minimum of three days in jail
and pay fines of between $500
and $1,000 when cited for mak-
ing excessive noise, Rapp said.
"First and foremost, the noise
ordinance issue has to be
addressed because it's not con-
structive to send students to jail.
There have to be more construc-
tive ways to address concerns
than what they're doing," he
said.
If elected, the two, who will
run as write-in candidates,
would be the first students to
serve on city council since the
MSU students Joey Marcus of Southfield and
1970s.
"In general, the students have a Jared Rapp of Bloomfield Hills
lot of things they want to say to
ing they have to get involved to make
the council but it's difficult to
a change and make it easier for the
approach them because you walk into
students and the rest of the families in
a very formal setting," Rapp said.
East Lansing to coexist peacefully,"
"There's a podium and people are
said MSU senior Jennifer Stotter, 21,
looking at you, cameras are on you,
of Kalamazoo.
the whole city is watching."
While she said she would not vote
The MSU junior said he feels he
for someone just because they are a
could bring a different approach to
student, Stotter said she would defi-
dealing with people and running the
nitely take it into consideration when
city.
looking at candidates.
"I think being part of the Jewish
To carry out their- terms, if elected,
community, there's obviously a lot of
values that my parents and family have Rapp and Marcus would remain in
East Lansing for four years.
put on me — that it is good to do
People, Marcus said, "are very excited
things to benefit other people. I think
about us running because they feel that
that I've got what it takes to improve
their voice will actually matter now and
this city and Joey's definitely got what
that's what we're hoping for."
it takes to improve the city," he said.

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