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

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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

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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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i TEXAS UNION BOARD Policy makers incorporate creative methods by SHERRI EVANS Contriving new ideas and innovations was the forte of the 1984-85 Texas Union Board. Among the more creative ideas devised by the Board was the in- troduction of the TUX card. This card, which would be available to all students in the fall of 1985, would act as a Texas U nion credit card. Students would deposit an amount of money at the Union and then receive their card, which could be used for all Union ser- vices and functions, including the Varsi- ty Cafeteria and the MicroCenter. The Board, which was the policy making body of the Texas Union and was made up of six students, three faculty members and three non-voting members, planned to continue making advancements into the next academic year. Aside from putting the TUX card program into operation, there were also plans for remodeling the Varsity Cafeteria and the Quadrangle Room. Perhaps more important, however, the major goal for next year, said Laurel FIRST ROW: Darrick Wayne Eugene, Dave Alan Steakley, Laurel Ann Baumer, Frank B. Bartow. SECOND ROW: Mark Thomas Mitchell, David John Drum, Astrid Marie Cosper, Michael Lee Meadows. Photo by Robert Cohen Baumer, business senior and chair of the Board, will be to target freshmen and make them aware of the Union and what it has to offer. Baumer also said the Board hoped to provide more learning experiences, to increase communication with students, and to increase services the Union offers to students. One of 20 donated Macintosh computers from Apple, Inc. is used by Laurel Baumer in an effort to facilitate her duties as Board President. - Photo by Marci Doane 214 Texas Union Board