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Show Time is now for SUUSA By BECKI LESSER SEN IOR STAFF WRITER In a landslide victo ry, Steve Allen and the Time party swept through the 1997 -98 SUUSA elections yesterday, winni ng a ll scats save two senatorial posi tions. With Time ca ndidates Marl i Maxfield as the new academic vice president-elect and Tasha Adams elect ed as activities vice president, Al len said his executive coun cil fo r 1997-98 will be the group he wanted to work with from day o ne. 11 1 am glad to be working with Tas ha an d Marli- wc have the same visions for SUU, 11 he sa id . 11 1 give credit to the whole party. We played as a team, and never lost the newness of the electio n process the whole time, 11 sa id Allen, who wo n the election with 789 vo tes, over oppo nent Russell Kennedy 's 488 vo tes. Kennedy, who spent most of his time fo ll owing the a nnouncem ent consoling loyal supporters of hi s campaign, said he was pleased with th e high ca liber of his party. "We feel that we ran a clean campaign, and we did Ta sha Adams, the newly elected activities vice president,(left) is congratulated by one of her friends. Adams, the best job possibl e." of the Time party, will join the ma7ority of her party in office. Allen also praised the m e mbe rs of th e Unit ed Success party for t heir wo rk. "They arc better people fo r taking the ri s k. They worked hard; their s hirts In the la rgest party victory in several years at SUU, that they fe lt privileged to have been elected, bo th look ed good, 11 he said. said they were disappointed to see the majority of senato ri al winners, 10 of 12 of who m were m embers Tim e received 302 straight party ticket vo tes, th eir party no t elected. of T ime, were Jennifer Durcan (US), Amy Jo Tyler "I feel that th e fac t that only two m e mbers of our while U .S. received 203. (T) and Rob Reynard (T) for the College of Arts, 11 1 am absolute ly flattered that th e students of SUU Lette rs and Humanities; Julie Adams (T ), Jane Miller party got in is a travest y fo r SUU students," Durcan s uppo rted m e," Allen added after his victo ry Jast said, after winning her senate seat by onl y one vo te. (T) and Julie Black fo r the College of Education; Tate ni ght. T he win cam e after a record 28. 7 percent "I will do m y damnedest to fulfill every promi se Brya n (T), David Adams (T) and Sean Stucki (T) for s tudent voter turn out. made b y our entire party, because I fee l our th e College of Science; and Ma ry Heybo rne (US), "I look forward to serving n ext yea r, to m eetin g Mi chon O tt (TJ and Brook Madsen (Tl for the College pla tforms we re all so i mpo rtant." m o re students and making su re th ey feel welcome Reynard said he wa s "excited" about the victo ry . of Business, Technology and Comm unicatio n . and involved," Alle n added . H eyborne is an in cum bent, who currently serves as " I am so happy; the tu rn out was phen om en al. I Allen sa id he plans to fo llo w th ro ugh o n hi s ta lked to different people, and was glad to have their a senator for th e College of Bus iness, T echnology campaign promises, includin g the additio n of a s upport. We did our very best , and I am happy that it and Communication. The o nl y o the r returning Greek o rganizatio n liaiso n to SUUSA's list of candidate, incumben t Darrell Osterho udt, of the worked out, " he added. appoi nted pos itio ns. " R ight now , we're not sure if Karen Grady (TJ, wh o was defeated in BTC, said College of Science (US), was n ot as fortunate as his we w i II place th e n ew position under cabinet o r she was "t hrilled for o ur party. I couldn 't be counterpart. Oste rho udt lost the election by only STAB; we want t o sec where it wil l be the m ost happier-we did it, we s wept t he ho use." nine votes. benefi cial," Allen sa id . Presi dent-elect Allen, who will take office wi t h the While the two successful US candidates expressed 11 1 look forward to getting sta rted. I wa nt to start rest of last night' s victors in June, said he is appointing my cabinet as soon as possible, and I looking forward to commun icating with the encourage everyon e t o com e and app ly," he said. student body an d the administration . 111 am Maxfield, who took the acade mic vice very excited to work with President !Steven] president ia l race w ith 669 vo tes agai ns t o ppo ne nt Benn ion . I wa nt to make th at wo rk o ut well, 11 Laura Albisto n's 608 votes, said she was "exc.i ted he said. that the students fee l I' m capable eno ugh to Benn ion wi ll take office Jul y l. serve t hem for another year. I hope to use a ll of Maxfield al so expressed interest in ma king ·m y senato rs and their diverse ta.lents and fac ulty and staff m ore involved in SUUSA . 11 T qua lities." hope to .involve the Facult y Senate and the Maxfie ld a rri ved late to the electio n Dea ns' Cou nci l in com pleting my goals fo r the announ cem ents, b ut said " It was a good feeling office," s he said . to walk into the ISharwan Smith Center! Maxfi e ld said s he feels good about th e fact Ro tunda and have peop le congratu lating me. I · that her party did well as a whole in t he don 't plan to be late to anything e lse." election . " We have been working together for Ada ms, with a total o( 749 votes stacked against six m o nths, so we kno w each o ther's q ualities the 523 earned by Un ited Success' Patrick and ho w to u se each othe r's s trength s." 11 Phi ll ips, said she was "very surpri sed" to win the 1 am glad that t he things we promised are so activities vice president post . "Those people [from do-a ble," Allen said of his p ledges to the the United Success party] are so well respected, students of SUU. 11 1 a m excited to start visiting and have a .lot of experie nce," she added. with Valarie [O lson, cu rren t S.,U USA president!, T he success of her party, Adams sa id, is due in getting adv ice and learning the ropes to make la rge part to the vot ers they tried to attract. " We the transition run s m oothl y." rea lly tried to talk to people who aren' t in the JOURNAL STAFF MEMBERS MICHELLE Student Cente r a ll t he time, 11 she said. CLEGG, JOANN LUNDGREEN AND BEN In addition to th e securing of all three ...._......,_ _ . _ . . : . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' WINSLOW CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT. executive council seats by th e Ti m e party, the Current BTC Sen. Marli Maxfield will continue to serve in PHOTOS BY JOHN GUERTLER AND SUUSA Senate will be comprised of primarily SUUSA , but now as academic vice president. BRANDON JENKINS. 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