ASG executive vice presidential candidates Jordan Heinz and Anil Hurkadli challenged each other on their platforms and fielded questions from about 25 audience members Thursday.

Hurkadli, a Weinberg sophomore, wants to redevelop the Executive Committee to improve student group representation. If elected, he plans to develop a “commission system” that would allow group leaders to elect their own representatives and also would organize group leaders into categories such as political and community service.

Heinz, an Education sophomore, wants to increase executive accountability, a problem student group leaders discussed after a mass derecognition of student groups by the Associated Student Government in early March. Improving publicity of student group events is also a concern.

“The real issue is getting people to their events,” Heinz said. “Evaluation is great, but that only affects five or six groups a year.”

To publicize events, Heinz would promote the new online scheduling program Calender 2000 on ASG’s Web site. He also would push for television monitors in the dining halls for student group advertisements and lobby for an increase in the number of fliers allowed in Norris University Center.

While Hurkadli said the scheduling program won’t be successful, he supported the television monitors and additional fliers.

Heinz attacked Hurkadli’s platform for lacking concrete proposals and introducing pre-existing ideas.

Hurkadli, though, said Heinz’s platform consists mainly of “different names for things that haven’t worked.”

The candidates have varying levels of experience. Heinz is serving his second year as a senator and also is a member of the Executive Committee. Hurkadli was a senator and committee member last year until he lost his seat after missing three meetings, but he said he values his experience away from ASG for giving him perspective as an outsider.

The Daily’s Rebecca Orbach contributed to this report.