LC Meridian

Issue date: 5/4/09 Section: News

Nail-biting results: LSU's CASA presidential candidate Amanda Savinon reacts.

After two-weeks of intense campaigning the election results are in, but not without debates, complaints, allegations of election violations and record breaking voter turnout.

Candidates for We Make Lehman (WML), Lehman Students United (LSU), and the Senate (Student Conference) have spent the last few weeks talking to students about their platforms, plans and earnestly trying to spread the message of change on campus. The current elections have seen unprecedented voter turnout and a response from students that has never been witnessed before at Lehman. Students are speaking out, voicing their support for candidates who have in turn demonstrated that they are working on ushering in a new style of leadership .
Amanda Savigñon, LSU's candidate for President who is also CASA's Communications Officer had this to say of the current administration.

"We know that the current administration has messed up, but what we want students to understand is that this is not the same LSU that is running for office now. We are a new and improved team that wants to restore student government and give our ear to the students. In the past, student government has done a lot for students, I am proud to be a current member of LSU and want the campus to be proud of their representatives."

Winston N'Dow, WML's candidate for Entertainment Programmer seems to share similar sentiments . "As a student, I know that more needs to be done to attend to the needs of students. We are here because we know we can more effectively utilize the resources given to student government and make sure that we listen and assist a greater number of our students."

As the campaign got underway, two debates were held during the week of April 20. The candidates used this opportunity to elaborate on their platforms and also to criticize the governing body, as well as each other. While the first debate was lukewarm and grossly disorganized, the second debate held on April 22 was very intense and was a huge improvement of the previous one. Numerous blog posts on popular social networking site Facebook addressed tactics of finger pointing as well as accusations of censorship. According to an entry posted on Francisco Valverde's blog, "What I didn't like about the debate was that I sensed some planned questions."

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