Students elect Junior, Senior Class Boards

After two days of campaigning on Locust Walk, the Class Boards for the Classes of 1996 and 1997 were announced last night by Junior and Senior Class Boards advisor Scott Reikofski. And runoff elections will be held Monday for three positions on the two boards, said Reikofski, who also serves as assistant director of the Office of Student Life, Activities and Facilities. Wharton sophomore Lenny Chang, who is the current sophomore class president, was re-elected as Junior Class Boards president. College sophomore Justin Feil will serve as vice president, after receiving more than 50 percent of the vote in the three-person race. College sophomore Michael Nadel will serve as vice president for corporate sponsorship and College sophomore Elliot Hyun will be the Junior Class Board treasurer. A run-off will be held for the secretary position between College sophomores Liz Kane and Melissa Chang. Matthew Gilroy will serve as the Wharton School representative, Denis Chognon will be the representative for the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Deborah Cooper will represent the Nursing School on the Junior Class Board. Four students will participate in the run-off election for the two open representative spots for the College of Arts and Sciences: Michael Chin, Lauren Lazare, Linh Bguyen and Caroline Waldman. The position of Sophomore Class Board president is the third spot which will have a run-off Monday. College freshman Alan Waxman and Engineering freshman Neil Sheth are the two finalists for that position. College freshman Chris Casamassima will serve as Sophomore Class vice president and College freshman Jason Brenner will be vice president for corporate sponsorship. Engineering freshman John Boyle will serve as secretary and the treasurer will be College freshman Craig Schickler. Kevin Gifford will be Wharton representative on the board, but no freshmen ran for the representative positions in the College, Engineering and Nursing schools. Junior Class Board Elections Chairperson Leonard Cooperman said Tuesday night the positions will either be left vacant or elections may be held in the fall to fill the slots. But Reikofski, who said the lack of candidates was "kind of a disappointment," said he would like to see these positions filled. "We will meet with the Boards and decide how they want to fill those slots," he said. " But I think it's really important to have that representation of all four schools." Reikofski said the voter turnout was much higher than the 700 juniors who voted for the Senior Class Board last week. He did not know the exact figures, though. "Voter turnout was a lot higher than it was with the Senior Class Board elections, he said. "Probably, both classes had more voter turnout on their first day [Tuesday] than the senior elections had the whole time." Run-offs will take place Monday in front of Steinberg-Dietrich Hall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In case of rain, the voting booth will be placed in Houston Hall.