UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
TUESDAY
The Student Voice Since 1903
APRIL 18, 2000
The votes are in...
Harris, Cook win UCOSA election By N. David Owens
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he votes are in, and the new elected leaders of the student body are Daniel Harris and Chris Cook.
The proposed policy allowing alcohol at off campus student events as well as certain on campus events and the proposed 24hour visitation policy both passed by a landslide. Harris, the new UCO student association (UCOSA) president elect, campaigned on a platform of a 24-hour computer lab, a parking garage, and a "true dead week" before finals. "I'm glad it's over, and just ready to get on with next year. I want to congratulate the other candidates for a good race...and want to say thanks to everybody who supported me and my campaign staff," Harris said. Harris, who received 68 percent of the vote in the three-way race, was endorsed by current UCOSA president and fraternity brother Jarrett Jobe, as well as UCOSA senators Michael Willis and Terry Long. Cook, the new UCOSA vice president elect, campaigned on a platform of improving student life, parking, and fixing the frequently non-working emergency call boxes system on campus. Cook was unavailable for comment following the election. Cook, who received 75 percent of the vote in the two-way race, was endorsed by Jobe and Long. Angie Clemens received 27 percent of the vote for president, and last-minute candidate Patricia Gooden took 5 percent. Joe Smaligo took 25 percent of the vice-presidential vote. The newly elected leaders will take office at the last UCOSA meeting of the year, with Cook moving over from the house of representatives to relieve Harris, and Harris relieving outgoing president Jarrett Jobe. "I'm just happy to see that a lot of people came out and voted, and I am sure the new guys will do a great job," Jobe said. Eighty-four percent of the student body voted to allow 24-hour visitation in the dorms. Seventy-five percent of the student body voted in favor of allowing the new alcohol policy to go into effect. Both policies will now go before President Webb to be signed before they can become official. Five hundred students turned out to the polls on election Wednesday to cast their votes for the two officers and the two policies. "It took us a while to count them because so many showed up," said Bill Carrington, one of two students responsible for counting the ballots under faculty observation. Even though the number that voted was slightly larger than expected, it was approximately 0.3 percent of the student body.
Play that funky music... Andrew Dykers, guitarist and singer in the band "Zoot," performs a song during a Student Programming Board concert Thursday in Pegasus Theatre. The concert was part of the end-of-semester celebration.