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alir Daily aar Hrrl Tumultuous year ends in close election New leader says ASG will unify • BY OLIVIA BOWLER STAFF WRITER The UNC-system Association of Student Governments wrapped up the already controversial 2007-08 school year with yet another bang. By a margin of one vote, Greg Doucette and Ashley Yopp claimed victory last Saturday as the newest ASG president and vice president. The vote, which was originally 22-21 in favor of the Doucette-Yopp ticket, was brought to a tie when East Carolina University Student Body President Keri Brockett suc cessfully challenged the legality of one of ECU's own delegates. An N.C. State University deli-gate was also questioned, hut chairman Thomas Brigman of Appalachian State University didn't uphold the challenge. Brigman's vote broke the tie. Chase Matson, a UNC-Chapel Hill ASG delegate who ran against Doucette in the recent election, said he thinks the process was just. “I think it was fair, handled in the best manner possible." he said. But Yopp said she thought Brockett challenged the ECU del egate in an attempt to keep her P.A.5.5. Exam Support Fair Monday, April 28, 2008, 5-11 p.m., Carolina Union Cafe in Room 3206 with Fr 66 Food all night! Pizza Dinner, 6-8 p.m. Ice Cream Sundaes, 9 p.m. Free Massages p Get your stress out in Sign-ups at 5 p.m. the a Y oorn “ 32051 Massage Lessons /peak in Room 3209 / Drum Circ,e 7:30-8:30 p.m. J Satisfaction! Y in the Campus Y at 10:00 p.m. Counseling and Wellness Services Campus Health Service - Division Student Affairs ELECT MOSES CAREY TO NC STATE SENATE For Change You Can Count On To Serve District Needs / I mm Getting Things Done For People Moses will be Strong on: High Quality Education Environmental Protection Employment Opportunity Health Insurance for All Paid for by Carey for Senate Campaign from gaining the vice presidency leaving questions about how unified the organization will be. The last elected ASG president. Cole Jones, was nearly unanimously elected in 2007 despite his pending assault charge. “He assured everybody that it would be dealt with very quickly," said Cody Grasty, Jones' vice presi dent who assumed the presidency last October. After Jones' Aug. 1 conviction, many assumed that he would qui etly vacate his post. However, he chose to appeal the decision. The two-month waiting game was ended only when Jones sub mitted his resignation letter in October. “It was like we slammed into a ditch," Grasty said. “A lot of our skeletons in the closet came out at that time." Grasty, who said he never want ed to be president in the first place, was faced with picking up the piec es of a fragmented organization. “There was a lot of confusion and miscommunication," he said. “There were angry people; there were a lot of bad vibes." Grasty said that he took some time off after being sworn in as president and that in retrospect he feels that he dropped the ball. “I’m not calling the rest of the ASG President elect Greg Doucette, of N.C. State, says he has plans for serving UNC system students. year a success," he said. “In fact. I'm saying that I failed miserably." But Grasty did say he was proud that he kept the organization together. “We came from the worst possible situation ever to at least a level of maintaining." Doucette said his plans for the association involve repairing its damaged reputation and increas ing communication. “There's going to be a focus on empowering students in a way that the association hasn't in the past three years." he said. He said that he has talked with students from UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Asheville and that he thinks they will return delegates to the ASG next year. UNC-C withdrew in .September after the organization passed a vote of no confidence in Jones and failed to pass an interim budget, and Asheville withdrew in spring 2007. citing inefficiency. Doucette also said he wants to work with UNC-system General News Administration to hold down tuition, adding that it affected him personally when he had to drop out of N.C. State in 2000 for financial reasons. “I'm in a position finally to hope fully help those people* The budget, which cost UNC system students $190,000 in fees last year, is arguably the most con tested aspect of ASG. The General Administration implemented in January a screen- Paying for College 101 feoioo] If, f--- J r^J\ I $40,000 L— A Seeing ads about how easy it is to get up to $40,000 for college? r —^ So A That "easy money" is probably a high-interest loan—which won't be easy when it's time to pay it back. Wg Vs ioR,, grants lo Qns sm umw*~v** i—> mmmm wmmm * Visit CFNC.org and your college financial aid office for free information on better ways to pay for college. o,r B<fcfc-8k&-CFNC College^!?® Foundation of North Carolina Helping yt pU / Apply. +nJ p*y fir college C 2008 Pathway*. Collage Foundation.’lnc . and Stata Education Aaatalanca Authority ICfNCI Sarvic.o* an aapaAol diaponibtas Former ASG President Cole Jones resigned several months after a conviction for assault. ing process for the organizations spending. To remedy budget ailments, Doucette said he plans on estab FRIDAY. APRIL 2f>, 2008 lishing a Web site at which students can offer creative ideas about how ASG should spend the money. “I want it to be a straight-up feedback thing." Despite the rocky year, Grasty said he is confident that the orga nization will succeed. “The orga nization has no where to go but up." Contact the State and National Editor at stntdexk(a unc.edu. 9
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