Mike Tithecott impressed us with his honesty. Saying he isn’t prepared for this job and admitting much of his platform is borrowed from previous candidates is commendable.

Not presenting solutions to the USC’s biggest issues is not. Proposing a review committee to investigate USC retail operations is a roundabout way of saying “I don’t really know how to solve this problem.”

Laptop sharing is a grandiose, expensive idea. Costs associated with this are astronomical, including warranties, managing the rentals and risk of theft or damage. Since the program would last several years, he’s passing costs to future boards who must maintain the program or drop it all together. All for something already offered at dozens of computer labs around campus.

Most of Tithecott’s ideas are small and insignificant, like upgrading UCC bathrooms with two-ply toilet paper.

While his “Key to Western” idea would provide a lot of information missing from the USC website, Tithecott could achieve this along with 90 per cent of his platform in the first week. But what happens after that?

When pressed about a lack of vision for USC finances, Tithecott listed a few good ideas that were suspiciously missing from his campaign. If he really understood the USC’s key problems, why would he keep solutions off the platform?

Ultimately, Tithecott has all of Goldfarb’s blind popularism — he just coats it with a little more charisma.