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SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
Carol Copeland
Tricia Daniels
Michael Hickman
Phillip Mason
Diana Morvey
PHARMACY
John Matthews
Allison Sharpe
MUSIC
Eric Lapin
LIBERAL ARTS
Kristin Andreano
Kelly Bowen
Lara Bratcher
Cameron Burnette
Jeff Crews
Chris Dickson
Julie Kreisman
Haley Smith
15.1% (112 votes)
18.0% (133 votes)
13.6% (101 votes)
16.8% (124 votes)
13.9% (193 votes)
45.1% (97 votes)
54.9% (118 votes)
75% (21 votes)
8.3% (244 votes)
9.6% (282 votes)
9.9% (290 votes)
8.1% (237 votes)
8.1% (239 votes)
7.3% (214 votes)
8.2% (241 votes)
8.1% (268 votes)
BUSINESS
Anjalee Dave
Ben Havird
Daniel Kim
Tyler Macolly
Ishita Shah
Gwendolyn Taylor
Brian Wayne
JOURNALISM
Tyler Jeffrey
NURSING
Erin Lanford
14.1% (199 votes)
14.6% (205 votes)
13.6% (192 votes)
15.4% (217 votes)
13.3% (187 votes)
14.2% (200 votes)
13.9% (196 votes)
92.1% (222 votes)
100% (80 votes)
HOTEL, RESTAURANT AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Alex Kronstemer
Jeremiah Sexton
Patrick Walsh
LAW SCHOOL
Aaron Polkey
Amanda Dudgeon
31.5% (64 votes)
32.0% (65 votes)
36.0% (73 votes)
54.8% (34 votes)
33.9% (21 votes)
Vice President
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accomplished at USC.”
Elections Commissioner
Brooke Vickery announced the
results to the crowd of students
on the third floor Russell House
lobby, consisting mostly of SG
candidates and their campaign
staffs. The results came at the
end of a furious campaign season
that included handing out thou
sands of fliers and parking cars
plastered with campaign posters
on Greene Street.
Scott said his victory proves
that students are “mainly con
cerned about what the candidate
can accomplish, and I think I
proved that during the cam
paign.”
At first, it looked as if Scott
would run unopposed until, on
the last possible day, Norton filed
for office with the support of the
newly formed Palmetto Party.
“Zach ran a good race,” Norton
said. “I think both of us did a lot
to get people involved, and I
would just like to see Zach con
tinue to work with the students,
and I hope to see that he upholds
the best interests of the students.”'
Norton said he won’t “fade
away into the darkness” and plans
to file for a Cabinet position or fill
a vacant Student Senate seat.
“This
Senate rules in his campaign, say
ing that many senators fail to up
hold their duties laid out in the SG
constitution.
“I think that being in the
Senate for the past two years en
ables me to have a certain amount
of trust between myself and the
senators that! will be working
with,” he said. “And whenever I
ask them to do something, it will
be more like me
isn i me ena
of Patrick
Norton,” he
said. “Pm go
ing to be
around stir
ring up some
muck.”
With the
election
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finally taking a stand,
finally releasing and
making a choice that
issues matter”
ZACHERY SCOTT
SG VICE PRESIDENT
asKing mem to
do something
that I’ve already
done.” .
Scott'said the
first thing he
plans to do is con
tinue his work on
improving com
munication with
over, Scott said he will now turn the Safety Committee and to be
to making the transition to vice come familiar with the faces of the
president, working with the administration, Faculty Senate
Senate appointing committee and campusdeaders.
chairs and deciding on goals for
the new Senate session. Comments on this story? E-mail
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President
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Elections Commissioner
Brooke Vickery said runoff elec
tions can be exciting.
“I think that in the past, some
times the person who’s way
ahead takes it all the way, and
sometimes the underdog will sur
prise you,” she said. “You never
can tell.”
Of the 2,513 votes for presi
dent, Dreiling received the most
with 767. Odom won 676, Ginny
Wright 475, Justin Simmons 418.
Bryan Murphy 111 and Tim
Roberts 60.
In addition, Wes Donehue of the
College Republicans, SG Attorney
General Brook Bristow, Vickery
and David “Slingblade” Huntley
all received at least one write-in
vote.
Dreiling said she was excited at
her success.
“I’m overjoyed that I got into
the runoff,” Dreilingsaid.
She also said she was confident
going into the runoff this week.
“According to the vote tally, I
have a little more support than he
does now,” she said.
Dreiling also commented on
Odom’s affiliation with the
Palmetto Party. “I just hope that
political party tactics don’t over
look experience and honesty and
integrity, and I encourage stu
dents to vote again,” Dreiling
said.
Odom said he was happy with
the election turnout.
“It’s just begun,” Odom said.
“We’ve got to get the students’
voice out.”
Odom said he is concentrating
on the upcoming runoff.
“I’m focused on Thursday and
Friday,” he said. “It’s like a foot
ball game; you need to keep your
focus on that game.”
Odom thinks the Palmetto
Party will affect SG in the future.
“Win or lose, the party is going
to be involved,” Odom said. He
said the party helps the voice of
the students reach SG.
Wright said she does not sup
port any candidate running in the
runoff election.
“I’m not endorsing anyone be
cause I don’t think there is anyone
in this election to endorse,” she
said.
Wright thinks SG will be disor
ganized under its new adminis
tration.
“Student Government has been
disheveled for the past year, and
if the student body wants that to
continue, they got it today,” she
said.
Simmons said that although
he was disappointed he didn’t
win, the results were still en
couraging.
i m reauy proua max in xnree
weeks’ time and not spending a
significant amount of money, we
were able to put up the fight we
did,” Simmons said.
Roberts said he was glad the
election was over and that he had
fun running for president.
“Watch out; I’ll be back next
year,” he said.
Brian Murphy could not be
reached for comment.
Current SG President Ankit
Patel said both runoff candidates
would make a good SG president.
“Two good candidates made it
to a runoff,” Patel said. “It’s the
beauty of democracy.”
Patel said he would like to see
the new president continue the
council system he implemented
because it helps student organi
zations get more involved with
SG.
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Sweep
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a sweep of the campus prior to
7 p.m., when the results were
supposed to be announced, and
found that several signs were
still up. It gave candidates until
9 p.m. to take signs down or it
could withhold the results until
6 p.m. the next day.
The Student Government
constitution mandates that the
elections commissioner re
lease results within 24 hours.
Presidential candidate Tyler
Odom appealed the Clean
Sweep rule to SG Attorney
General Brook Bristow, who
ruled that candidates did not
have to take their signs down
but that the announcement was
still at the discretion of the
Elections Commission.
“My job is to rule on consti
tutionality. I don’t make elec
tion policy, and I don’t change
the election rules,” Bristow
said. “I, for one, am glad that we
got it in tonight. Student
Government has to battle a lot
of apathy and cynicism as it is,
and having to delay an elections
announcement even further
would just continue that trend.”
Vickery said that while
Bristow said candidates did
not have to take their signs
down, the commission still
asked that candidates remove
them out of courtesy and re
spect for the rules.
“We can’t force people to do
things that they are not will
Treasurer
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He said he would like to thank
his campaign manager, Kelly
Bowen, for her help.
“I would like to thank everyone
else who voted for me and told peo
ple to vote for me,” Edwards said.
Edwards formerly served as
treasurer of the South Carolina
Student Legislature and Carolina
Raquetball. He was also chief of
staff for College Republicans.
Grooms said he plans to stay in
volved in Student Government
next year.
“I don’t care if I got elected trea
surer or not,” he said, “I’m going
to continue serving the students.”
He said if anyone has any posi
tions available in the Cabinet next
year, he would be happy to help.
Grooms also said students should
get involved in SG because stu
dents make up the campus.
“Get involved. Do what you
need to,” Grooms said. “We need
people willing to serve. ” t
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and Shirts!
Tyler Odom, a
member of the
Palmetto Party, -
refused to
remove his
campaign signs
by the Election
Commission’s 7
p.m. deadline
yesterday,
calling the order
to remove the
signs an “insult
to democracy.”
PHOTO BY TRISHA
SHADtyELL/THE
GAMECOCK
ing to do on their own, but we
wanted to make sure that we rec
ognized the people that did do it
and congratulate them for follow
ing the rules,” she said.
Odom refused to take his signs
down because, he said, it was un
fair to the candidates who would
be in the presidential runoff.
“It took me three or four days
to put all my signs up, and I think
it’s ridiculous to assume that I can
take all my signs down in two
hours,” he said.
Katie Dreiling, also a presiden
tial candidate, said she took down
all her signs because she wanted
to follow the ruler
“I feel that a c^ididate that
could be the future president of
the Student Government should
follow the rules and shouldn’t feel
that they can act above the rules,”
she said.
Treasurer candidate Billy
Grooms said he didn’t get all his
500 campaign signs down by 7 p.m.
and sent his campaign staff scur
rying across campus to remove
them.
Haley Smith, a representative
of the Palmetto Party; which
backs Odom, said none of the
group’s signs would come down.
Odom said: “These kinds of
things are an insult to democracy.
I just felt that this was something I
needed to stand up for, and I
wasn’t going to back down.”
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