University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION Election board develops new voting process by MILES FAIN I think the students had a hard time with this year ' s elections, said Betsy Gulp, public relations senior and judicial commissioner. Almost as long as there had been a Students ' Association, UT students searched for a method of collecting and tallying votes that would efficiently and accurately do the job. We came up with a ' five identifying characteristics approach, ' said Gulp. These voter characteristics: the second and third letters of your first name, the second and third letters of your last name, your sex, college and birthday, were bubbled in on computer ballots and turned in with the votes. We did it this way so everybody would have a unique code, said Julie Culver, electrical engineering sophomore and judicial commissioner. The results of the runoff election are made known as Scott Scarbrough finds out he won 54% of the vote to take over as President of the Students ' Association. Photo by Morris Goen One student votes out of the 5,581 ballots cast, but under a new balloting system only 4,734 were ruled valid because of incorrectly marked ballots. Photo by Doug Layton Campaign paraphernalia was apparent dur- ing the Students ' Association election in which 82 students vied for the President, Vice President and 29 Senator spots. Photo by Jim Sigmon 212 Students ' Association

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STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION Committee initiates discounts by LAURA ROSSMAN Producing programs that will save money in the long run, said chairman Susan Edgley, was the main goal of the Consumer Affairs Committee. During the school year the committee juggled five different projects: childcare fundraisers, a summer storage program, a roommate exchange service, an ex- tensive apartment guide and a UT discount card. The Discount Card, produced and sold by the committee for $2.00 in front of the Co-op, entitled the bearer to various discounts from local merchants. Twenty-five merchants offered these discounts hoping for an increased stu- dent patronage; Edgley noted that Hastings ' Records did an unbelievable amount of business. The card was the result of more than a year ' s worth of effort, beginning in the spring of 1984, when the idea of a per- manent student discount card was in- troduced. The idea progressed through investigations into national card com- panies and became a committee project put into action the following spring. Edgley said that any profits would either be recycled into next year ' s card or be used to establish a scholarship fund. In spite of all the work involved, she said the committee was real proud of the final product. STUDENT SERVICES: FIRST ROW: Noemi Herrera, Melissa Joi Capito, Jessica Winnie Sobol, Wendy Elizabeth Pinkus, Janie Eva Perelman. SE- COND ROW: Jeffrey Howard Rasansky, Marcia Renee Tarnopol, Michelle Jo Zimmerman, Elizabeth Ann Hogan, John Duncan Teinert. THIRD ROW: Harrison Henry Yoss, Amy Sue Goldstein, Douglas William Heintschel, Paul Andrew Tamburro. FOURTH ROW: Eric Addison Wills, Richard Louis Fogelman, Kris Lynn Renner, David Howard Goodman, David Johnston Ballard, Darrell Scott Rosenthal. FIFTH ROW: Jeffrey David Diebner, Andrea Lynn Breitbarth, Max Nolan Swango. SIXTH ROW: Mark Lawrence Freeman, Hilton Neil Goldreich, Thomas Edward Burke. SEVENTH ROW: Eric Warren Mellow, Eric Jay Kreindler. CONSUMER AFFAIRS: FIRST ROW: Darla Ann House, Susan Holliday Edgley, Laura Marie Kennedy. SECOND ROW: Rebecca Jean Traylor, Robert Lee Milliard, Stephen Paul Walker. THIRD ROW: Karen Nadine Fischer, Nena Denise Pinto, Michael Keith Rainwater. FOURTH ROW: Jodi Ilene Seitz, Kimberly Ann Anderson, Afzal Mooea Dudhia, Andrea Renee Thum. FIFTH ROW: Jesse Lamar Crowell, Laura Anne Cottam, Shannon Carter Schildknecht. Photo by Joe Jaworski Students ' Association 211

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STUDENTS ' ASSOCIATION But Gulp said there were mur un- counted ballots than usual due tu con- fusion about the system. It simply didn ' t line up with our expectations during the general elections, so we had to go back to the old way of scratching voters ' names off the roster at in- dividual colleges for the TSP elections, she said. In the March 5-6 general elections, 317 ballots were discarded out of 5,581 ballots cast. The majority of these were ballots marked with votes for can- didates in more than one college. We ' re definitely still in search of a better system, Gulp said. Campaign supporters help Janie Perelman canvas the campus with posters on trees when campaigning officially began on Feb. 20. Photo by Doug Lay ton JUDICIAL COMMISSION: FIRST ROW: Julie Roxanne Culver, Michelle Elaine Shriro. SE- COND ROW: Michael Barry Doyle, Byron Keith Henry. THIRD ROW: Steven Dean Kesten, Kevin Abel, Julie Marie Cox. Photo by Robert Cohen ELECTION SUPERVISORY BOARD: FIRST ROW: Nina Devorah Bronk, Catherine Ann Bonet, Jeremy J. Gitomer. SECOND ROW: Anne Miya Buxbaum, Teresa Weidler. Photo by Bev Cotton Students ' Association 213