Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Quincy Lopez were voted Student Government president and vice president, respectively, getting 70 percent of the vote in this week’s general election for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Over 500 votes were cast for the president/vice president election. Lombardi-Nelson, current SG vice president, and Lopez, current SG Veterans Liaison, received 368 votes. Presidential candidate James Scott and running mate, vice presidential candidate April Parsons, received 148 votes. Scott is currently a senator and Parsons is senate president.
This year’s 516 votes surpass the 2011-2012 general election, in which 306 votes were cast. This year, a total 4,116 votes were cast on all ballot items, compared to 2011-2012’s 3,812.
Sixteen students were elected to SG senate seats, in a race that was uncontested. The elected students and total number of votes they received are:
Frank Alves – 172
Brian Barouth – 210
Debra Buschman – 180
Danielle Freeman – 57
Evan Garrett – 248
Stephen Goodwin – 195
Christa Hegedus – 280
Atangel Hernandez – 142
Jordan Iuliucci – 186
Bill Milazzo – 168
Brandi Murphy – 174
Graham Nix – 163
Anthony Patterson – 280
Allan Pinkerton – 213
Anthony Quesnell – 174
Lauren Reilly – 241
Students were also asked their opinions on several campus-related issues. When asked to rank the need for improvement to various aspects of campus, the highest percentage—39 percent—said they think parking on campus needs “a great deal” of improvement.
When asked how they felt about increasing lighting on campus, 39 percent said they would be “extremely more likely” to feel safer on campus with increased lighting. On the idea of creating a Safe Team that would provide rides on campus at night via golf cart, 26 percent said they were “somewhat supportive.”
Of the other ballot items voted on, the highest percentage of students said:
30 percent: extremely supportive of spending student fees to display art on campus
40 percent: extremely supportive of using student fees to support sustainability initiatives
31 percent: extremely likely to use a free bike checkout program
24 percent: somewhat supportive, neutral on idea of using student fees for digital display board to communicate campus events, news and activities
Election results were distributed by the supervisor of elections.
