Student Government's political parties continued their search for Senate candidates Friday in the Reitz Union.
During the first two days of interviews, 91 students have committed to the Unite Party, 34 have committed to the Orange and Blue Party and between 25 and 30 have committed to the Progress Party.
Yang Zhang, a Chinese and marketing junior, said she planned to slate with the Unite Party because she likes the party's ideas for improving student life, including motion-sensor lighting and 24-hour libraries.
At 3 p.m., while she was filling out her qualifying form that would allow her to interview, the fire alarm in the Reitz Union went off.
Zhang said with a laugh that she asked herself, "Should I finish filling this out and risk my life?"
After about 20 minutes, the fire alarm ended and Zhang filed back inside with SG officials.
Jason Yoepp, Unite Party spokesman, said Friday was not as busy as Thursday, but he expects a large turnout Tuesday.
Orange and Blue Sen. Ben Cavataro said he believed Tuesday's turnout would be twice as large because students would have time to tell their friends during the long weekend.
"Tuesday is going to be chaotic, but chaotic in a good way," he said.
Yan Xie, a sophomore, said he chose the Orange and Blue Party because he feels the party's officials will listen to his opinions.
Nick Mildebrath, campaign manager for the Progress Party, said his party is focusing on what it can do for students rather than criticizing other parties.
Mildebrath said the Progress Party has seen a wide variety of qualified candidates.
"It seems like our goal of bringing out a lot of people who weren't involved in SG but have been involved in other things on campus has been a success," he said.
Nathan Dolorfino, a sophomore, said he had not decided which party to choose on Friday.
He said he wanted to research legislation passed by the different parties over the weekend.
"Overall, it seems like everyone is trying to do something best, but, when you get government, government in itself has its own inherited inefficiencies," he said.
Slating will continue today in Room 284 of the Reitz Union.
