2008 Woodie Awards
And the Student Government winners are...
Kate Poole
Issue date: 4/24/08 Section: News
Walking into Hawley Lounge on Friday afternoon, you might have noticed some grins of victory and sighs of relief, as well as some pretty long faces. The student government election results were in and the winners had been posted.
The class of 2009 candidates, as well as the candidates for student body president, Matt Telvi, and for vice president of senate, Courtney Weaver, all ran unopposed. There were on the other hand some close calls for candidates of the classes of 2010 and 2011.
"I was definitely nervous for the election, running against a serious opponent is always nerve racking," said 2010 class president, Katie Higgins. "It made campaigning fun though and I got to really embrace the whole process of stating my platform and campaigning around campus. Having someone run against me made me become more creative and focused."
Katie will be continuing into her third year as president of her class after her 19-vote-win over opponent Conor White. She will also be going into the year with a newly elected member to her board, class treasurer Jack Cecil.
"I have always thought about running for office, I just finally decided that I didn't want to see our board voting on things which the majority of our class didn't want," said Cecil. "I just want to make sure our class turns out a higher profit overall next year and has a great semi, as well as MR. SHU since those are the events we will be in charge of."
The class of 2011 will also be seeing some changes in their class board. Jaclyn Bellino took the presidency with a nine-vote win. She was the vice president for her class her freshman year and has now stepped up to take some bigger actions.
After the dust has settled and election week eneded, the winners are now planning out their paths and goals for the impending school year.
"Going into my second year I would like to see student government's persona changed. I would like for student government to be able to be more visible with what the organization does overall," said student body president, Matt Telvi. "Over 100 members of student government work very hard and I believe that the work that they do is instrumental to what Sacred Heart University students want and need. The cohesion of student government will need to become a stronger group, but I feel that next year our expectations are already very high."
The class of 2009 candidates, as well as the candidates for student body president, Matt Telvi, and for vice president of senate, Courtney Weaver, all ran unopposed. There were on the other hand some close calls for candidates of the classes of 2010 and 2011.
"I was definitely nervous for the election, running against a serious opponent is always nerve racking," said 2010 class president, Katie Higgins. "It made campaigning fun though and I got to really embrace the whole process of stating my platform and campaigning around campus. Having someone run against me made me become more creative and focused."
Katie will be continuing into her third year as president of her class after her 19-vote-win over opponent Conor White. She will also be going into the year with a newly elected member to her board, class treasurer Jack Cecil.
"I have always thought about running for office, I just finally decided that I didn't want to see our board voting on things which the majority of our class didn't want," said Cecil. "I just want to make sure our class turns out a higher profit overall next year and has a great semi, as well as MR. SHU since those are the events we will be in charge of."
The class of 2011 will also be seeing some changes in their class board. Jaclyn Bellino took the presidency with a nine-vote win. She was the vice president for her class her freshman year and has now stepped up to take some bigger actions.
After the dust has settled and election week eneded, the winners are now planning out their paths and goals for the impending school year.
"Going into my second year I would like to see student government's persona changed. I would like for student government to be able to be more visible with what the organization does overall," said student body president, Matt Telvi. "Over 100 members of student government work very hard and I believe that the work that they do is instrumental to what Sacred Heart University students want and need. The cohesion of student government will need to become a stronger group, but I feel that next year our expectations are already very high."
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