AAA takes OU Student Senate, Adeyanju becomes president-elect

20 05 2008

By Laura Bernheim
Campus Editor
ThePost.ohiou.edu
May 20, 2008
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Senior Michael Adeyanju of the Ability and Accountability party won the presidential Student Senate election with 1,088 votes.

For the second year in a row, junior Will Klatt lost by a slim margin. After losing last year’s election by 17 votes, he lost by 41.

AAA swept all five off-campus commissioner jobs and won four out of five positions each as senator-at-large and Student Activities Commission at-large. In total, AAA won 21 positions compared to 12 for The Birthday Party, led by Klatt.

Freshman Evan Webb was the only winner for the third party, Action through Communication and Teamwork, as senator for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology.

About 2,700 students voted this year, a little more than half of how many voted in last year’s elections.

RESULTS:

President:
Michael Adeyanju, AAA: 1,088
Will Klatt, The Birthday Party: 1,047.

Vice President:
Sarah “Sally” Neidhard, AAA: 1,234
John Calhoun, The Birthday Party: 1,124

Treasurer:
Maleka Anderson, The Birthday Party: 1,588
Matt Bell, write-in: 288