CW/ Shawn Canale Matt Gentry and Emily Jones, Republican candidates for the Public Service Commission and State Board of Education, speak at a UA College Republicans event. The UA College Republicans hosted Republican candidates Matt Gentry and Emily Jones in North Lawn on Wednesday. “We have the command staff there, and the people get to meet their deputies.”Jones is running for the State Board of Education. The board makes policies such as standards of curriculum, hiring superintendents and determining local budgets for the public schools within the state. “We’re so lucky to have a state where candidates want to come and speak to campuses like ours,” McCarty said.