2008 Woodie Awards
Northcraft ticket sweeps SGA election
By Shane Madden
Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: News
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Brad Horstmann won the vice presidential position in an unopposed race with 563 votes, Hannah Lamontagne was elected treasurer over Anthony DiJacomo by 355-304, Bob Becker won the secretary position over Jon Kuklis 355-299 and Colby Langweiler won the parliamentarian position in an unopposed race with 463 votes.
Because of the two unopposed positions of vice president and parliamentarian, the executive board was bound to be a mix of the two tickets but ultimately resulted in only Langweiler, from the Ness ticket, being elected as parliamentarian and joining the members of the Northcraft ticket next year on the executive board.
On Tuesday, April 8 both tickets could be seen around campus handing out flyers to raise awareness of the elections and promote their platforms and names. The members of the Ness ticket had a comprehensive pamphlet as well, highlighting their goals if elected, such as a reworking of the budgeting process for student organizations, the personal project of DiJacomo. His plan create a new formula for budgeting based on an array of criteria was the subject of some questioning and controversy at the debate SGA held on Monday, April 7.
"I see friends out there that are part of the finance committee but I have to say this," DiJacomo said at the debate, going on to say that SGA's finance bylaws needed drastic change. The budgeting, based simply on the previous year's budget for each organization, would have been discarded in DiJacomo's plan and a new formula would be created.
"The criteria would have to stand on so many factors it's not even funny," DiJacomo said of his plan. The complexity of creating a new formula for deciding each organization's budget could have made voters wary of uncharted territory in SGA bylaws. DiJacomo accepted that his ideas might not result in a completely new formula, understanding the uncertainty of the "feasibility of a very, very large change."
Kuklis, who ran for the secretary position as part of Ness' ticket, also had plans to begin a late-night shuttle service for students that would run from South Campus to Market Street to provide transportation and safety for students traveling to their off-campus residences or bars and restaurants located in the downtown West Chester area.
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Randy Herring
posted 4/14/08 @ 5:14 PM EST
This article, at first glance, seems to celebrate the victory of Northcraft and her elected officials. Then, after reading further into it, I only see details on the "Ness ticket" and not much praise for the hard work that the winning ticket did and the details of their platforms. (Continued…)
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