Class of 2004 officers, off-campus co-presidents elected
By JASON McFARLEY
Assisatant News Editor
Run-off elections Friday yielded winners in the 2004 class council race and the off-campus co-presidents contest.
The 2004 ticket of Keri Oxley capitalized on its success in Wednesday's primary, defeating the Brian Adams ticket 454-297 Friday. George Remus and Amy Sellers earned the off-campus co-president nod with a 121-97 win over Liz Efta and Kelly Stocker.
"I'm excited that our ticket was able to win. We feel like we have good experience and would be great for the job," said Nick Williams, the vice presidential candidate on the Oxley ticket.
Oxley and Williams' running mates are secretary Jazmin Garcia and treasurer Jason King.
Receiving 469 votes, the Oxley ticket emerged as the clear leader in Wednesday's seven-way primary election, while the Adams ticket won only 172 votes.
Williams said his ticket is enthusiastic about implementing many service-oriented goals on its platform. One of the administration's ideas next school year would establish a sophomore-only major service project during a University academic break. Another would put to work members of the Class of 2004 on service activities in the South Bend community.
"We've talk to administrators about our platform goals, and what we're excited about is that all of our ideas are very feasible," Williams said.
The Remus/Sellers ticket's 24-vote win over the Efta/Stocker ticket mandated an automatic recount by the judicial council Friday. The council is required to recount any votes in an election in which the margin of victory is 25 or fewer votes. In Wednesday's primary, Efta and Stocker's slim 11-vote lead also prompted a recount.
Remus said despite trailing Efta and Stocker heading into Friday's runoff, he was confident that his ticket would win.
"We thought we had a good chance of making up the difference in votes," Remus said. "We felt like students would take notice of our platform."
Among the ideas on the ticket's platform are programming and activities to enhance the social experience of off-campus students. Remus and Sellers plans to set up intramural off-campus sports teams, similar to current interhall teams for on-campus students. They also hope to organize an off-campus dance and a casino trip for off-campus students.
"When we decided to run, Amy and I thought this office would be interesting and fun to try. It will also give us the opportunity to organize social functions for our off-campus classmates," Remus said.
All News Stories for Monday, March 5, 2001
