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Gray
elected treasurer, SBAC, HEC results in
By Jeff Harvey
Old Gold and Black Reporter
In the runoff election April 23, freshman Randy Gray defeated freshman Fritz Vaughan to claim the position of Student Government treasurer for the 2002-2003 academic year. The results of the runoff, along with the results of the Student Budget Advisory Committee and Honor and Ethics Council elections were posted at 9 a.m. April 24 outside the student government offices in Benson University Center. Online voting took place April 23. Gray captured 58.8 percent of the vote in the runoff election for treasurer, edging Vaughan, who earned 41.2 percent. Seven hundred total votes were cast for treasurer. "Even though the election was a long process requiring an extra week of campaign work, it was well worth it," Gray said. "Now I'm looking forward to next year." The runoff election was necessary following last week's election of officers, in which no candidate for treasurer earned a majority of the vote. In the preliminary election, Gray earned 35.5 percent of the vote, Vaughan won 32.7 percent, and freshman Laura Bergfield captured 31.8 percent. "This was an exciting election," Gray said. "I know the work ethic and dedication that Fritz and Laura possess will be valuable to SG in the future; their ideas are much needed." Elections were also held Tuesday for representatives to the Student Budget Advisory Committee and the Honor and Ethics Council. These elections were first held last week, but technical difficulties with the voting process forced the Student Government Elections Committee to cancel the results and hold a new election this week. According to SG President and Elections committee member Jordan Brehove, the problem with the first vote was that since this year's elections were conducted on WIN, students were forced to vote according to their academic class standing, not in accordance with how many semesters they had been in school. Each class elected one representative to SBAC. In the race for the rising-senior representative, Collin Jacobson emerged with 64.3 percent of the vote, while challenger Whitaker Grannis earned 35.7 percent. 305 votes were cast for this position. Amanda Davis will serve as SBAC rising-junior representative. She captured 64.8 percent of the vote, defeating Kelvis Johnson, who earned 35.2 percent. Students cast 250 votes for this seat. The rising-sophomore representative to the SBAC is yet to be determined. According to SG Elections Committee member Sarah Milton, no one applied for this position, so the online elections were only for write-in votes. No write-in candidate received the necessary ten votes to win the election, so another vote will be held in the fall along with the election for the freshman representative. "I am personally excited about being elected to the SBAC," Davis said. "I'm looking forward to next year, and I'm hoping we can make the process by which organizations received funding more efficient." In the revamped election for the Honor and Ethics Council, rising seniors elected three representatives. Sarah Lester earned 22.9 percent of the 911 total votes cast, Brett Bechtel won 19.9 percent, and Greg Casey received 19.5 percent. These three will represent next year's seniors on the Council. Other candidates on the ballot included Andrew Harper (14.4 percent of the total vote), Derek Gilliam (13.2 percent), and Christopher Nichols (10.1 percent). Students cast 1,093 votes and elected four rising junior representatives to the HEC. The top four vote getters were Taylor Fordham, who claimed 17.2 percent of the vote, Lanier Jackson, who won 16.4 percent, Danielle Fisher, who earned 15.6 percent, and Halley Davis who captured 14.5 percent. The remaining candidates were Will Perry (13.1 percent), Erin Creasy (12.0 percent) and Kevin Link (11.3 percent). Students submitted 689 votes were cast in the election for three rising-sophomore representatives to the HEC. Those who will serve on the council are Jamie Dean, who came away with 22.6 percent of the vote, Josh Holden, who earned 20.5 percent, and David Wells, who received 17.1 percent. The other candidates on the ballot were Christian Staples (13.9 percent), David Sansing (12.9 percent), and Todd Miller (12.9 percent). "I enjoyed my experience with HEC this year, and I'm glad I will be able to serve next year as well," rising junior Halley Davis said. "HEC is important because it ensures that students get a fair hearing. Having student representatives involved in hearings enables the Council to see the situation from a different perspective. "We, as fellow students, know the point of view of the student; we know where they're coming from," she said. The Honor and Ethics Council settles all cases involving honor code violations and issues of conduct that are not heard by the administration. |
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