The University Board of Elections hosted an event in the Multicultural Student Center Friday evening to announce the winners of the Spring 2018 University-wide elections.
Alex Cintron — a third-year College student and outgoing vice president for administration —
defeated third-year College student Eddie Lin and first-year College student Jalon Daniels for the position of Student Council president.
Cintron ran on a ticket with third-year College students Sydney Bradley and Ty Zirkle, who were elected to Student Council vice president for administration and Student Council vice president for organizations, respectively.
Cintron received 59.8 percent of the votes, with 18.8 percent of the student body voting in the Student Council presidential election.
The Second Year Council election was notable for its large pool of candidates. First-year College student Jason Anderson defeated fellow first-year College students Tyler Windsor, Anna Yee and Omar Metwally — who received the second, third and fourth most votes, respectively — for Second Year Council President.
First-year College student Kristin Myers was elected of SYC vice president with 56.1 percent of the vote.
Voter turnout in the SYC presidential election was approximately 48.8 percent, while turnout in the vice president election was approximately 46.2 percent, according to results released Friday by the University Board of Elections.
Many positions throughout Student Council, Honor Committee, University Judiciary Committee and their respective school councils were left with vacancies.
There were six referenda on this year’s ballot — four referenda for Student Council and one referendum each for Honor Committee and University Board of Elections.
A proposed amendment to Student Council’s constitution to implement a presidential veto power failed by the student body in a University-wide referendum this week, with just under 63.3 percent of students supporting the amendment. According to the Student Council constitution, “two-thirds of those voting must vote in favor of the amendment during elections.” Voter turnout in this referendum was approximately 14.4 percent, according to results released Friday by the University Board of Elections.
Under the amendment, the Student Council president would have had a veto power that can be exercised over the elected Representative Body, but it may be overridden by a two-thirds majority vote of representatives.
Three other referenda proposed by Student Council were approved by the student body Friday.
One referendum will incorporate gender-neutral pronouns into the the Student Council’s constitution and was approved with 76.2 percent of the vote. The second clarifies term commencement for representatives as “between thirty and sixty days after the end of spring elections at the discretion of the outgoing executive board and school enrollment of elected representatives” and was approved with 76.6 percent of the vote. The third adds to the Student Council constitution that candidates for “Representative seats must be elected by the School that they will represent for the coming term” and was approved with 67.4 percent of the vote.
A referendum proposed by the Honor Committee to integrate gender-neutral pronouns in its constitution was also approved Friday with 83.5 percent of the vote.
A referendum proposed by the University Board of Elections to amend its member selection and appointment process was also approved Friday with 78.3 percent of the vote. Under the approved amendment, outgoing UBE administrations will have the power to determine the number, title and scope of the incoming chair and vice chair positions. After appointment, the UBE chair and vice chair would have the ability to appoint other members to the board at their sole discretion.
Previously, a selection committee — composed of the outgoing Student Council President, Honor Committee Chair, UJC Chair, Fourth Year Trustees President and the UBE Chair — appointed the entire board. However, the committee will now only appoint the chair and vice chair — who will then select the other members of the board.
The referendum also added gender-neutral language to the UBE’s constitution.
Full results:
Student Council
Student Council President: Alex Cintron
Student Council Vice President for Organizations: Ty Zirkle
Student Council Vice President for Administration: Sydney Bradley
Student Council School of Architecture Representative: vacant
Student Council Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Representatives: Avery Gagne, Ellie Brasacchio, Raiya Al-Nsour, Chi Chan, Liya Abseno, Lukas Pietrzak, Steven Radilla, Brian Cameron, Ian Ware, Omar Metwally, Allison Kammerman, Sara Zahir
Student Council Undergraduate Batten Representative: vacant
Student Council Graduate Batten Representative: vacant
Student Council Undergraduate Commerce Representative: vacant
Student Council Graduate Commerce Representative: vacant
Student Council Undergraduate Continuing and Professional Studies Representative: vacant
Student Council Graduate Continuing and Professional Studies Representative: vacant
Student Council Undergraduate Education Representative: vacant
Student Council Graduate Education Representative: vacant
Student Council Undergraduate Engineering and Applied Sciences Representative: Shivani Saboo
Student Council Graduate Engineering and Applied Sciences Representative: vacant
Student Council Medicine Representative: Edwin Lu
Student Council Undergraduate Nursing Representative: vacant
Student Council Graduate Nursing Representative: vacant
Second Year Council
Second Year Council President: Jason Anderson
Second Year Council Vice President: Kristin Myers
Third Year Council
Third Year Council President: Omar Elhaj
Third Year Council Vice President: Ginny Brooks
Fourth Year Trustees
Fourth Year Trustees President: Galen Green
Fourth Year Trustees Vice President: Rebecca Soistmann
Honor Committee Representatives
Honor Architecture Representative: Kelly O’Meara
Honor Batten Representative: vacant
Honor Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Representative: Mariana Brazao, Ankita Satpathy, Derrick Wang, Oretha Domfeh, Stearns Swetnam
Honor Commerce Representative: Caitlin Knowles, William Donnell
Honor Continuing and Professional Studies Representative: Jennifer Simpson
Honor Undergraduate Education Representative: Al Ahmed
Honor Graduate Education Representative: Andrew McCartney
Honor Engineering and Applied Sciences Representative: Julia Batts, Peyton Sandroni
Honor Medicine Representative: Gregory Streeter, Joshua Diamond
Honor Nursing Representative: Catherine Powell
Architecture School Council
Architecture School Council President: Jordan Richardson
Architecture School Council Vice President: Winston Tang
Architecture School Council Secretary: Charis Fortunato
Architecture School Council Treasurer: Kim Corral
Commerce Council
Commerce Council President: Anant Das
Commerce Council Vice President: Sarah Lau
College Council
College Council President: Parker Moore
College Council Vice President: Chelsea Li
College Council Secretary: vacant
College Council Treasurer: Aneeka Britto
Education Council
Education Council President: vacant
Education Council Vice President & Treasurer: vacant
Education Council Academic Affairs Chair: vacant
Education Council Communications Chair: vacant
Student Health Insurance Committee Representative: vacant
Education Council Undergraduate Community Service Chair: vacant
Education Council Undergraduate Inter-school Relations Chair: vacant
Education Council Undergraduate Social Chair: vacant
Education Council Undergraduate Scholarship and Professional Development Chair: Alexandra Quinn
Education Council Graduate Community Service Chair: vacant
Education Council Graduate Inter-school Relations Chair: vacant
Education Council Graduate Social Chair: vacant
Nursing Student Council
Nursing Student Council President: Taylor O’Neal
Nursing Student Council Vice President: Elizabeth Weller
Nursing Student Council Secretary: vacant
Nursing Student Council Social Committee Chair: vacant
Nursing Student Council Treasurer: vacant
University Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Undergraduate Architecture Representative: Jordan Richardson
Judiciary Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Representative: Jordan Arnold, Sam Powers, Austin Zavacky
Judiciary Batten Representative: Stephanie Ibanez
Judiciary Commerce Representative: vacant
Judiciary Graduate Education Representative: Caroline Harvey
Judiciary Engineering and Applied Sciences Representative: Kevin Warshaw, Camille Cooper
Judiciary Medicine Representative: vacant
Judiciary Nursing Representative: Lauren Brill
Batten Undergraduate Council
Batten Undergraduate Council President: vacant
Batten Undergraduate Council Director of Communications: vacant
Batten Undergraduate Council Treasurer: vacant
Batten Graduate Council
Batten Graduate Council President: Amy Dalrymple
Batten Graduate Council Special Events Chair: Turner LaBrie
Batten Graduate Council Treasurer: Catherine Griesedieck
Batten Graduate Council Community Engagement Chair: vacant
Batten Graduate Council Secretary: vacant
Engineering Student Council
Engineering Student Council President: Mary-Michael Robertson
Engineering Student Council Vice President: Allison Horenberg
Engineering Student Council Secretary: Camryn Burley
Engineering Student Council Treasurer: Bhavya Ravigopal
Engineering Council
Engineering Council Fourth Year Board President: Dany Chaillo
Correction: The article previously left omitted Sara Zahir from the list of Student Council Undergraduate Arts and Sciences Representatives. She has now been added.
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