StuCo senators elected

Kelsey Tegtmeier
Staff Writer
April 22, 2004, Page 1

After almost three hours of counting and recounting, eleven people were elected senators to Doane Student Congress.
Twenty-six people competed for the title of senator. Under normal circumstances only 10 students would have been elected.
This year was a different situation.
The votes were recounted numerous times and the numbers revealed a tie between two candidates for the final position, Jordan Hahn, newly elected StuCo vice president, said.
An emergency StuCo meeting was called as a result of the tie, Hahn said.
The organization’s constitution states that Congress cannot chose one candidate over the other.
The Congress decided to add both individuals as StuCo senators next year, Hahn said.
Almost half of the student body voted to elect the following senators for next year: Amanda Bennett, Stephanie Blackstone, Brent Cole, Mike Dale, Troy Haenfler, Jordan Kenyon, Griffin Lothrop, Mark Rogge, Danielle Settles, Adam Thompson and India Williams.
The new senators are joined by treasurer Natalie Nelsen and secretary Todd Andrews, newly elected president Lindsay Wegener said.
She said she is excited about the new Student Congress.
“I was excited to see the caliber of people that were on the ballot,” Wegener said.
Griffin Lothrop, sophomore, ran for Student Congress senator because he wanted to be more involved on campus.
“I’m confident about what StuCo can do next year,” Lothrop said.
Jimmy Feeney, current StuCo President, said he was pleased with the entire election process including candidates and voter turnout.
“The candidates did an incredible job of campaigning and we had an extremely strong field of candidates this year,” Feeney said. “I would like to thank those who ran and congratulate those who will represent the student body on the 2004-2005 Student Congress.”