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VP CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a lot of apathy this year. ” According to Dreiling, the elec tion win won’t let her forget about her goals as safety director for the rest of the semester. “I have a big safety project coming up in March,” Dreiling said. “It’s go ing to be a whole week of safety is sues.” Dreiling said the best part of be ing a candidate was getting to meet a lot of new people. “Whether I won or lost, I really learned a lot, and I met so many people doing this,” she said. This year’s vice presidential elec tion began with three official can didates. The Carolina Student Judicial Council ruled White, a graduate student in the College of Liberal Arts, wasn’t allowed to run because he wasn’t in good academic standing with his college. Dreiling’s platform stresses ac tively communicating with students to defend budget, parking and safety issues. She said the most indis pensable element of her proposals is the students’ input. Dreiling said hepplatform issues are the most pressing concerns for students on campus. She added that she has listened to students’ concerns to formulate Wer goals. Dreiling said she wasn’t going to worry about her upcoming job too much in the coming weeks. She said her campaign supporters would take her out to celebrate after the victory announcement, and added that her Cabinet position is her top priority for now. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesktahotmailcom President CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 other campaigns for the things that we’re talking about in our platform,” he said. Like Bornemann, Patel plans to stay with the strategy he has pursued so far. “We’re going to do the same thing: talk to organizations, talk to students, let them know what we’re about,” he said. “I think if s the best way to make sure that the students are informed, and it’s the best way to kind of en courage them to go out and vote.” Bristow said he was disap pointed in the results and said the presidency was “something I’d wanted for a long time.” But he complimented his campaign staff on their effort. “We have no regrets because we left it all out there,” Bristow said. “That’s all you can ask for.” Bristow said he would continue to try to push parts of his platform through Student Senate. An effort two weeks ago to pass a resolution encouraging online syllabuses suc ceeded after a long debate. “I hope Senate will be able to work with me on them, and then we can get them passed for the stu dent body,” Bristow said. While Brown said she, too, was disappointed at her loss, she said she was encouraged by the high vot er turnout, saying it fit in with her goal of higher student participation “That was one of the main things I was working for,” Brown said. “Any time people get in volved, that’s a good thing.” Elections Commissioner Adam Bourne said he was excited about the high voter turnout. “I think it’s a credit to the can didates’ hard work and enthusi asm, and I was very pleased,” he said. Bourne said he hoped the turnout would also be high for the runoff. “I think it’s going to depend on a lot of variables. But I think over all we can count on high turnout next week as well,” he said. McFadden couldn’t be reached for comment. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com Results of SG Senate Elections ♦ SENATE SEAT WON ♦♦ RUNOFF (TO BE HELD FEB. 27-28) College of Engineering ♦ Salman Ali ♦ Sara Arvidson ♦ Nathaniel Mark ♦ Ryan Petty College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management ♦ Maridith Ramsey ♦Joe Tomlin •v College of Journalism and Mass Communications Trinessa Gibson Tabitha Lewis ♦Jen McCarthy ♦Sarah McLaulin ♦Debbie Parker ♦ GregSzmurlo College of Liberal Arts Allison Albert Anita Autry ♦ Carson Bacon ♦ Sarah Bayko Cecelia Booker ♦ Kelly Bowen ♦ Lara Bratcher Kevin Brazell Michael Brown Matt Butler Jeffrey Gresham ♦ Adam Hark Maxwell Highsmith George Raad ♦Zachery Scott ♦J.D. Shipman Justin Simmons Elliott Wiles _2_ ♦ Ginny Wnght Moore School of Business ♦ Nick Bettin ♦ Shaundra Cunningham ♦ Chris Foy ♦Thashundray Robertson ♦ Ryan Stuckey ♦ Elizabeth Wade ♦ Daniel Wheeler Damian Wingate School of Nursing ♦ Lindsay Walker School of Pharmacy ♦William Cordova ♦ Billy Grooms Jr. School of Public Health ♦ Kara Lane" ♦Jessica Smith College of Science and Mathematics ♦ Amy Buchanan-Feinberg Alecia Burgess ♦ Ken Byrd Reshma Changappa ♦ Marie Connelly ♦ Tricia Daniels ♦♦Tom Griffin ♦♦ Michael Hickman Dan Homer Jared Joyce-Schleimer Sonia Karamchandani Michael Yehl College of Criminal Justice ♦Tom King ♦Tyler Odom I rexas Roadhouse is Open For Lunch!! Mon-Fri 11am-3pm Steak Special Join Us for Lunch and Enjoy a 6 oz. USDA Choice Sirioin Choice of 2 Luncheon Sides Only $5.99 No Coupon Necessary 2 Area Locations to Serve You: tOO Columbiana Drive (803) 407-6670 3304 Two Notch Road (803) 788-5384 Open Daily 11:00 A.M. _ STERLING UNIVERSITY I I