Gustavus Student Senate News

Here are the results from the Spring 2008 Student Senate Elections!  Thanks to all those who participated, both as candidates and voters.  The names of those individuals who will be representing their class or residence, as well as the names of the new co-presidents, have been starred (*).  The voter turn-out for each class and for the total student body has also been included.  If you have any questions about the results of this year’s election, please contact me, Erin Koppang, at ekoppang@gac.edu.

(Note: The results for Southwest Hall Representative are pending and will be released following a run-off election, to be held the evening of Wednesday, February 27th.)

Erin Koppang
Vice President for Administration
Student Senate

SPRING 2008 ELECTION RESULTS

CO-PRESIDENTS

*Kimberly Braun/Lucas Neher - 53%

Chad Allen/Justin Martin - 45%

Other - 2%

CLASS OF 2011

*Rachel Schmitt - 61%

Haylie Nietzell - 37%

Other - 2%

CLASS OF 2010

*Jon Kidd - 59%

Andrew Nelson - 41%

CLASS OF 2009

*Charles Norgaard - 36%

*Ryan Dobbs - 30%

Andrew Evenson - 28%

Harry Youngvorst - 3%

Other - 3%

INTERNATIONAL CENTER

*Jacob Partridge - 100%

RUNDSTROM HALL

*Steve Palmer - 86%

Other - 14%

SORENSEN HALL

*Mark Pedginski (write-in) - 14%

Alison Utke (write-in) - 14% (declined)

Other - 72%

SOUTHWEST HALL

Bill Tonolli (write-in) - 15%

Brian Fahey (write-in) - 15%

Other - 70%

*Results pending

UHLER HALL

*Nick Harper - 79%

*Christine Caldwell - 2.16% 

Rian Pfund (write-in) - 4% (declined)

Jonathan Kidd (write-in) - 4% (declined)

Matthew Heider - 2.16% (declined)

Tesia Kubat - 2.16% (declined)

Patrick Young - 2.16% (declined)

Drew Clark - 2.16% (declined)

Brett Wilker - 2.16% (declined)

SRPRING 2008 VOTER TURN-OUT

Class of 2011 - 39%

Class of 2010 - 38%

Class of 2009 - 28%

Class of 2008 - 11%

Total Student Body - 29%

Greetings and welcome back to spring semester and to GACspot.com, the first and only website entirely created and run by Gustavus students, for Gustavus students!

This website, commissioned and run by the Student Senate, created by Stephen Titcombe ‘09, is meant to be the ultimate student site. In order to make this site as useful as possible we have loaded it with all the links a college student needs. From movie theaters and Gus Bus info, to calendars, academic info, web advisor and many more links found on the top navigation bar, you can access almost any site you will ever need.

But wait, while those sites are great are they really the sites students use the most? Probably not, which is why we’ve included some of the top sites just to your left! Here you can find your email, google, the dictionary and of course facebook.

Another feature to take advantage of is the GACspot event calendar. Whether you are looking for something to do on a given night or are looking for more ways to advertise your event, GACspot has you covered. To submit an event use the bar on the top (Student Senate > GACspot > Submit an Event).

While all this is great, the best part about GACspot is that it is run by students, which means it can easily change! The Student Senate webmaster is responsible for the upkeep of GACspot (that’s who you can blame if the site crashes… not us!!) and can easily make changes so that the site is what student’s want and need. In fact, you can submit your comments, suggestions and questions directly to the webmaster by using the “Contact Us” link by going through the Student Senate/GACspot links via the top of the page.

There is obviously a lot to see and do here on GACspot so take some time to explore and let us know what you think by contacting us! We’ll also be sure to highlight certain features of the site through the next couple of weeks.

We hope you enjoy the site!

Chris Edelbrock and Tony Spain

Student Senate Co-Presidents