By the numbers, The Cavalier Daily's 113th election may sound like an exercise in inefficiency, as staff members spent 20 hours to fill 29 positions.
But for newly elected Editor-In-Chief Brandon Almond, the day-and-a-half long election instead reflects the staff's intense dedication.
"I think it shows how deeply all the people who work here care about every decision that's made," Almond said.
By 4:15 a.m. yesterday, staff members chose Almond, a third-year College student, to lead the newspaper in part because of the goals he outlined for the Managing Board.
"We want to enhance and expand our coverage through diversifying the staff and opinions of the paper," Almond said. "We also want to foster interaction with our community, especially those we don't have as much history working with. This is a paper for everyone in the community."
Four other Managing Board members will work alongside Almond to make this vision a reality.
Third-year College student Jeffrey Eisenberg will serve as the paper's next executive editor. In this role, Eisenberg hopes to "see the opinion department flourish, to train writers' ears and to do an exceptional job expressing the Managing Board's opinions" in the daily lead editorials.
Taking over as managing editor is third-year College student Emily Roper, who said she plans to step up the paper's recruitment efforts, particularly among minority students. Roper also hopes to "help our staff produce the highest quality papers for our readers but also make sure that this is one of the more fun organizations to belong to on Grounds," she said.
The staff chose Justin Bernick, a second-year College student, as the paper's chief financial officer. In this post, Bernick hopes to "help provide financial stability for the future of the newspaper to weather all kinds of difficulties, including the present economic downturn," he said.
Rounding out the Managing Board in the position of operations manager is second-year Engineering student Peter Jackson. Jackson said he "would like to see the CD use bigger and better photos to make the paper more appealing to University readers."
On the Senior Board, third-year College students Abby Curran and Josie Roberts will serve as the next assistant managing editors. The staff named second-year Engineering student David Chu as the new director of information technology, and third-year Engineering student Aaron Gussman will take over as online manager.
On the Junior Board, third-year College student Michael Loatman and second-year College student Deirdre Erin Murphy will work as news editors. The staff tapped second-year College student Jessica Garrison and third-year College student Chip Knighton as sports editors. Second-year College students Daniel Stern and Catherine Dunn will fill the life editor positions, and second-year College student Brian Cook will join third-year College student Laura Sahramaa to edit the opinion section. Staff members elected third-year College student Atima Omara-Alwala as editor of the nation and world pages.
Second-year College student Christie Harner will serve alongside third-year College student Megan Milks as arts and entertainment editor. Taking over the business section is third-year College student Kadie Bye. The staff chose third-year College student John McArdle as the next focus editor. Third-year College student Sam Bresnahan will fill the health and science editor post.
In non-literary Junior Board positions, second-year Architecture student Amanda Askins and second-year College student Lisa Florkowski will work as photography editors. The next graphics editors will be first-yearCollege student Meghan Thompson and third-year College student Clay Yount. Staff members also elected second-year Engineering student Betsy Fargo as production editor and second-year College student Alyse Garber as online editor.
In addition to this newly elected group of editors, about 40 reporters, writers, photographers and other staff members will take on appointed roles as associate editors.
In the news department, third-year College student Sarah Salwen will be the next senior associate editor. First-year College students Nick Chapin, Josh Goodman, Jenn Roberts, Alexis Unkovic and Chris Wilson will work as news associate editors, along with second-year College students Jen Michaels, Martin Olivier and Paul Quinlan and third-year College students Abby Fox and Ben Sellers.
The sports department chose second-year Architecture student Jonathan Evans as its Gameday editor. Evans also will serve as a sports associate editor, alongside first-year College students Joe Lemire, J.D. Moss and Kathleen Thornton and third-year College students Kate Lipper, Jonny Schwab and Jeremy Williams.
First-year College student Laura Good was selected as a life associate editor. Good will be joined by second-year College students Lauren Akselrod, Katie Sullivan, Alexandra Valint and Lytle Wurtzel.
In the opinion department, first-year College students Anthony Dick and Becky Krystal, as well as second-year College student Laura Parcells, will fill associate editor posts.
Third-year College student Suzannah Evans andthird-year College student Carrie Lopez earned spots as arts and entertainment associates. Taking over as focus associate editors are second-year College students Sara Jeanblanc and Mary Catherine Wellons. Third-year College student Mike Layfield is the next health and science associate editor.
In the photography department, first-year College students Ian Blubaugh, Sara Cramer, Peter Dunn and Rebekka Sprouse will work as associates, along with second-year Engineering student Andrew Banos and second-year College student Suleyman Ozbey.
Fourth-year College students Kevin Bostic and Dave Werner will work with fourth-year Commerce student Matt Oliver as associate editors in the graphics department.
The online associates will be second-year College student Rebecca Sawyer and third-year College student Chu Hwang.
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