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Election results in for all but South campus
Christopher Duray
Issue date: 9/12/08 Section: News
The USG elections wrapped up Thursday with 1,545 students turning out to vote. All positions were filled except for that of South senator, which ended in a tie. Students also overwhelmingly approved changes to the USG constitution.
In the race for the freshman class senator, one of the most hotly contested positions, Patrick Notti won by a margin of 108 votes over Doug Murphy. In other races, Thomas O'Neill and Megan Piscopiello became Alumni senators, Jennifer Hurwitz and Grace Collins won the race for North, Brian Ingmanson and Francisco Torres won Northwest and Jonathan Sakakini and Samuel Greenberg won CLAS. All other positions were uncontested.
South campus candidates Demetre Stamatis and Megan Qualey each won five votes. A special election will later determine the winner, according to USG Chief Justice John Ernst.
New North senator Grace Collins commented on her victory.
"I plan to make it my personal mission to keep fellow residents happy with every aspect of their experience on campus," she said. "On that note, I encourage every undergraduate to take the initiative and express their thoughts about campus life to the Undergraduate Student Government representatives."
Kevin Evringham, a newly elected Commuter senator, said he will use his position to push for sidewalk construction on Hunting Lodge Road.
"Additionally, greater cooperation needs to happen between the Storrs-Mansfield Community and our commuters that live in the area as currently we make up a large part of the local population yet have little say in the policies enacted," he said.
Another new senator, Andrew Elash of Hilltop dorms, expressed his gratitude to his constituency.
"Ultimately this is about the students and their interests," he said. "The residents of Hilltop dorms will have a dedicated and effective advocate in me."
According to Funding Board Chairperson Jared Ashmore, the constitutional changes that were approved formalized term limits and impeachment procedures, recognized Mansfield Apartments as an residential area for elections and corrected minor grammatical mistakes.
In the race for the freshman class senator, one of the most hotly contested positions, Patrick Notti won by a margin of 108 votes over Doug Murphy. In other races, Thomas O'Neill and Megan Piscopiello became Alumni senators, Jennifer Hurwitz and Grace Collins won the race for North, Brian Ingmanson and Francisco Torres won Northwest and Jonathan Sakakini and Samuel Greenberg won CLAS. All other positions were uncontested.
South campus candidates Demetre Stamatis and Megan Qualey each won five votes. A special election will later determine the winner, according to USG Chief Justice John Ernst.
New North senator Grace Collins commented on her victory.
"I plan to make it my personal mission to keep fellow residents happy with every aspect of their experience on campus," she said. "On that note, I encourage every undergraduate to take the initiative and express their thoughts about campus life to the Undergraduate Student Government representatives."
Kevin Evringham, a newly elected Commuter senator, said he will use his position to push for sidewalk construction on Hunting Lodge Road.
"Additionally, greater cooperation needs to happen between the Storrs-Mansfield Community and our commuters that live in the area as currently we make up a large part of the local population yet have little say in the policies enacted," he said.
Another new senator, Andrew Elash of Hilltop dorms, expressed his gratitude to his constituency.
"Ultimately this is about the students and their interests," he said. "The residents of Hilltop dorms will have a dedicated and effective advocate in me."
According to Funding Board Chairperson Jared Ashmore, the constitutional changes that were approved formalized term limits and impeachment procedures, recognized Mansfield Apartments as an residential area for elections and corrected minor grammatical mistakes.
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Walter Rescorla '75
posted 9/12/08 @ 7:55 PM EST
Are you kiddidng me, 1,500 students turned out to vote for people to represent them in student government? Ther are over 20,000 undergraduate students on campus? Current students ought to be ashamed, but then I'm a person who's voted in every election since I've been eligible, served in the military and write to my congressman. (Continued…)
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