SG Election Results

The election results for Student Government are in after the polls opened on April 14th, finally closing on April 18th. There was a total of 3,369 voters. Ed Wolf/Matt Danna won the SG Presidency with a total of 1,939 votes. The COB Election will be held again later in the week, because one candidate was accidentally placed on the wrong ballot, being in the COS instead of the COB. One presidential candidate, Michael Deyhim, asked that the election results be sealed and that Wolf and Danna be disqualified from the ballot for alleged election violations. After a closed session, SG denied his motion.

A complete list of election results is available on the SG website at: http://sg.rit.edu/index.html.

Global Village Committees

In regard to Global Village, Vice President Sasha Malinchoc stated, “I met with Dr. Ward about Global Village, and we decided against a one-year lease of housing which has a lot to do with sophomore retention rates. We plan to have several subcommittees of Global Village including Theme and Cultural Housing, Entrepreneur House, Parking and Transportation, sophomore experience, architectural design and retail.” Senators will join any committees in which they are interested. These committees will give direction to the future of Global Village.

Graduate Student Senator Position Revisited

Cory Cress, an RIT student working towards a Ph.D. in Microsystems Engineering, addressed the senate in regard to a graduate student senate position: “We had a meeting with Dean Moore of the College of Graduate Studies,” he said. “The graduate student council has met twice a week since its start. People have indicated that they want graduate student representation.” The way in which this senator will be elected was discussed. “The best thing we can do is keep moving forward,” Cress said. “For now, we’ll have to appoint someone for the remainder of the year.”