After a week of University-wide elections, the results for the annual class council elections were revealed last night in Maury Hall.
Third-year College students Sarah Elaine Hart and Emily Draper were elected the Fourth Year Trustees president and vice president, respectively. In uncontested elections, second-year College student Yassee Pirooz and second-year Engineering student John Buttram won the offices of Third Year Council president and vice president. First-year College student Dan Morrison was chosen to serve as Second Year Council president, while current First Year Council Vice President Nancy Park will serve as vice president for Second Year Council.
“We’re really ecstatic and excited for next year,” Hart said, speaking on behalf of both Draper and herself. “We’re just really excited to bring the Class of 2010 together over the next six years.”
Morrison said he wants to approach student government more openly because many students are not familiar with how the various class councils work.
“I definitely want to increase the outreach, increase the visibility,” he said, adding that he wants to focus on working with fellow students and doing what they want, rather than working based on assumptions about the class. Increasing the transparency of the class councils will help in this regard, he said.
Morrison also said he hopes for a smooth transition into the role of Second Year Council President.
“I’ve had a lot of experience working with a lot of First Year Council,” he said. “And I hope to see a lot of familiar faces on Second Year Council working as the same team.”
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