The new De Anza Student Body Senate has finally been selected. Stephanie Lagos and Barrington Dyer won the presidential and executive vice presidential seats respectively by a vote of 403, just exceeding Binh Ly and Les Leonardo’s total of 365 votes. John Carlsen and Celeste Roschuni received 152 votes.

Officers and Senators running unapposed also received the required number of votes necessary for election.

In order for the election to be valid, a total number of 676 votes were needed. This minimum was exceeded by approximately 300.

The Student Grievance Committee, which was hearing allegations of election code violations, met last Tuesday and decided that, since the allegations were primarily brought against Binh Ly and Les Leonardo, they had no bearing on the outcome of this election.

The grievance committee suggested changes to the election code that may help future elections run more smoothly. The Grievance Comittee suggested that, “regulations need to be developed that clearly stipulate that members of the Elections Committee may not be involved in campaigning of any sort.”

Now, one of the first hurdles that the new student body government will face is keeping enough senators to make quorum, the minimum number of officers and memebers of the student senate that are necessary for valid transactions of business.

Quorum is 15 members and there are currently only 16 in the new senate. This leaves them a very slim margin for drops, which happen frequently during the summer quarter, according to John Cognetta student government advisor.

DASB Election Results 2000

President and Executive Vice President

Winners are in bold.

Stephanie Lagos and Barrington Dyer – 403

Binh Ly and Les Leonardo – 365

John Carlsen and Celeste Roschuni – 152

Officers

Jaylin Phuong Luan, Vice President of Student Rights and Services – 408

Colleen McGuire, Vice President of Administration – 374

Jaycfil Labio, Vice President of Marketing and Communications – 371

Christopher Domingo, Vice President of Technology – 352

Geraldine Garcia, Vice President of Finance – 344

Izaac Singh, Vice President of Programs – 341

Senators

Melody Zhargami – 636

Alexandra Liu – 597

Nancy Lee – 592

Vinh Nguyen – 588

Scott Stern – 578

Svetha Swaminathan – 567

Saket Sood – 546

Kea Loewen – 535

– information courtesy of the De Anza College Student Activities Office