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Justin
Johns, current CSU vice president for Student Affairs,
is consoled by Arts & Sciences senior Shay Graves.
A record five candidates ran for president and vice
president for Student Affairs, and a record
1,376
stuents voted in the election. Abby Bruning was elected
vice president for Student Affairs.
Photo by Tetona Dunlap
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Black
wins CSU presidency
By
Melissa Hillebrand
Editor-in-Chief
A
record number of 1,376 students voted Tuesday, making Business
junior David Black the 2004 Creighton Students Union president
and Abby Bruning the 2004 CSU vice president for Student
Affairs. The previous record was set in 1997 with 1,118 student
votes.
Black received 780 votes for 57 percent, against his opponent,
Business junior Justin Johns. Johns, the 2003 vice president
for Student Affairs, received 583 votes for 43 percent. There
were 13 abstentions.
“
This makes us feel a lot more confident that the students
believed what we said we could do,” Black said.
Black and Bruning campaigned together and ran on a split
ticket, and their goal was fulfilled with both of their elections.
Bruning received 848 votes for 62 percent. She defeated Business
junior Rahul Sualy, who had 383 votes, or 28 percent, and
Business sophomore Carl Maerz, who received 129 votes for
10 percent. There were 16 abstentions.
“
Both David and I had prepared ourselves mentally for any
outcome,” Bruning said, “but when the crowd burst
into a roar following the announcements of the positions,
we both felt the energy and excitement we had worked so hard
toward.”
Twenty-seven students, the highest number since 1999, ran
for the positions of CSU Arts & Sciences representatives,
and 15 were elected. Eight students ran for four positions
of Business representatives. Sualy ran for both CSU vice
president for Student Affairs and CSU Business representative,
and he received the most votes for the latter.
Nursing junior Nicholas DeMuth was the sole candidate for
CSU Nursing representative.
“
We’re very excited and looking forward to our administration,” Black
said.
CSU President and Election Commissioner John Schwietz said
he believes that Black and Bruning are going to do incredible
things during their administrations. Schwietz has spent the
last year working with the two of them when they were CSU
representatives.
“
Without a doubt, these two are some of the very best, if
not the very best, of our representatives,” Schwietz
said. “They have an incredible work ethic and desire
to help the students.”
Schwietz also said that he is glad Black will have the opportunity
to do more work for the student body. Black has been very
instrumental in the behind-the-scenes work of organizing
barbecues, the bands and game-day shirts, Schwietz said.
“
The two of us realize that we have an intense responsibility
to the students of this university,” Bruning said. “Voting
us into office was their way of letting us know we have their
approval and we will do our best to let no one down.”
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