PETER GEBHARD/THE CHRONICLE Junior Russ Ferguson seeks to promote a variety of campus improvements.

Visit Russ Ferguson’s website and one will be greeted by the pulsating rhythm of “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” and the promise of a better, student-centered and innovative Duke community.

With just a few more clicks, the candidate’s extensive platform and indicators of his wealth of experience in all three major bodies on campus—Duke Student Government, Campus Council and the Duke University Union—in addition to various other areas of the University is readily available.

“I hope I’m recognized on campus as someone who gets things done,” Ferguson said.

Ferguson’s philosophy behind this approach is that “if you’re required to live on campus for three years, it becomes very much a part of your life.” Thus, campus life needs to be made “easier” for students—a process he hopes to initiate as the next president of DSG.

His top priorities are blanketing the campus with wireless access, creating an independent course evaluation site, opening key campus venues—the Bryan Center, gyms, library and student health services—24 hours a day and establishing an independent student committee to meet with the Duke University Police Department weekly to establish weekend patrol routes and air grievances about student rights. He believes these projects have been needed for a long time, and his presidency would enable the University to attain a level of student-geared service that should already exist.

The Charlotte native hopes to work more with undergraduates to meet these needs and make DSG a “true voice of the students, not just another leg of the administration,” he said.

He also proposes a transportation and parking initiative that involves establishing loading zones closer to dorms, increasing bus service following popular sporting events and adding off-campus routes on weekend nights.

He also seeks to expand the SafeRides service, increasing off-campus access.

Furthermore, he would like to perpetuate the recent change in the dining plan that allows freshman to apply unused breakfast credits to lunch purchases. He also advocates increasing the value of food points, by which students would receive more points for less money.

Todd Adams, assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, has worked with Ferguson, a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, in a primarily greek context as an advisor to the Interfraternity Council’s executive board, on which Ferguson has served. Adams characterizes the candidate’s leadership style as collaborative.

“I think building coalitions has served him well in his greek positions, and I am certain that would transfer to other leadership roles,” Adams said.