VOL. CXVIII, NO. 114
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MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2016
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
ASOSU elections over, preliminary results in Grisham/Morgan win president/VP ticket, Kaufman wins Speaker
Willett came in second with 45.2 percent of the vote after the final round of candidate eliminations. Joshua Kaufman won the Speaker of the House title with 50.93 percent of the vote in the final round of candidate The Daily Barometer Preliminary results for the Associated eliminations against his opponent Zoe Students of Oregon State University Baumann who had 48.83 percent of elections have been issued after the the vote. Christian Shuster was removed from voting window closed at 10 p.m. on the Speaker of the House race after the Friday, April 8. President and Vice President can- seventh round of candidate eliminadidates Rachel Grisham and Brett tions for Speaker of the House after Morgan won the race with 54.3 percent receiving 29.19 percent of the vote of the vote after the final round of can- against Kaufman and Baumann who didate eliminations. had 36.25 and 34.55 percent of the vote Candidates Tabitha Pitzer and Chris respectively.
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New fraternity members take flight at annual event celebrating brotherhood
A full list of Senators who won the vote as well as a list of the undergraduate and graduate House of Representatives positions that were filled can be found on the ASOSU elections webpage.
The Student Incidental Fees Committee members (SIFC) can be found ont he webpage as well. For more information on the elections and a voting breakdown, visit the election website at asosu.oregonstate. JOSHUA LUCAS | THE DAILY BAROMETER edu/elections. Rachel Grisham and Brett Morgan are the winners of the baro.news@oregonstate.edu
president/vice president race after preliminary results.
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This is a renewal of brotherhood. It allows for the chapters to get excited about new members, and to go through the new member process again.
Leslie Schacht Drey Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life
BRAD ANDERSON | THE DAILY BAROMETER
104 newly recruited IFC fraternity members “jumped” into their new brotherhoods at the annual Spring Jump event Saturday in the MU quad. By Riley Youngman
“After the reading off of the names, the members are able to get a proper experience of OSU Greek life,” Melendrez said. An early, chilled overcast morning was not enough to Arriving at the MU around 8:30 a.m., newly recruited deter hundreds of Oregon State University students and members of fraternities gathered to register with IFC as the members of the Greek community from coming out to the crowd at the bottom of the MU quad steps grew steadily Memorial Union quad Saturday and taking flight. until the event’s start at 10 a.m. By the time members of the 104 newly recruited fraternity members at OSU were IFC began to read out the names of the new members, the both literally and metaphorically thrown into their await- energy among those gathered was electric. ing brotherhoods this weekend at the annual Spring Jump “Jump is the best holiday every year,” said Andrew Ibarra, event, capping the end of the formal Interfraternity Council a sophomore in communications with a minor in political (IFC) spring recruitment period.. science, and the recruitment chair for Phi Gamma Delta. Of the over 100 people that jumped this year include Participating in Spring Jump is a tradition among OSU fraternities. According to Morgan Melendrez, a junior in freshman in pre-business Kyle McGuigan, who was recently business management and the vice president of public recruited by Ibarra to join Phi Gamma Delta. McGuigan relations with the Interfraternity Council, the event focused said he enjoyed the Jump day experience on strengthening brotherhood and community within “Hearing your name, running down the steps, through chapters. the flags, and jumping into the brotherhood was almost News Editor
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like what I imagine running out to war is like,” McGuigan said. “It was a crazy adrenaline rush.” McGuigan and many others shared in their excitement for the event, and for their upcoming involvement with the fraternities they were jumping into. “Waiting in line to hear my name called was like the day before Christmas,” McGuigan said. While Fall Jump traditionally sees a larger number of people both jumping and in attendance at the event itself, this year still saw large recruitment numbers for some fraternities. Dane Piazza, a sophomore in kinesiology, is the president of Sigma Pi, which had 12 new members jump on Saturday. “This was one of our biggest Spring rush classes in a while, Piazza said. “We are always trying to get bigger.
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