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2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2006 Dearmin nabs presidency Few problems in campus elections FROM STAFF REPORTS Feb. 16 A year after the most prolonged campus contest in recent memory, student elections ended without a hitch. Seth Dearmin was elected the University’s next student body president Tuesday, winning 51.6 percent of the votes in a close run off against Seke Ballard. Dearmin received 2,602 of the 5,046 votes cast Tuesday after gar nering 40 percent of the vote in the general election last week. After hearing the results, Dearmin spent several minutes rejoicing with his supporters and taking phone calls from well-wish ers. Ballard, who picked up an addi tional 542 votes since the gen eral election when he received 27 percent of the vote said he Welcome Back Tar Heels! wm , Japanese House of Steaks & Sushi 4 .. * f ■ " ;y: Dine in - Take out - Gift Certificates >' 3504 Mt. Moriah Road • Durham • 401-6908 ' (Exit 270 off I-40. North on 15-501, first intersection past I-40) ' . 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Of the 1,584 total ballots cast in the race, Whisnant and Peddycord garnered 818, while opponents Madison Perry and Whit Walker grabbed 766, closing with 48.4 percent of the votes. The two campaigns were forced into a runoff election after last week’s general election results left neither ticket with a majority of the Year in Review votes. Most of the student leader posi tions have been filled after three landslide victories ip last week’s general election. Chasity Wilson secured the office of president of the Residential Housing Association with almost 96 percent of the vote in an uncon tested election. Graduate student Mike Brady also was uncontested in his run for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. Brady garnered 92.8 percent of the 540 votes cast. Last year, 541 students voted for the position. Justin Johnson coasted to victo ry in the race for Carolina Athletic Association president, bringing in 4,414 votes 72 percent —of the 6,123 votes cast for the office. It was the first election in two years where more than one candi date campaigned for the position. Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu. Municipal elections see low turnout, turnover FROM STAFF REPORTS This year’s municipal election season came to a close Nov. 8 with most incumbents retaining their seats in office and some newcom ers gaining the chance to exercise political clout. Chapel Hill Three familiar faces will return to the Chapel Hill Town Council as a result of the election, and they will serve with a newcomer who bested them all. Incumbents Ed Harrison and Mark Kleinschmidt both succeed ed in their bids for re-election. Bill Thorpe returned to the council after an 18-year absence. Laurin Easthom, in her first time running for elected office, joined them. Easthom topped all council candidates with 3,788 votes, edging Kleinschmidt, who had 3,772 votes. Challengers Will Raymond, Robin Cutson and Jason Baker, a UNC student, placed, fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively. In the Chapel Hill mayoral race, voters re-elected Kevin Foy to his seat in a landslide victory against challenger and new resident Kevin Wolff. Foy received almost 80 per cent of the votes. Carrboro Two incumbents prevailed and one newcomer was welcomed to ' /,, JANUARY %#BLOW I 1 Denim • Sweaters • Fleece • Outerwear | l Winter Accessories ° & more CHAPEL HILL LOCATION: 83 S. Elliott Rd. (next to Whole Foods) 919-933-3003 • OPEN Mon-Sat 9-7 • Sun 12-6 DURHAM WAREHOUSE LOCATION: 754 A Ninth St. (across from George's) 919-286-2246 • OPEN WEEKENDS Fri 126 * Sat 12-7 • Sun 124 Ernes Hall 52-6507 uitc.edu 'am- 3pm | | ! 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H 1: http://careers.unc.edu UCsST H 7x “( reate an Account" ‘i , ' m 3: F.nlcr PlD# and complete profile H | Programs open to UNC students with the exception of Law. MBA. MAC, Medical and Dental students, who are screed hy separate career offices. the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. Incumbents Jacquelyn Gist, John Herrera and newcomer Randee Haven-O’Donnell easily won seats. Gist, a four-time incumbent, gar nered 26 percent of the total vote, or 1,545 votes. Haven-O’Donnell received 1,280 votes, 33 more than incumbent Herrera received. Challengers Katrina Ryan, Catherine DeVine and David Marshall came in fourth, fifth and sixth place, respectively. In a race that some expected to be much closer, Mark Chilton won the mayor’s seat leaving opponent and fellow alderman Alex Zaffion to serve out the remainder of his term on the board. Chilton carried the race with 63 percent of the vote. Board of Education Only one new face joined the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education this term. Incumbents Lisa Stuckey and Pam Hemminger held on to their seats, with the third open spot going to newcomer Jean Hamilton. Results show that Stuckey gar nered the most votes with 5,949. Challenger Jeff Danner missed the cut with 3,282 votes. Hillsborough Hillsborough saw an upset in its mayoral race but reaffirmed two incumbent town board members. Sip Wy @ar Uwl Tom Stevens, the only first-time challenger in the Hillsborough races, won the mayoral seat against two time incumbent Joe Phelps, taking more than 51 percent of the vote. Incumbent town board members Mike Gering and Frances Dancy fin ished first and second with 689 and 653 votes, respectively. Challenger Paul Newton came in third with 573 votes. Scnool tax Orange County Schools district residents soundly defeated a refer endum that would have introduced a special tax in the district. The tax’s proponents said it would have worked to equalize funding inequalities between the county and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, which already has its owi: special tax —one that gener ates about sl3 million annually. By a vote of 1,156 to 4,087, the referendum was rejected. Contact the City Editor at dtydesk@unc.edu. jp Hotly ®ar Hppl P.O. Box 3257, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Ryan C. Tuck, Editor, 9624086 Advertising & Business, 962-1163 News, Features, Sports, 962-0245 One copy per person; additional copies may be purchased at The Daily Tar Heel for $.25 each. © 2301 DTH Publishing Ccrp. All rights reserved It is the policy of The Daily Tar Heel to report any inaccurate infor mation published in our newspaper as soon as the error is discovered. Any incorrect information print ed on the front page will result in a correction printed on the front page. Any incorrect information printed on any other page will be corrected at the top left of page 3. 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