Volume 59, Issue 5  - September 18, 2006

5 elected to Freshman Senate
By Arath Lopez
Spanish Editor

Five freshmen have been elected to the Student Government Association.

A total of 278 students cast ballots in Wednesday’s election. Votes were counted Thursday.

Cristina Alaniz received the highest number of votes, 83, followed by Rose Marie Alvarez, 64; Crystal Vargas, 27; Joel Alaffa, 18; and Mario Gomez, 17.

  Fourteen candidates vied for the five positions.

“I think we are starting to see a trend of more people just starting to be more involved on campus and we can see it by how many people ran,” SGA President Abraham Ponce said.

Ponce said he was “very proud” of the student participation in the election.

To become a freshman senator, students must have completed fewer than 30 credit hours and have a 2.0 GPA or higher.

The new senators were sworn in during Thursday afternoon’s SGA meeting.

“These freshman senators will stay in student government and will contribute to the university,” Ponce said.