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The controversial election was good for voter turnout, with 953 students voting. The election for Educational Policy Representative resulted in a dead tie between Elisha Ann ’08 and Andrew Quinton ’08, and Council will be holding a run-off election for this position later this week. Full results are presented at the end of this report; there is a margin of error of three votes.
Council also discussed Movie Night, the run-off election, and this weekend’s Board of Managers meeting. They also briefly discussed ways to reach out to the IC/BCC community next semester, including possibly an institutionalized form of communication.
Finally SBC came to present next year’s budget, which was approved by Student Council. They distributed 419,996.07 dollars to student groups for 2007-2008, an increase over 410,003.09 in 2006-2007. SBC has also set aside approximately 50,000 dollars for supplemental allocations over the next year.
President
Peter Gardner 275
None of the Above 242
Carlos Villafuerte 212
Rasa Petrauskaite 85
Louis Rosenberg 80
No Preference 59
Student Groups Advisor
Paul Apollo 310
No Preference 308
Adam Yie 198
None of the Above 132
Financial Policy Representative
Sarah Roberts 557
No Preference 210
None of the Above 178
Educational Policy Representative
Elisha Ann 254
Andrew Quinton 254
No Preference 197
Eric Brown 173
NOTA 69
Campus Life Representative
Alyssa Work 443
Kate Aizpuru 253
No Preference 163
None of the Above 90
