ASB Candidates Win Election Victories
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ASB candidates win election victories by Lisa Marchesoni Richard Langford, Buddy Creasman and Jeff Combos captured the top three positions of ASB president, speaker of the senate and speaker of the house after a two-day election Tuesday and yesterday. Langford amassed 776 votes against presidential contenders Tom Wells (354) and Jim Stutts (280). Creasman outpolled competitor Larry Robinson with 789 votes to 452. Incumbent Jeff Combos earned 1,016 votes over write-in candidate Tony Petty with 73 votes. Seventeen senators were elected for graduate, senior, junior and sophomore seats. In the graduate senate race. Earl Lammons netted 37 votes while write-in candidate Salem Aswad totalled seven. Five senators elected to fill senior senate posts are Betty Barnes (231), Jeff Eason (227), Steve Ruckhart (221), Tony Petty (200) and Don Morris (179). In the junior senate race, Breta Parsons (215), Allan Betts (200), Frank Brothers (187), Denise Veazey (172) and Riley Clark (156) in won the five posts. Sherry Clark (297), Bob Harlan (225), Jim Rungee (254), Melody Os Riggan (243) and Melinda Stubble- ASB President Ted Helberg (right) congratulates President-elect field (240) were elected to fill the Richard Langford after votes were tallied last night. Langford won the five sophomore senate seats. election with 54 per cent of the to al vote. Charlie Steed Photo A total of 1470 ballots was cast in -2 should feel free to come by the The interest in the senate races the election. office and talk, he added. "looks good," Creasman said. "Before the end of the semester, "This interest says a lot for the etf I want to start working against No set priorities within the future of the senate." student apathy so that when proposed policies have been House speaker-elect Jeff Combos established yet, Langford said, but students come back this fall they said "I am confident all the any student input will be accepted. will have something to look forward candidates can work together next The presidential contenders to in ASB," President-elect year so that ASB can be a true asset "didn't take away from each Langford said. to the students in the coming The office of ASB president "is other's campaign, but built on what year." each had to stand for," he added. for the students and together we The top three officials will be can make it happen," Langford Senate speaker-elect Buddy inaugurated at the ASB banquet said. Creasman said "I hope my support April 14. "I am here to represent the will not die tonight but will last Senatorial winners will be students," Langford said. Students through next year." inaugurated in the fall. & >i Committee selects speaker on rape defense Index Selection of Frederic Storaska as location to be announced later this To date, the only other Ideas and MTSU's spring speaker headlined week. Issues budget committment is an activity by the Ideas and Issues The addition of a spring speaker HPERS program featuring Dr. Senate hopeful sees '76 as committee Tuesday night. was made possible with sup- David L. Costill on exercise "important year" (page 2) plements to the Ideas and Issues physiology. Storaska is the author of "How budget from unused portions of Other business of the meeting To Say No To a Rapist and Housing preference forms to be funds allocated to the Environment- included: out soon (page 3) Survive," and advocates a relative- al Insights program. —Discussion of the Emphasis ly new approach in the defense of This program, involving several Symposium, with the decision Wells supporter questions rape, according to Harold Smith, campus departments and dealing director of Student programming. made to continue the program next editor's stance on election with various aspects of the year. (page 5) "I believe students will be environment, has funds "left over" interested in this speaker due to the from budgeting, due to the fact that —Discussion of a new committee Boys State tourney continues timeliness of his topic," Smith two of their scheduled speakers head, as present chairman Bob this week, promises thrillers commented. "His approach is fresh could not accept fees. This money, Pickard ends his term in May. (page 8) and he offers some new alternatives added to the present Ideas and —Discussion to begin prelimi- in rape defense." Issues budget, created an amount nary fall programming soon to Storaska's rape program is sufficient to invite an additional allow ample time for quality \ scheduled for March 30, with speaker to campus. programs. 2-Sidelines March 1 a 1976 Shine encourages political commitment by Trina Jones Addressing some issues which he policy, Shine said that there is "no shaping foreign policy, saying that feels are important, Shine turned to Political involvement should such thing as a magic show in "no man can be an expert in the Tennessee Valley Authority arise from a philosophical com- foreign policy" and criticized everything and one can't expect a mitment, not out of a desire of (TVA) and cited "management" as Henry Kissinger's performance as person to be equally successful in victory for victory's sake, U.S. the public utility company's basic secretary of state. all spheres of influence." problem. Senate hopeful Bruce Shine said "The North Atlantic Treaty "Bill Brock's basic philosophy is Tuesday before a group of 15 "If the TVA can't be competitive Organization (NATO) is being one that captivated those who are MTSU students and faculty. with private power companies, ignored by Kissinger," he said. already successful," Shine said in something is wrong," Shine said. speaking of one of Tennessee's Although not yet an announced "We can't expect our allies to go along with policies just because we Republican U.S. Senators. candidate for the senatorial race, Shine pointed out that residents "A distinction between Bill of Kingsport, Tenn., which is the say so." the Tennessee Democrat admitted, Brock and myself is that I'm not only town in Tennessee with a "I want to be in the U.S. Senate." Shine suggested a reliance on the Hamiltonian and I think Bill Brock, private power company, pay less expertise of more than one man in in a sense, is," Shine said. Shine said he would wait to for power "than residents any- announce his candidacy until late in where else in the state." May when he could assess his support and see who else would be "You and I are stockholders in running, maintaining that he "does TVA and we have a right to expect a not want to run for the sake of return of lower power rates,'' Shine running." commented. "1976 is an important year," There is a need for new people on Shine said. "I wasn't going to run the TVA board of directors who will but I changed my mind when I saw reaffirm a dedication and belief in that issues were not being public power, he suggested. addressed." Dealing with American foreign wooee oeea EARLY SPRING SPECIAL! Portable gas grills by Charmglow. l(l%off to MTSU students, faculty, and staff. Ideal for camping, picnics, and apartment dwellers. Bruce Shine, Democratic hopeful for the U.S. Senate, told MTSU Contact La-Mar Sales, 890-2622 students Tuesday that "1976 will be an important year." 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FREE PARKING IN LOT The Big Store BEHIND STORE Sidelines March 18. 1976-3 Housing selection forms ready soon Bum/ugh talks Housing preference forms should Type A housing will provide for limited to six specified hours planned by UIC be sent to students within the next no residence hall visitation. between noon and midnight. Two lectures on "Sex, Single- two weeks, Jim Craig, acting Members of the opposite sex can be Type D housing will provide for ness and Marriage" will be director of housing, said yesterday. entertained in the lobby from 7 four specified days for visitation, sponsored by the University IBM cards will be sent to a.m. to 2 a.m. with visitation hours being six Interfaith Council next Monday and students so that they may select the Residents in Type B housing will specified hours between noon and Tuesday at 7:30 each night in UC type of housing in which they wish be allowed to participate in open midnight. This type housing will be 324-A.B, and C. to reside next year, according to houses and members of the limited to facilities in which rooms The lectures will be given by Craig. opposite sex may be guests in the open from an exterior passageway. Esther Milligan Burroughs, direct- MTSU's differential housing lobby from 7 a.m.