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| Title | Houstonian, 1994 |
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| Date | 1994 |
| Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 1994, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 v. 60 1994 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
| Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Student Life |
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| File Name | yearb_1994_030.jpg |
| Transcript | 3§levin Berglund, a business senior, Justin McMurty stated his opinion discussed his opinion of SA during to an audience of debate attendees. the campaigns. Berglund was a write Photo by Danny Dalstra in candidate. Photo by Jason Jaeger tHniting Students presidential candidate Angie Milner states her platform at the SA election debate. Photo by Danny Dalstra 42 ® Student Life SA elections "Unites Students" utthroat Politics Like many student government elections these days, the 1994 Students' Association elections were full of excitement. These future politicos worked day and night to crank out their latest message to the students. Some of these campaigns were put together better than campaigns for a real public office that had the financial backbone to help it out. Led by SA Director of Public Relations Angie Milner, a concerned group of 30 students organized to form Uniting Students. The Uniting Students' campaign had everything that you can think of and more. Wearing their American flag look alike t-shirts, these students hit the pavement armed with handbills, stickers, positions papers, etc. to get their message out to the UH students. "This was the second year in a row that I managed a campaigned for SA. Last year, I managed the victorious SAIL campaign, so Angie and I decided to stick with what works," said Uniting Students Campaign Manager Jeff Fuller, a senior RTV and journalism major. In addition, another major party, Initiative formed under SA Speaker of the Senate Coy Wheeler's leadership. They passed out handbills and position papers and were ready to hit the students with information on the Initiative platform. This group was a bit smaller, but had the manpower to make it tough for Uniting Students to win. The predominantly residential housing party, Alliance, was formed under Bleacher Creature leader Dom Lewinsohn. He used good old-fashioned pressing of the flesh to get his message to the students. In mid-March, the SA elections took place and Uniting Students won all but eight of the 34 Senate positions. However, a run-off was needed to decide who would become the next student body president and vice president. Making it into the run-off were SA Presidential candidates Angie Milner (Uniting Students) and Dom Lewinsohn (Alliance) while the Vice Presidential race pitted Henry Bell (Initiative) against Dirk Moore (Uniting Students). After another two day series of pavement pounding, the elections were over and everyone waited for the results to be announced. In one of the closest run-off elections in UH's SA history, Milner was declared the individual to take the president's helm by a margin of 36 votes. In the Vice Presidential run-off, Bell won by a close margin, defeating Moore by two votes. "We had more of a voter turnout in the run-off, but we were still able to make sure that everything was done by the rules and few rules were violated," said Election Commissioner Habib Salley, a junior communications major. -JeffFuller SA Elections # 43 |