If it weren't for the fact they look nothing alike, they could be mistaken for sisters.

Clad in black and red, one might think Marquette Student Government presidential candidate Jamie Wu and executive vice president candidate Anna Titulaer had called each other the night before to plan out what they were going to wear. But a sisterly bond is more than apparent between the two, resulting in the simple cliché of great minds thinking alike.

"It was kind of like a perfect fit," Wu, a junior in the College of Communication, said of her decision to ask Titulaer, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, to be her running mate. "We really have this big problem that we think nothing is impossible. Everything can be done if you push hard enough for it.

"Being realistic, we realize we can't save the entire world," she said. "But it's starting that change, that difference."

That realistic perspective, according to campaign manager Jason Curtis, is one of the many strengths of the Wu-Titulaer team.

"If you are looking for candidates that will fight the administration on every level, go elsewhere," said Curtis, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. "Jamie and Anna will work with the administration on expressing student concerns and finding a middle ground. It would be unrealistic and obnoxious for someone to think in a year's time they could change everything about a 125-year-old institution."

If elected, Wu and Titulaer said they will address the issues of fine arts and environmental concerns on campus and will try to get a student on the board of trustees. Their No. 1 concern, though:

"We are really focused on just listening to the students," Titulaer said. "There's this passion and drive for this school that's amazing. I love Marquette with all of my heart, and when I see students who do not feel the same way, I feel like something must be done. We need to address the concerns that are stopping students from having that same love of Marquette that Jamie and I have."

"All we are is the liaison," Wu said. "For such a long time, that hasn't really happened in MUSG. Our platform is the people's platform. By no means should we be in that office and not listen to the students."

While some may criticize Wu for choosing Titulaer, who has had no prior involvement in MUSG, as her running mate, Wu said Titulaer will be the fresh perspective that MUSG needs to truly reach out to students.

"I love that Anna has never been in MUSG," Wu said. "As an organization, MUSG needs to grow. It needs a breath of fresh air. Anna brings in all these great views, approaching situations from a different angle."

An important item on Wu and Titulaer's platform is to refresh the fine arts program at Marquette.

"It has been very frustrating to watch — such wasted talent," Wu said of artistic students who come to Marquette and have nowhere to grow. "That's a part of their lives. They are here and there is no place to foster that. What are we doing? We are in a community that's in a prime location and we're doing nothing."

"Marquette is supposed to be about cura personalis — care for the whole person," Titulaer said. "And we are leaving a part of that person out."

According to Patrick Whitty, a member of the Wu-Titulaer campaign, the fine arts aspect of the platform is one sure to impact many students on campus.

"Expanding the fine arts on campus will make Marquette a more culturally vibrant community," said Whitty, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. "It will go a long way in providing an outlet for multi-talented students to express themselves."