Volume 126, No. 112
Thursday, April 6, 2017 OPINION
CSU neglects larger student body PAGE 8
Silva-Wells campaign wins ASCSU presidential election President Elect Josh Silva embraces his strategic relations manager Natasha Gordon after hearing the results of the ASCSU elections on April 5.
SPORTS
Offensive line retooling for 2017 PAGE 14
PHOTO BY NATALIE DYER COLLEGIAN
By Haley Candelario @H_Candelario98
Excitement and tears from the Silva-Wells campaign could not be contained as Josh Silva and Michael Wells were announced as the next presidential administration for the Associated Students of Colorado State University Wednesday night. In an election that saw over 5,000 students cast their vote, the Silva-Wells campaign won the ASCSU presidency with a total of 1,440 votes from the student body. The Morton-Rosenthal campaign earned 1,385 votes while the Bohn-Syron campaign and Kendall-Merline campaign earned 1,350 votes and 974 votes respectively. Silva, ASCSU President Elect, said it is a dream come true for him to be the next president
of ASCSU. “This is surreal. This is a dream come true, in college at least,” Silva said. “I’m just really glad that we won and that we will have the opportunity to help students and serve them, and make sure that we can include everybody and make sure that we can empower students.” Wells, ASCSU Vice President Elect, said the campaign team worked long hours to achieve their win. “These last three days have been 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., just nonstop,” Wells said. “I’m beyond excited. I’m so happy that we can do this because we can get in there, and hopefully start right away on making these initiatives happen for students.” Communication between members of ASCSU and the student body and advancing tech-
nology were two of the main pillars of the Silva-Wells campaign. Silva and Wells plan to make the ASCSU offices more welcoming to students and make mobile apps, such as RamRide, more accessible and easy to use. Silva and Wells believe they will fulfill their campaign promises because they care about the students. “We talk about helping students all the time and being that voice, and that’s what I care about,” Silva said. “It’s just great that we can make this a reality. We can actually do the things that we said we want to do.” Christina Vessa, the Silva-Wells campaign manager, said the campaign’s win came down to the last hour of campaigning on the Plaza. “We were running people down on the Plaza,” Vessa said.
“I can’t tell you how many times I said that pitch of the campaign platforms. I’m probably going to say it in my sleep tonight, but the reason I got behind Josh and Michael is because I knew that they are invested in feasible change, they have the experience to make a difference and they truly, truly care.” Kaleigh Maxwell, Director of Marketing & Multimedia Outreach for the Silva-Wells campaign, said she was passionate about the campaign from the start. “Every day that I worked on the campaign, I learned more and more about them. I was impressed more and more about them,” Maxwell said. “I told every single person who I think I chased down, ‘The reason I’m telling you this is because I’ve see ELECTION on page 4 >>
NEWS
ASCSU barriers to entry an issue PAGE 6