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VOLUME 113, ISSUE 152 2006 STUDENT ELECTIONS ALLRED ELECTED IN DECISIVE VICTORY f #*. - DTH/GALEN CLARKE James Allred celebrates with his campaign manager Jonathan McNeill (left) and friend and campaign worker Anisa Mohanty (right) on Tuesday after receiving official word of his victory in Carroll 111. The Chapel Hill native defeated his opponent, Bernard Holloway, by almost 1,000 votes. He will assume office April 4. i* ■? 9H - JIgSH PM DTH/JULIA BARKER Bernard Holloway reacts to news of his loss. He applauded Allred after the announcement. Thompson secures post Wins unopposed contest BY ALLISON NICHOLS STAFF WRITER Without a formal competi tor, William Thompson waltzed to an easy victory in Tuesdays election for Residence Hall Association president with 4,790 votes. Now that the election season is over, Thompson said he can focus on fulfilling the prom ises he made on the campaign trail to strengthen RHA and improve residential life for students. Thompson said his first plan of action after taking office will be to fill his executive board. “The first step to have an effective transition is really just having qualified individuals at the core of our organization,” he said Tuesday night. SEE THOMPSON, PAGE 4 STUDENT ELECTIONS 2006 MORE ELECTIONS COVERAGE ONLINE announcement NO GUEST COLUMN Because of space required for Tuesday's elections results, this week's guest column by Judith Wegner will be bumped to Thursday's front page. Serving the students and the University community since 1893 ®1je SaUg ®ar Mrrl BY COLIN CAMPBELL AND KELLY GIEDRAITIS STAFF WRITERS In an emphatic victory James Allred won the student body’s support to serve as its president next year. Allred defeated his competitor, Bernard Holloway, winning 3,294 votes to Holloway’s 2,362. “I’m so excited about putting this vision into practice,” Allred said Thesday, moments after receiving news of his win. Holloway, who wore a “Vote or Die” T shirt for the announcement, said he hopes Allred considers using some of the diver sity-related parts of Holloway’s platform. Sophomore Will Thompson will take the RHA reins. VISIT THE DTH ONLINE FOR RESULTS OF: ✓ Tuesday's Student Congress elections ✓ The Student Code ballot referendum www.dailytarheel.com OnlillC f daitytarheel.com DTH BLOG Want to help choose next year's editor? Not Fit to Print tells you how UNIVERSITY BLOG A few tidbits about post-election reactions around campus ARTS BLOG The Tom Kat phenomenon reportedly has ended its whirlwind tour www.daUytarheel.CDm PETERSEN, WEISS TEAMS CLEAR HURDLE BY ROBBY MARSHALL STAFF WRITER Campus elections aren’t over yet Because no candidates for senior class officers were able to gamer a simple majority of the electorate Tuesday, the top two vote-getters —Meg Petersen and running mate Eric Schmidt and Doug Weiss and Juelle McDonald will meet again in a run-off election Thesday. Petersen and Schmidt received the most votes, with 589, while Weiss and McDonald garnered 569. Jonathan Friedman and Barry Turner were eliminated after gain ing only 329 votes. “We’re totally hyped,” Petersen said after results were announced. “This is right where we wanted to be,” Schmidt added. Weiss expressed similar excite ment. “This is about as good a position as we could ask for,” he said. With just one more week to gain the favor of students, Petersen and Schmidt said they will try to win over the supporters of Friedman andj\imer. “We’re gong to work really hard to pull the votes that went the third way,” Petersen said. Weiss said his team will stick to their initial selling point their arts I page 2 EXHIBITING VICES Hunter Levinsohn combines refuse and chocolate in a mixed-media exhibit that runs through Feb. 26 at the Horace Williams House. During a forum Monday night, Allred pointed specifically to Holloway’s plan for a first-year diversity orientation as an attractive platform plank. “I think it’d be great if he picked it up,” Holloway said. “I don’t know if I want to be involved personally, though.” Tuesday marked the end of what many have called one of the most heated student-leader bouts in recent history. The campaign was littered with alle gations of underhanded politicking and character assassination, although both candidates played down the intensity of the campaign discourse. SEE ALLRED, PAGE 4 DTH/LARRY BAUM (Left) Meg Petersen and Eric Schmidt react to election results. (Right) Doug Weiss and Juelle McDonald share a moment. The pairs will meet in a runoff. expansive platform. “We’ll emphasize how our plat form hits a lot more areas,” he said. Friedman and Turner were are out of the race, but Friedman said he hopes to see their Runoff date: Feb. 21 plans in action next year. “Hopefully you won’t see the last SEE SENIOR CLASS, PAGE 4 city | page 6 DUAL RECOGNITION A longtime janitor and a bus driver acting to save her passengers were named the city school district's 2 most recent employees of the month. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT RESULTS James / Allred ▼ 3,294 votes Bernard Holloway 2,362 votes DTH/ROB IANGDON SENIOR CLASS VP & PRESIDENT RESULTS Petersen & Schmidt/ 589 votes V Weiss & McDonald s 569 votes v Friedman ft Turner 329 votes today in history FEB. 15,2001 UNC athletes Julius Peppers and Joseph Forte decline seats in Student Congress after being elected through write-in votes. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2006 Anderson vaulted to GPSF post Defeats Lusk in battle for top graduate student spot BY KATHRYN ROWLAND STAFF WRITER The campus leader to follow in Mike Brady’s administrative footsteps will come from within the Graduate and Professional Student Federation. Lauren Anderson, a fourth-year neurobiology stu- dent, defeated P. J. Lusk by almost 200 votes TUesday to succeed Brady as the next president of the GPSF. “I’m so excited,” Anderson said soon after hearing the results. “I feel like I can start doing stuff now.” Anderson garnered 348 votes, while Lusk earned 159. Immediately after the results were announced, Lusk said he will have to think about whether he will work with the GPSF next year. Lauren Anderson will lead the GPSF. “I really hope that she takes the GPSF in anew direction, that she brings in the new blood. But we’ll see,” he said. Anderson said she would call Brady today to get the ball rolling. GPSF RESULTS Lauren Anderson / 348 votes / P.J. Lusk 159 votes This is her second year of involvement She said she hopes her new role will place her in a more prominent role on campus. “I’ll definitely be more visible on campus, for better or for worse,” she said. “I’ll probably start working nights in the (neurobiology) labs.” Anderson said that she had trouble logging in to Student Central to cast her own vote while the polls were open —and that she hoped no one was deterred from voting by any technical difficulties. Her campaign focused on making graduate and professional students a stronger voice on campus. “It’s interesting for me to see that the students here SEE ANDERSON, PAGE 4 High coasts toCAA presidency Uncontested race offers no surprises BY NATE HUBBARD STAFF WRITER Oddly enough, the next leader for the Carolina Athletic Association wasn’t able to attract any compe tition in her race for the presidency. Rachel High won the CAA presi- dency Tuesday in an unopposed election with 4,784 votes. “I was just worried I was going to lose to Ivory (Latta),” High said after the results were announced. “I appreciate that so many people at least took the time to dick the button,” she said, referring to the online voting procedure. With her position officially secured, High now can confidently move ahead on the campaign platforms she proposed throughout the election. In her platform High targeted working SEE HIGH, PAGE 4 weather O Sunny H 65, L 36 index police log 2 calendar 2 crossword 7 sports 9 edit 10 “We’re going to start the transition process tomorrow,” she said Tuesday night. “See what his meetings and plans are for the rest of the week.” Anderson is treasur er of the GPSF and was endorsed by the group. Hi iunior Rachel High will direct the CAA next year.
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