Although their campaign hook was a play on Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Ben Anthony and Jordan Davis were serious from the get-go.

Once elected, Anthony and Davis set out to accomplish as much during their tenure as president and vice president of Ohio State University’s Undergraduate Student Government as they could.

“At the beginning of this year, Jordan and I made a promise to be a catalyst for change in the university neighborhood and that is a promise we intend on keeping,” said Anthony during the State of the University Address at last Wednesday’s Senate meeting in the Faculty Club.

In order to make off-campus living safer, USG is offering landlords a deal: if a landlord has a house with an exterior door without a working deadbolt, USG will buy the deadbolt for the landlord. All the landlord has to do is install it.

Another problem that OSU students face is the high price of textbooks.

“After several years of effort, I am excited to announce the creation of textbooks.osu.edu,” said Anthony, a fourth-year in business administration and political science. “This will be a one-stop shop for information about how to overcome the burden of costly textbooks.”

With OSU transitioning to semesters in 2012, Davis believes it is important that undergraduate students are participating in discussions about the switch and contributing to the decisions being made.

“We urge the administration to continue to value the undergraduate perspective and involve our students in the many discussions that will be continuing to develop,” she said.

At a university as big as OSU, many fear that students will fall through the cracks during the switch to semesters, Anthony said. “I am here tonight to let you know that USG and Ohio State will not allow this to happen to our students.”

While assisting with the switch to semesters, there are other upcoming issues that Anthony and Davis are excited about. One is the Columbus Student Collaborative, where university students and city officials will be brought together to discuss issues of common concern as they relates to the city of Columbus, Davis said.

Other events include the University District Innovation Competition — where students are challenged for cash prizes to redesign a city dumpster to be less easily tipped over — and the annual dinner for higher education with a new week-long advocacy component.

“Yes,” Anthony said. “It is a good time to be at Ohio State.”