S.L. FULLER
News Editor
The Student Association Executive Election results are in. With 380 total votes, Jefferson Dedrick and Alexis Phillips are the new SA president and vice president.
“Dizzy,” Dedrick said on his feelings, just minutes after reading the results posted on the SA Office door Wednesday night.
“[It’s] surreal, I can’t believe it actually just happened,” Phillips added. “It’s very very exciting.”
Opponents Zachary Beaudoin and Tyler Colvin received 137 total votes — 243 votes lower than their opponents. The votes for the executive candidates, including one write-in and zero invalid votes, reached 518 total votes. The total is 347 votes higher than last year’s executive election, which had 185 total votes, including 31 write-ins and 14 invalid votes.
Not only have students been voting for the SA president and vice president these past two days — they’ve also been voting on whether or not the Student Activities fee should be mandatory. The vote on this $97.75 fee happens every two years. The result of this vote ultimately determines how much of a financial burden clubs will have to bear for the next four semesters.
With 334 votes for a mandatory fee, in comparison to 138 votes in favor of a voluntary fee, the students have decided to keep the fee mandatory.
A mandatory Student Activities fee means that there’s one less obstacle for Dedrick and Phillips to overcome. However, the duo plans to seize the opportunity and leading their administration to become the best that it can be.
“Zachary and Tyler both had some great ideas and Alexis and I look forward to working with both of them throughout the coming year,” Dedrick said. “But we could not be more elated and excited that people like what we were talking about and we are so pumped to bring all our ideas to the student association and start working for the students.”
*Maggie Gilroy, Editor in Chief, also contributed to the above article