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News Briefs: Friday, January 21, 2000

UMC elects new slate of officers "I am very happy with the results of these elections," Byam said. "We have a number of well-qualified and enthusiastic individuals who show great promise and have a number of excellent ideas." College Junior Archana Jayaram was elected to the position of political chair. Two admissions co-chairs were also elected, College junior Kwasi Asare and College freshman Iman Martin. Both said Native American recruitment will be a major part of their agenda for the upcoming semester. "I'd like to check into recruiting directly from Native American reservations," Asare said. Engineering sophomore Laura Lin, Nursing freshman Anita Sreedhar and Engineering freshman Hareesh Chander were elected programming tri-chairs. Donald Huang, a college freshman, was chosen as treasurer, and College junior Kevin Chan and College freshman Stacey Wood were elected corresponding and recording secretaries, respectively. -- Nawshin Ali