No complaints filed as frosh elect nine UA representatives

NEC receives no chargesNEC receives no chargesof election misconduct forNEC receives no chargesof election misconduct forfirst time in recent years For the first time in recent years, no complaints were filed in connection with this week's voting for freshman Undergraduate Assembly seats, the Nominations and Elections Committee announced last night. Instead, the annual Fair Practices Code hearing only concerned the election's results. College freshman William Conway received the most votes in the two-day election, a victory that automatically gives him a seat on University Council. Candidates usually must wait to find out election results at the end of the hearing, which sometimes ends quite late at night. Last year, eight freshmen were charged with code violations. NEC Vice Chairperson for Elections Michelle Harris, a College senior, said she cannot remember the last time no charges were filed. Conway attributed his success in part to his "unique" picture in The Daily Pennsylvanian election supplement that showed him smoking a cigar. "I wanted to be different in order to attract people to read my statement," Conway said, noting that he tried to say something substantive in the flyers he distributed. Campaign posters for newly-elected UA member Dan Kryzanowski, a Wharton freshman, featured his picture with the popular employee from Stouffer Dining known as "the Fly Man," who oversees the dining hall's grill. Several new members credited their victories to the time they took to go door-to-door in the freshman dorms, introducing themselves to their classmates and listening to student concerns. "I tried to meet as many people as possible and let them know that I want to be a voice for the students," new UA member and College freshman David Goldberger said. College freshmen Lori Taliaferro, Josh Fink, Meghan Butler, Matthew Chait and Seth Kruglak also won seats on the UA, as did Engineering freshman Ben Wallfisch. Current UA leaders said they were excited to have the new members in place. UA Vice Chairperson Larry Kamin, a College junior, said the new members will be a capable group. "I've gotten to know the candidates over the past week and the nine who won seem committed and interested," Kamin said. Harris noted that the turnout -- 31 percent of the freshmen class -- was relatively high, despite Tuesday's downpour and some computer problems.