2008 Woodie Awards
Collins, Hendrich to face off in runoff
Leigh Patton
Managing Editor
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: News
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At 7:20 p.m. the anticipated Student Government Association candidates hovered around the window where the results of the winners were posted.
Caitlin Collins and Mikey Hendrich will have a runoff for president because neither candidate reached the 50 percent accumulation of votes needed to win presidency outright.
Collins received 493 votes, Hendrich 282 votes. Third-place presidential candidate Jeffrey Ryan Harris recieved 216 votes.
Chapter 505 of the SGA code of laws states, "A majority of the total votes cast is necessary to win any of the elected SGA offices other than senator and student-at-large."
"A run-off was definitely something I expected." Collins said. "There were three strong candidates running, which made it really hard for any one person to get the majority of the votes. I'm just happy that I am going to have the opportunity to be one of the candidates in the runoff."
Jason Shepard won the seat for treasurer having 572 votes where his opponent Todd Fowler had 346 votes.
Shepard plans to focus his efforts on streamlining and simplifying the appropriations process along with communicating more effectively with the student body as a whole.
"I hope to affect immediate change," Shepard said. "My biggest goal will be to work with the senate to immediately produce new legislation aimed at simplifying and streamlining the appropriations process, while making the process more equitable."
Ideally Shepard would like to see the legislation enacted prior to the fall semester appropriations.
Hannah Skewes will be the next SGA chief justice winning over Justin Simmons.
"I'm actually very surprised that I won," Skewes said. "I was hoping for it, but I know I had worthy opposition."
As chief justice Skewes will want to work with the other officers "about reviewing the constitution and making needed changes, nullifying obsolete articles and making the overall structure and outreach of SGA a lot stronger and healthier as well as a more positive experience for students as a whole."
Ashley McGee will be SGA's 2008-2009 attorney general accumulating 713 votes where Mohamed Kamaludeen received 258 votes.
"I plan to work very heavily with the rest of the executive council to increase student involvement on campus, and to ensure all Lowdown rules and regulations are followed when conducting all SGA business." McGee said.
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