Glazer and Capp discuss these issues with an ease honed by going door-to-door for three to four hours each night canvassing students.

Capp says he has almost has too much fun in the freshman dorms, where he campaigns. “I signed some guy’s chest and played some beirut,” Capp says, adding that he likes crashing study breaks and reciting lines from “Family Guy” during his visits.

Glazer, who campaigns mostly in the Houses, calls the response “incredible,” and has also encountered some strange situations on the campaign trail. He says in Currier House he walked in on three people in bed together.

“They actually asked if we wanted to get in, but I said it didn’t look like there’d be any room,” says Glazer, who talked with them for 10 minutes.

TRACK RECORD

In dorm rooms, in front of the Science Center and on the streets, Glazer and Capp have proclaimed that they can get their agenda accomplished despite a sometimes unresponsive College administration.

As SAC chair, Glazer helped shepherd bills through University Hall, including ones that provided universal keycard access and blue light phones in Cambridge Commons. Capp, the current council treasurer, drafted the bill for this fall’s series of financial reforms after the council bounced last semester checks that totaled about $30,000.

“Matt and Clay have got the track record for actually being able to get it done,” says Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, a current council representative who is working on their campaign. “I don’t know any other two people in the University who will be able to implement reforms and address student needs the way Matt and Clay can.”

And Glazer and Capp themselves tout their experience over their opponents.

“Teo [P. Nicolais ’06, another presidential candidate] and Ty do have good ideas, but I think it was pretty clear from the questions of the panelists and their answers that they don’t really know how to get it done,” Glazer says in reference to last Thursday’s debate among the candidates.

While few deny Glazer and Capp’s experience, some say the council needs a breath of fresh air. Joshua A. Barro ’05, a former Finance Committee chair, says “I think it’s Mahan-Blickstead all over again.”

Barro, who was a presidential candidate in last year’s race, has criticized Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 and Council Vice President Michael R. Blickstead ’05 for their micromanagement and resigned from the council last year, citing the council’s fractious atmosphere and its support of the termbill increase.

Glazer and Capp say while they have worked closely with Mahan and Blickstead because of their jobs on the council, they are different from the current council leaders.

“Clay and I respect Matt and Mike but we disagree with them on a lot of things they’ve done,” says Glazer.

“There’s a tendency for unilateralism on the council,” says Capp, who promises to get everyone in the council more involved.