Are you tired of living in a community that treats you like a second-class citizen? A community that ignores your contributions and offers you only minimum-wage employment to pay for exploitation by the lesser landlords of Ames? Isn’t it time students take control?

Matt Denner is a resident of Ames who respects the views and needs of students because he is a student. As a child, Matt enjoyed the great benefits of living near the thousands of students at Iowa State. He learned a great deal from those students and continues to learn from his peers today. Denner has also learned a great deal from our community leaders as a member of the Public Arts Commission and as a community activist. However, Denner has also learned that Ames needs a change.

We as students and voters can help make that change. With Matt Denner holding the next fourth ward City Council seat, we can finally expect to be treated with respect and watch a new future for the city develop.

If you believe, as I do, that we can’t wait for a more experienced, closed-minded candidate to turn his ear toward us, choose change and vote for Matt Denner. We need his vision, his openness and his energy in the City Council today.

Ramona Muse

Sophomore

Art and Design