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VOL. 79, NO. 26 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA FRIDAY, MAY 8,1987
Ballot marked by close or unopposed races
Uncontested Wood wins presidency
By Pete Jorgensen
staff reporter
In the words of one defeated
candidate, "a blanket of depres­sion
fell on the room" when the
election results were announced,
declaring next year's AS Board of
Directors. *
This year's Associated Stu­dents'
election results surprised
some candidates, and in most
cases the vote wasyery^Jpse. __, ..,_,
Trent Wheatiey defeated Kent
Thoelke for t h e secretary-treasurer
position by 13 votes.
Wheatiey received 457 votes or
50.7 percent of the total vote.
Thoelke received 444 votes or
49.3 percent of the total.
Wheatiey said the board will
have "nine different people who
will all do their own thing."
In a race decided by 19 votes,
Sarah Hawes, running for vice
president for Academic Affairs,
defeated current board member
Brent Arndt. Hawes received 484
votes or 51 percent of the total
Dan Wood, '87-88 AS president
vote, and Arndt received 465
votes or 49 percent of the total
votes.
Hawes called herself the
"outsider" and said she "tried to
keep only casual acquaintances
with other candidates" in the elec­tion.
"I had no preferences who
won," she said. "But an influx of
new blood (on the board) is a
good thing."
Dan Wood, running unop­posed
for president, received 99.8
percent of the votes for a total of
845 votes. Wood said he was dis­appointed
in the student turnout,
and he was not surprised how
close the election for other posi­tions
were.
The highest number of votes
cast was 1,151, for Referendum
#1. Lowest total votes was 822,
for director at-large for University
Residences.
'Surprises'
Jeff Chandler, running for
vice president of Internal Affairs,
received 99.9 percent of the votes
foratdtai'of853votes: -: - ^ - - -
"I think there were a lot of
surprises," Chandler said.
Eric Richey defeated current
board member Michael James for
the vice president for External Af­fairs
position by the second-widest
margin relative to any other posi­tion.
Richey received 530 votes or
54.2 percent of the total votes,
and James received 448 votes or
45.8 percent of the total votes.
Tammy Fleming, running for
vice president for Activities,
defeated Derek Dujardin by the
widest margin relative to the
other positions. Fleming received
•550 votes or 58.4 percent of the
total vote, and Dujardin received
391 votes or 41.6 percent of the
total vote.
Another close vote
Liz Lovett defeated Mike
Martinez for the director at-large
to University Services Council
position. Lovett received 457
votes or 51.5 percent of the total
vote, and Martinez received 428
votes or 48.3 percent of the total
vote.
Lovett said she "knew it was
g o i n g t o b e a v e r y c l o se
campaign" and is relieved it is
over.
Brian Prosser, running unop­posed
for director at-large to
Communications, received 841
votes or 99.8 percent of the total
votes.
Lisbeth Gordon, running un­opposed
for director at-large to
University Residences, received
822 votes or 100 percent of the to­tal
vote.
Current AS President Terri
Echelbarger expressed surprise at
how close the election was and
said next year's board will be a
"mix of people." It is "real^good
to have diversity on the board,"
because it helps members make
better decisions, she said.
Referendums, too
In the referendums, # 1 ad-
Pete Kendall
More than 1,000 students, including freshman Matt Young, voted in the Associated Students'
elections Tuesday and Wednesday.
dres$ed the automatically assessed
fee to support non-profit, off
campus, student-approved groups
unless waived at registration. The
choices were to maintain the
"negative checkoff" system or
change to a "positive checkoff
system. Positive checkoff was
favored by 719 or 62.5 percent.
Negative checkoff won the ap­proval
of 432 or 37.5 percent of
the voting stu dents.
Referendum #2 asked stu­dents
if they should "be required
to pay fees, above tuition and op­erating
fees, that are used toward
paying the cost of instruction." Of
the 1,122 students voting, 887 or
79 percent of students voted no.
235 students or 21 percent voted
yes.
Referendum #3 asked if "stu­dent
evaluations of faculty should
be a required part of yearly facul­ty
performance reviews." A total
of 1,050 or 92.7 percent voted yes,
and 82 or 7.3 percent of the stu­dents
voted no.
Legal action OK'd
R e f e r e n d um # 4 a s k ed
whether students thought the AS
should take legal action against
the state to achieve per-student
funding equal to that of other
state regional universities. An
•overwhelming 1,021 students or
93.3 percent voted yes. An addi­tional
73 or 6.7 percent of the
voters said no.
The ballot's only initiative
asked if the Washington Public
Interest Research Group should
continue a fee of $2 per student
per quarter, a fee that can be
waived through a negative check­off
system at registration. Of the
1,142 respondents, 668 or 58.5
percent voted yes, and 474 or 41.5
percent voted no.
Echelbarger appeared before
the Board of Trustees yesterday
to present the results of the stu­dent
election.
The AS board is expecVed to
discuss election results at its next
meeting Wednesday.
Among topics will be the split
decision from the ballot between
the negative checkoff system for
Wa'shPIRG and the positive
checkoff system for non-profit,
off-campus, student-approved
groups.
Election Board was-scheduled
dent against Eric Richey, posi-ing
the complaint will be pub-
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