The Student Association Election Edition

2/18/10 6:00pm

See the complete four-page spread with all the blurbs here. Voting for the Student Association General Election begins today and lasts through Wednesday at 2 p.m. Voting is conducted entirely online at sa.rice.edu. Candidates are chosen by voters on a preferential basis, with each voter ranking their choices in each race. Voters are encouraged, though not required, to make a selection for each race and for each amendment and blanket tax proposal.

After the ranked votes are tallied, the candidate with the fewest first-choice votes will be eliminated and their votes redistributed among the other candidates according to the voter's second-choice pick. This process will be repeated until only one candidate remains, whom shall be deemed the winner of the contest.

Editor's note: Certain candidates waived their right to a Thresher blurb.

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Amendments

1. To increase RPC's blanket tax from $13 to $18. The proposed increase will only be for non-Beer Bike event operations costs.

2. To establish a $9 blanket tax for Rice Endowment for Sustainable Energy Technology (RESET).

3. To increase KTRU's blanket tax from $5.50 to $7.50.

4. Proposed student initiative to introduce guidelines for Beer Bike Coordinators and to make student vote the final decision to major changes in Beer Bike format.

5. Proposed amendment to SA constitution to task the SA to establish oversight mechanisms for blanket tax monies.

6. Proposed amendment to SA constitution to establish that the office of SA President shall only be held by one person.

7. Proposed amendment to SA constitution to change the wording of the subsection that allows a majority vote of the Student Senate to remove a person from his appointment when deemed unsatisfactory in the charge of his duties.

8. Proposed amendment to RSVP's consitution to also allow people currently coordinating an Outreach Day to run for the position of RSVP Chair.

Candidates

Student Association President Selim Sheikh Tiffany Wu External Vice President Rachel Liontas Carl Nelson Internal Vice President Ryan Fleming Treasurer Thierry Rignol Lemuel Soh Secretary Georgia Lagoudas Sevith Rao Honor Council Senior Rep Hilary Baker-Jennings Benjamin Cuthrell Austin Edwards Kelsey Zottnick

Junior Rep Shawdon Molavi Andrew Patterson Thierry Rignol Travis Smith Kern Vijayvargiya Sophomore Rep Trey Burns Lemuel Soh U-Court Senior Rep Austin Lipinski Varun Juloori Junior Rep Angela Wu Paul Fitzgerald Sophomore Rep Kevin Chu Lauren Theis RSVP Chair Sarah James External Vice Chair Danielle Axelson Internal Vice Chair Jennifer Phillips

Treasurer Kenna Fowler Secretary Kathleen Wiest RPC President Radhika Chhabra Thresher Editor-in-Chief Anna Wilde KTRU Station Manager Kelsey Yule RTV5 Station Manager Trevor Rice RTV5 Program Director Brandon Cisneros Representative to the University Council Ben Morey Georgia Lagoudas Sammy the Owl Zachary Fedorko

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