2008 Woodie Awards
All measures pass
Caitlin Dean
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: News
A few curious students momentarily glanced up from their textbooks in the Violette Hall atrium last night as a circle of about 20 students formed around senior Daniel Poindexter. Most turned back to their studies, unaware the papers in Poindexter's hand would determine much of their representation next year.
At 9 p.m., Poindexter, Student Senate speaker and acting ethics justice, announced the results of the Student Government Association Spring 2008 Elections.
The majority of the newly elected officers ran uncontested. Sophomore Lizz Esfeld will serve as next year's president with running mate senior Brett Wiley serving as vice president.
David Hayes, with 486 votes, beat out Kristel Givogue, 477 votes, and Philip Gilmor, 432 votes, in the race for Senior Senator.
"I didn't come to the decision to run for president lightly because I knew that it probably meant I was going to be at Truman for an extra year," Esfeld said. "I can't possibly take the course load that I would need to take in the next year."
Esfeld said she worries students are not represented the way they should be, and she has big plans for next year's Senate. She hopes to bring about a more unified student body, change perceptions of the Senate, initiate better outreach to the student body and become more involved than ever before, she said.
"I am so pumped for next year," she said. "We're going to get so much done, and I'm ecstatic to be able to represent the students over the summer and next year. It's going to be a great year on Senate."
Esfeld said she would rather have faced an opponent in the election, but her party's campaigning efforts did not change despite running uncontested.
"Being uncontested means that getting more votes is important, just to add legitimacy to the entire presidency," Esfeld said.
One issue on the ballot called for the creation of a vice president position. This issue passed, and Esfeld said the new position will allow more opportunities for the Senate to become involved on campus.
At 9 p.m., Poindexter, Student Senate speaker and acting ethics justice, announced the results of the Student Government Association Spring 2008 Elections.
The majority of the newly elected officers ran uncontested. Sophomore Lizz Esfeld will serve as next year's president with running mate senior Brett Wiley serving as vice president.
David Hayes, with 486 votes, beat out Kristel Givogue, 477 votes, and Philip Gilmor, 432 votes, in the race for Senior Senator.
"I didn't come to the decision to run for president lightly because I knew that it probably meant I was going to be at Truman for an extra year," Esfeld said. "I can't possibly take the course load that I would need to take in the next year."
Esfeld said she worries students are not represented the way they should be, and she has big plans for next year's Senate. She hopes to bring about a more unified student body, change perceptions of the Senate, initiate better outreach to the student body and become more involved than ever before, she said.
"I am so pumped for next year," she said. "We're going to get so much done, and I'm ecstatic to be able to represent the students over the summer and next year. It's going to be a great year on Senate."
Esfeld said she would rather have faced an opponent in the election, but her party's campaigning efforts did not change despite running uncontested.
"Being uncontested means that getting more votes is important, just to add legitimacy to the entire presidency," Esfeld said.
One issue on the ballot called for the creation of a vice president position. This issue passed, and Esfeld said the new position will allow more opportunities for the Senate to become involved on campus.
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