After months of preparation, weeks of campaigning and four days of nerve-wracking elections, the newly-elected members of the Honor and University Judiciary Committees can relax and look forward to serving the University community.
In the race for College UJC representative, third-year incumbent Committee member Paul Gigante led with 1,575 votes.
"I think the results reflect a lot of hard work by all the candidates," Gigante said. "The endorsements were very spread out ... I knew the race could go any which way."
Eight candidates competed for three coveted judgeships.
Third-year College student Steve Kaplan, a UJC counselor, also was elected to the Committee from the College with 1220 votes. Third-year College student Rebecca Smith, an educator, was elected with 961 votes.
The Engineering School will be represented by a returning representative, fourth-year Carter Shuffler, and Kathryn Szeliga.
Two new judges were elected from the Commerce school. Kevin Hammond, an investigator, won 162 votes and Reginald Smith, an educator, won 161 votes.
David Haakenson was reelected to the Committee from the Architecture school and Mary Ellen Bizzarri was reelected from the Education School. Both races were uncontested.
Gigante said he hopes to see a continuance of the effective efforts of the current Committee.
"I want to continue first and foremost ... being efficient and productive," working on changes to the Standards of Conduct and maintaining a quick turnover for cases, Gigante said.
Eight candidates also vied for election in the highly-competitive race for College honor representative.
Current Chairman Thomas Hall won a resounding victory with 2245 votes.
"This is very exciting," Hall said. "It is going to be a great committee."
Third-year College student and honor adviser Michelle Jones also won a seat with 1159 votes.
"When I heard about the proposals and the influence committee members have on trials, I wanted to make sure their influence would be representative of U.Va.'s diverse student body," Jones said.
"I'd like to see Honor less as this obscure, distant body and more in touch with the students," Jones said.
Brian C. Smith won the third College seat on the Committee with 1078 votes.
The Engineering School will be represented by Christopher Scott, a current honor counselor, and Petronella Lugemwa, an adviser.
In the Architecture School, Brian Winterhalter and Meg Van Dam both won reelection.
"This was the first time in a while that the A-school has had a competitive election," Winterhalter said.
Cara Coolbaugh and Brad Buchanan won election from the Commerce School with 142 and 109 votes, respectively.
"I'm glad to see the diversity of the Committee," Hall said.
"And I'm particularly heartened by the [high] voter turn out," Hall said. "It is a positive sign that honor is alive and well and students are willing to express their ideas on it"
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