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by JESSICA L. BLAIR
reporter
Students at Marshall voted in 17 new senators to sit on student
government Tuesday.
"I was pretty happy with the turnout," Derek Scarbro,
election commissioner, said.
Scarbro said the average student turnout for fall elections is
generally 150 to 175 students. This year, 210 voters went to the
polls, which were located in the lobby of Marshall's Memorial Student
Center and the first floor of Drinko library. The election concluded
at 6 p.m.
The newly elected senators include Michael Safcsak and Kelli Kerbawy
for the College of Liberal Arts; Frank Chu and Kameron Miller, Elizabeth
McDowell Lewis College of Business; Amanda Mitsch and Razine Ahmed,
College of Science; David Hilling, Community and Technical College;
Brian Kessler, Graduate School; Yuan Rong Jia, College of Information
Technology and Engineering; Ann Nyugen, the Medical School; Eric
Near, College of Fine Arts; Tom Means, University College; and Brian
Wilson and Robert Carol, College of Education and Human Services,
Scarbro said.
The College of Education and Human Services had a tie for two other
seats. At the next weekly senate meeting, which will probably be
during dead week, the judiciary committee will interview the candidate
who tied and then the senate will decide who should fill the positions,
he said.
ÒThe only problem now is a good one,Ó Scarbro said, ÒweÕve run
out of seats at the senate table.Ó
The newly elected senators will be sworn in by a student justice
member at the next meeting.
SGA fall elections may be over, but the senate continues with their
weekly meetings. Tuesday, the senate said they decided students
who misuse a handicap sticker had better watch out.
SGAÕs Faculty Adviser Steve Hensley informed the senate he received
an e-mail from an anonymous faculty member discussing how he or
she sees students using handicap tags and stickers in a false manner.
The faculty member said he is handicap and thinks it is wrong for
students to abuse the spaces, Hensley said.
Hensley added that the state code states anyone caught abusing
handicap stickers could be fined $100 plus court costs.
This topic was sent up to the senate to see if action should be
taken to stop those abusing the stickers. Marshall University Police
Department uses the honor system with students who have these stickers
and, Òbelieve the person with the sticker,Ó Hensley said.
ÒEveryone with the removable handicap plaque is required to have
identification describing their disability,Ó Hensley said.
Teddy Kluemper, director of public relations for SGA, said the
executive committee plans to address this situation at their next
meeting.
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