Friday, April 13, 2007
Delta Force found a reason to celebrate despite losing the presidency and vice presidency.
Before the results were completely announced on KJHK, students at the Delta Force party were getting excited, and were preparing to open champagne. Delta Force won 13 of 14 junior/senior senate seats.
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Delta Force won 27 seats for school student senators. It received 40 percent of the vote for president and vice president, as opposed to Students’ Rights’ 7 percent, and United Students’ 51 percent.
“We got a lot of senate seats; that’s really important,” John Cross, Kansas City, Mo., junior and presidential nominee for Delta Force, said.
Cross said he was disappointed that Delta Force didn’t win the top two seats, but remained positive for the party’s future on campus.
Liz Stewe, Lawrence junior and vice presidential nominee, said she was pleased with the work Delta Force had put into the campaign.
The platform most important to Stewe was getting free sexually transmitted disease and infection testing at Watkins Health Center for students. Delta Force also campaigned for expanding the blue-light system off-campus and making the bus system more convenient for students.
Phillip Murphy, Lawrence graduate student and an elected graduate school student senator, said it was a successful campaign without the president and vice president seats.
“I’m looking forward to doing the things we said we were going to do on our platform, getting them done,” Murphy said.
Delta Force won 27 seats for school student senators. It received 40 percent of the vote for president and vice president, as opposed to Students’ Rights’ 7 percent, and United Students’ 51 percent.
After the election, results were completely announced, the radio was turned off so party members and supporters could congratulate Cross on his hard work.
Cross said that regardless of the outcome, everyone in the room had contributed to the campaign, and he was grateful for their support.
“As long as we’re making good things happen on campus, that’s all that matters.”
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan.com
— Edited by Will McCullough
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Delta Forces loses presidential race, but gains seats
Yay Delta Force!
Delta Forces loses presidential race, but gains seats
Why should my student fees subsidize your whoring? If you can't afford your own STD testing, maybe you should cut back on the rampant sex.
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