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YOUR C AMPUS AND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER // APRIL 2 2015 // VOL. #87 ISSUE #27 // UWINDSORLANCE.C A
Landslide Victories Take Over UWSA Elections
HANIYASSINE
relieved for the race to be over, but
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is also looking to waste no time in
Breaths were held, sighs of relief were made and tensions were mended as the winners were being read off. On the evening of Mar. 26 the university’s engineering centre had numerous UWSA candidates waiting patiently but nervously for the results of a hard-fought election. With 39 candidates in all vying for one spot or another, UWSA chief returning officer April Adams said it was a bit of a nail biter. “In some of them they were really close, some as far as four or five votes separated from the two,” Adams said. Not all races were close however. Among the big winners of the night was Farah El-Hajj who was elected the UWSA’s new vice president of student services in a landslide victory. Having more than 300 votes over her opponent, R.J. Sivanesan, she’s eager to helm her new position but also extremely relieved for the race to be
injecting the university with some newfound spirit. “What just hit my head was everything I wanted to do for the students, I can now make that possible. So it’s exciting,” Tarpeh said. “The way I like to meet is by bringing everyone on board for us to move together, because you can try all you want by yourself but if people aren’t with you, leading thousands of students, it’s a hard job.” But of course, where there are winners, there are losers as well. Ronald D’Aguilar was edged out in what was an extremely close race for the two available senate seats. With just 12 and 10 votes behind respective winners Grace Bottah and Ghadder Alghosein, Aguilar was surprised by the results but accepts them nonetheless. “I have to be honest, I’m surprised, I am quite surprised. But the students chose their representatives and that’s
over.
what matters,” D’Aguilar said.
“Honestly I feel so relieved. I don’t
With the elections now over, the
even have words to tell you how I’m
transitioning period with the new
feeling right now. I just can’t wait to
UWSA members is now underway.
make this year the best year the Lanc-
Adams said she found this year suc-
ers have at UWindsor,” El-Hajj said.
cessful and is hoping this shake up
Without a doubt, the biggest win-
Jaydee Tarpeh is all smiles celebrating his election win as the new UWSA president at UWindsor’s engineering centre Mar. 26. [Photo by // Hani Yassine]
rejuvenates the alliance.
ner of the night was none other than
“It was a great year,” Adams said. “I
Jaydee Tarpeh who took home the
really enjoyed myself and I hope that
majority of votes to become the new
the members are starting to feel that
president of the UWSA. He too is
they can at least trust the process.”
Candidates hold their breath as UWSA CRO April Adams reads off the election results at UWindsor’s engineering centre Mar. 26. [Photo by // Hani Yassine]