Mark Nimmer and Casey Powers want titles they don’t deserve.

Nimmer, who now serves as an off-campus senator, is bidding to take over the minority seat for next year’s Government of the Student Body Senate.

There’s just one problem: He’s a white male from Iowa.

Powers, who now serves as the interfraternity senator, is vying for an international seat. There’s just one problem: He’s a white male from Iowa.

Although Nimmer claims to be of Arabic descent, his bid for the minority seat would do harm to the Senate and students. The same goes for Powers.

Both said the only reason they are running is to eliminate the specialty seats, which include two international seats, two nontraditional seats, a minority seat and a disability seat.

Although the GSB Constitution says students are not required to be of the same classification as the seat they are seeking, the two senators really ought to know better.

Nimmer is running for a position already filled by Marcia Johnson.

In order to vote for a specialty seat, students must give up their vote in their college seat elections.

Thus, minority students will have to protect their specialty seat by relinquishing their college vote.

That’s just not fair. The seats were designed to ensure fair representation for minority students. Nimmer and Powers should know that. And they should know they’re being sneaky.

Although Nimmer and Powers have every legal right to run for the specialty seats, it is a political move that could scar next year’s Senate even before the end of the semester.

With an issue that’s as cloudy as last week, one thing is clear: Nimmer and Powers are making a mockery of the same Senate they claim to have duly served.