Mchale-Goodrum Win Top Spots in WCSA 767 Students Cast Votes in Wednesday's Election
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Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow The Oldest Continuously Published Student Newspaper in the Nation March 27, 2008 Volume 146, No. 19 McHale-Goodrum win top spots in WCSA 767 students cast votes in Wednesday's election By Michael DiBiasio is what [the students] favored, Transcript Reporter then we humbly accept this decision without question.” Juniors Rory McHale and Osei-Bonsu and his running- Ben Goodrum became the next mate, Kristina Fitch, received president and vice president of 35.2 percent of the vote, while WCSA last night, winning 51.5 the Amanda Zecheil-Anthony percent of the vote. Rosato ticket received 13.3 per- McHale and Goodrum built cent. their platform on environmental Zecheil also said she was sat- and accessibility awareness and isfied with the future president properly representing the stu- and vice president. dent body. “I am so proud of the student “Everything we promised body’s choice of Rory and Ben," is next," said Goodrum, vice Zecheil said. "I trust them and president-elect. "We’re going to their platform, and I am excited begin to fulfill what we said we for their leadership. They have would do in our platform, and been so supportive of me, and nothing has changed." I am thankful to have gotten to “We said we would be know them both better through accountable, we would be dedi- this process." cated and we would be genu- McHale and Goodrum hope ine," said McHale, president- their fellow candidates will con- elect. "That’s what [students] sider running for a class rep- can look forward to next year; resentative position, or stay Photo by Greg Stull working with the environment, involved in WCSA in other Juniors Ben Goodrum (left) and Rory McHale triumphed in the election with 51.5 percent of the vote Wednesday. working on accessibility and no ways. DPD in our dorms." While McHale and Goodrum A run-off election will be respectively. (Treasurer candi- his own victory, McHale gave night. Before the results were offi- received more than the required held next Wednesday between dates junior Jeremy Reeves and his endorsement to Christopher In yesterday's election, 47.5 cial, presidential candidate Stan 50 percent to win the president- candidates Adam Koorn and senior Matthew Greene received Kelly in next week’s election. percent of the student body Osei-Bonsu released a statement vice president election, the Christopher Kelley, who 15.71 and 12.84 percent of the The future secretary, fresh- voted. Not since 2005 has more from his campaign, saying, “If treasurer election could not be received 34.02 percent and vote, respectively.) man Yashika Shah, who ran than 40 percent of the student the McHale-Goodrum ticket decided last night. 37.43 percent of the vote, Shortly after he learned of unopposed, was also named last body voted in a WCSA election. What do OWU students want? By Greg Stull major goals, forming the foundation between WCSA and Dining Managing Editor of their platform for WCSA presi- Services has been constant,” he said. dent and vice president: to improve “Students are involved in material A few of the most prevalent stu- student life and create a more united decisions, because they are educated dent concerns with Ohio Wesley- campus, to get the student center up on the realities of the program, what an are waste management, cultural and running and to make Ohio Wes- it can do, and more importantly, what sensitivity, campus up-keep and leyan a more “green” campus. needs to be done to effect change.” under-funding of Small Living Units “A lot of these things are very do- Osei-Bonsu said to improve cam- (SLUs), according to a student-pro- able,” Fitch said of their goals. For pus connectedness, they would like duced report on the wants of stu- example, she said, improving food to establish a policy requiring WCSA dents. on campus—a subset of improving representatives to attend at least two- Senior Stan Osei-Bonsu and soph- student life—should be an easy goal, thirds of campus events. omore Kristina Fitch, the runner-up as Gene Castelli, senior director of “Why can you fund an event candidates for WCSA president and Dining Services, is generally more and not go to it?” Osei-Bonsu said. vice president, respectively, surveyed than willing to accommodate student “What kind of example does that Eve 6 Photo from Eve6.com students and student groups across requests. show?” campus during the last few months Osei-Bonsu said that Castel- Osei-Bonsu said making Ohio to determine which issues are most li is helping them “get around the Wesleyan a more “green” campus is important to students, Fitch said. monopoly of Chartwells” to serve also a reasonable goal, as the next Eve 6 to rock out Gray Chapel This research provided the basis of more international food on campus. National Colloquium will center on By Ryan Armstrong comment so much they named the band their report, titled, “What Students at Castelli said Dining Services is that very issue. Transcript Reporter Eve 6. OWU Want.” working with the WCSA Food Com- Fitch said she and Osei-Bonsu Their predecessors stack up to what Other common concerns of stu- mittee, of which Fitch is a member, had no intention to run for WCSA Alternative rock band Eve 6 is sched- was the height of the early '90s height dents are the lack of a neutral social to put together a survey that will when they first started talking to stu- uled to perform Friday, March 28, in Gray grunge movement. Bands such as Bush, setting, the retention rate, the hand- assess what students want from Din- dents about which campus issues Chapel at 8 p.m. thanks to the help of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Stone icap-inaccessibility of the campus, ing Services. He said international they found most important; their ini- OWU’s radio station 98.7 FM WSLN Temple Pilots and the Smashing Pump- the lack of school spirit and unfa- food options will be one of the top- tial plan was just to inform WCSA “The Line.” kins were part of this wave through the miliarity with how WCSA operates ics of focus in the survey. of these issues so that it could take Senior Rachael Roettenbacher said mid-90s. and spends its money, according to Castelli said efforts to provide action on them. But she said they she emailed someone associated with the Though their sound is somewhat dif- the report. more international food in the past realized the best way to address stu- band, and he contacted Eve 6. ferent from these bands, they followed Fitch, a Thomson representa- generated considerable complaints. dent concern would be to run for “I’ve been a fan of Eve 6 from the first in their footsteps as far as being success- tive for WCSA and a member of the “For instance,” Castelli said, “in WCSA. time I heard them,” Roettenbacher said. ful in the alternative genre. Clear artistic Campus Relations Committee, said response to many requests for Indian “I think out biggest obstacle (to “When I found out they were possibly influences of Eve 6’s include Everclear the concerns were generally consis- cuisine, we ran one of the sections addressing student concern) is get- touring in the spring, I jumped on the and the Foo Fighters. tent across the campus, and espe- of the Food Court as an Indian menu ting elected,” Fitch said. “The easi- chance to see if we could bring them to “We get a very nostalgic feeling from cially within the SLUs, which she each lunch. The other five main est way to give them what they want OWU.” this band,” Roettenbacher said. “We said are facing similar issues. areas were unchanged. Yet despite is if we are elected.” Punk-pop trio Eve 6 formed in 1995 in always remember what happened while “The SLUs are one of the main the requests, we soon heard many Fitch said if they lose the election, California and became one of the main- we listened to the songs.” things drawing students to this complains about ‘not Indian food “they are not going to disappear”— stream alternative powerhouses of the late Originally called Eleventeen, Jon Sieb- school, and we’re letting them fall again!’” they are just going to have to address 1990s. els and Max Collins signed a contract with apart,” she said, noting that poor Castelli said while Dining Ser- these issues through different ave- The band’s name came from one of RCA while still attending high school. conditions of SLUs are generally vices likes to provide themed menus, nues. the early episodes of the television series It took them two years to get signed and ignored by WCSA and the univer- it tries to avoid boredom. “We con- “If not elected, we’ll have to X-Files called “Eves.” The show featured find a full-time drummer. sity. stantly try to balance the double- go through WCSA,” Fitch said, as genetically engineered characters, one of They recruited Tony Fagenson and Fitch and Osei-Bonsu, co-found- edged sword of variety and bore- regular students have to go through which was named Eve number six. That then released their self-titled debut in the er of the Ghana Student Education dom,” he said. WCSA before they can present to character made a remark about biting a Fund, said they distilled the most “The best thing that has happened See EVE 6, page 2 See , page 2 guard’s eyeball, and the band liked the common student concerns into three the last several years is the dialogue WANT Tim Miller brings Men's basketball Senior spends "Glory Box" to receives honors semester abroad OWU stage in Kenya -- Page 5 -- Page 8 -- Page 2 Name Page # Date Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow Page 2 The Transcript March 27, 2008 Involvement, transparency among issues discussed at WCSA debate By Myra Blackburn dents’ sexual health.