The goal of the Student Pride party is the same as its name.

“We want to establish unity and re-instill pride in the university and the community,” said party member Alison Mormino.

The new Student Pride party, the second party to announce its candidacy, will field several candidates for the Student Government elections on April 17 and 18, including Mormino, a junior political science major, for vice president for student affairs; Daryl Jones, a senior speech communication major, for vice president for public affairs; Dwight Nelson, a junior psychology major, for vice president for financial affairs; and Nina Samii, a freshman biology major, for vice president for student affairs.

The party does not have a presidential candidate.

Stephanie Isaac, a sophomore English major; Portia Andrews, a freshman psychology major; and Bill Davidson, a freshman undecided major also will run on the Student Pride ticket as candidates for Student Senate members, Mormino said.

While every member of the party shares common goals of student pride and unity, Mormino said specific issues and ideas will be up to the individual candidates.

“We have one main idea, and we each have different ways we’re going to go about (accomplishing) that,” she said.

If elected, Mormino said she would work on several ideas, including a community-wide volunteer project to paint the houses of the poor, handicapped and elderly residents of Charleston and a tenant union that would protect the rights of students living off-campus.

Jones said he would work on projects such as luring a 24-hour diner to the old Hardee’s location at Fourth Street and Lincoln Avenue.

“There should be a place where everyone can go regardless of age, where people can have something to drink, have fun and watch the game,” he said.

If elected as vice president for financial affairs, Nelson said he “would not be afraid to audit and review fee spending.”

Nelson, who will be appointed to the Parking and Traffic Appeals committee today, said he also would work to give students more parking on campus.

“I see spaces that stay empty all day because it says `faculty’ on it,” Nelson said. “It’s ridiculous. I would help to re-evaluate the parking situation and give parking to more students.”

Samii said, as vice president for academic affairs, she would attempt to improve faculty-student relations.

In addition to holding forums between faculty and the student body, Samii said she also would try to revise the grade appeal process.

“It’s too confrontational,” she said. “Teachers don’t like being second-guessed.”

Mormino said the Student Pride party has the experience to make a difference at the university.

“We’re just as experienced as the other party,” she said. “We know what’s going on on this campus.”