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Volume LXVIII, No. 15
Jarrell, Wurster
Win Elections
By Andrew Walker
Jennifer Park
Elections were held last Thurs
day and Friday for next year's
Senate and Student Union of
ficers. The ticket of Tom Jarrel,
John Goodwin, and Kimberly
Eastman carried the election
with 370 votes. The opposing
ticket, consisting of Derek Ma
ingot, Bo Markley, Nathan Bohn
and Mamie Baum, lost with 239
votes.
In the election for Student
Union Diana Wurster,
Jay Norvell, and Libby Enos
won, pulling in 371 votes; Eric
Locklear, Barbara Ruby and
Becky Gunn received 221 votes.
Votes were taken during the
cafeteria lunch and dinner hours
February 16 and 17. When the
polls closed after dinner on Fri
day, students John Cox, Wendy
Quimby, and Kim Winters, and
professor Vernie Davis, advisor
to the Senate, gathered to count
votes. They announced that all
votes had been counted at 7:30
p.m. Of a total of 607 votes, 485
were cast the first day of the elec-
Political Analysis
Why Stu
By Joe Albright
Guilford College students may
have been equally influenced in
their voting decisions for Student
Union and Senate by which can
didates they know and by their
Photo by Tom Kisser
Tom Jarrell, newly elected president of The Student Senate.
tion, said Wendy Quimby, who
headed the election committee.
President-elect Tom Jarrel
said, "I feel I can be a help to
Guilford. I am excited about the
challenge. I want to utilize all the
talent of Guilford College.
Guilford has a lot of raw talent
that needs to be tapped."
Derek Maingot, who headed the
losing Senate ticket, expressed
the continued support and in
volvement in school politics of
himself and his running mates.
"We're going to work hard with
the president-elect because both
of us have the best interests of the
school at heart," Maingot said.
Diana Wurster, who has run for
student leadership positions in
the past two elections, said,
"Well, it was the third time
around. I figured if 1 didn't win
this time it wasn't meant to be.
I'm looking forward to an ex
cellent year."
Eric Locklear, whose election
bid for Student Union president
failed, congratulated the win
ners. "I hope both the new ad
ministrations succeed. I wish
them luck."
knowledge of the tickets' plat
forms, interviews with several
students indicate.
Twenty-one students were in
terviewed outside of Founders
Hall during the lunch time voting
hours last Friday. Ten students
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC 27410
Vernie Davis and Wendy Quimbv tabulate final votes Friday night as candidates chat in the background.
Photo by Tom Risser
Voted the Way They Did
said they voted for a ticket
because they knew one or more of
the candidates on that ticket. One
student voted against a ticket
because he did not like those can
didates. Twelve students were
familiar with at least one of the
four platforms. (There were two
tickets running for Senate and
two for Union.)
This survey's results indicate
that a significant number of
students' votes are cast solely on
the basis of knowing a candidate.
Of the ten students who voted for
a ticket because they knew one or
more of its members, one-half
said that they were not familiar
with that ticket's platform.
Nineteen of the twenty-one
students surveyed either voted or
planned to vote in the elections.
All but one of these students
thought it made a difference
which ticket was elected.
Some of the students who knew
something about the platforms
said that it was only because of
the candidates' initiative through
door to door campaigning in
dorms or just "talking with
them," that they became inform
ed. Others said they were
familiar with a candidate's plat
form, but not the opponent's plat
form.
Each of the four tickets attemp
ted to gain votes through per
sonal solicitation, printed
material and a presentation at
the "Meet The Candidates"
forum last Wednesday. Some
tickets went as a group door to
door in the dorms. Other can
didates sought votes individually
in dorms or wherever they ran
across people.
Personal solicitation was more
effective in getting votes than
Senator Speaks
Former U.S. Sen. Gale W.
McGee of Wyoming will be at
Guilford College Feb. 26-28,
meeting with political science
classes and giving two major lec
tures.
The public is invited to hear
McGee speak on "The President
and the Senate on Foreign
Policy" at 3 pm Feb. 28 and on
"Caribbean Danger Zone?" at
7:30 pm Feb. 28. Both lectures
will be in the Gallery of
Founders' hall. There is no ad
mission charge.
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posters and leaflets, the survey
indicates. Although posters and
leaflets in the cafeteria and
around campus may have in
formed people of who was runn
ing and gotten them interested in
the election.
Only three students said they
were positively influenced in
their decision by the posters. One
student decided against a
candidate because of
"over-postering,'' Another stu
dent did not like the chalk writing
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at Guilford
ternational politics for 20 years
before entering the Senate as a
Democrat in 1958, McGee is cur
rently president of a consulting
firm specializing in international
and public affairs, with emphasis
on Latin American and Carib
bean countries.
McGee's visit to Guilford is
sponsored by the United States
Association of Former Members
of Congress and R.J. Reynolds
Industries, Inc.
As a senator of 19 years, McGee
was chairman of the Foreign
Operations Subcommittee of the
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