For Moore and Nichols, these issues include more financial support for student groups such as HoCos, and diversity among Harvard students and faculty.

They believe that student groups currently face far too many hurdles in getting the resources and space they need.

“The Financial Committee wastes so much money just paying for student groups to pay for the use of Harvard buildings,” Nichols says.

Moore and Nichols also say that increasing diversity on campus will raise “the level of education we receive.”

“This means actively seeking out those who will present greater diversity of opinion—women, minorities, conservatives, etc.,” they write on their website.

“We want to have students give different departments recommendations as to who they should consider hiring,” says Moore. “A big thing we will try to push is a diversity oversight committee.”

And Moore, who has more than 600 supporters in his campaign’s group on thefacebook.com, says he is optimistic about the upcoming election.

“We have a pretty decent shot of becoming the next president and vice president of the Harvard Undergraduate Council simply because we connect to the students,” he says. “We operate with respect, and I think that as long as you do that, you’ve got a good chance.”