It’s election season at UNL, and for the second time in four years there is only one political party running for office. This means UNL won’t have the opportunity to see their future student leaders challenged by an opposition party. The Dailyer would like to change that.

We hereby formally challenge Ignite to a debate in the Union Crib. The Dailyer will provide three of our brightest minds to oppose the lone party for a night. Obviously, the party we field at the debate will not be on the ballot, but the point of the debate is to get Ignite in front of the student body so that the students can see them pressed on their party platforms in public.

Uncompetitive elections are terrible for democracies, and student elections are not exempt from that. Competition brings out the best in us, it gives an added incentive to hone your party platforms because you know that if your platform isn’t good enough your opponent can capitalize on that and beat you. Since Ignite will face zero competition, they could literally run on nothing and come out victorious.

We aren’t trying to say that Ignite has a poorly put together set of platforms, because they’ve obviously put time and effort into this. But we firmly believe that the student body deserves a chance to see Ignite have their feet held to the fire, and the Dailyer will do that with a smile on our faces.

So, Ignite, we invite you to join the Dailyer for a night full of funny, off-color questions. The students of UNL deserve a chance to see your softer side, because the student body is about to embark on a year long arranged marriage with you. And since it’s an arranged marriage, lets at least get to know each other a little bit before the wedding.