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Candidates campaigning paid off for this years student government association election with
over 2,000 votes total. Students broke the record of the most votes ever being cast in
an election beating the past record of 1,100 votes.
"We started seeing what they felt could be changed about the University, what they liked
about the University, and any concerns that they had with the goings on of the University,"
says Vice President-elect Steve Wailand.
Voting started Wednesday, and the results finally came in Friday afternoon.
Elected President and Vice President Caleb Markey and Steve Wailand.
Board of Trustee Andre Ashmore. And Senator's at Large Angela Bahr, Heather Smith, Sean
Sullivan, and Paschence Jackson.
Each candidate had the chance to debate against one another before voting started on Wednesday.
Contenders spoke of reaching out to the students, and how to spend funding. But one of the most
heated discussions was about Vice President Candidate Antonio Marshall.
Antonio Marshall was arrested in Corbin the Tuesday prior to SGA elections for an outstanding
warrant. His opponents brought up the topic at the last SGA debate to make sure that voters
had the chance to know what was really going on.
"We feel like they have the right to know whether those things have happened in the
past or not so at least they could take that into consideration when voting occurs," says
Steve.
And at the end of the day, SGA members are glad that students took the time to vote.
"I'm just really excited and proud that students went out there and voted because that is really
the number one way that they can show that they care about who represents them to the
administration," says Wailand.