The votes in the annual Student Government Association election have been tallied.
Both questions on the ballot were passed. The first was whether or not the constitution should be amended to remove the positions of secretary of interior and secretary of allocations. The measure passed with a 591-144 vote.
The constitutional amendment to raise the student activity fee from $4 to $20 also passed in the elections by a margin of 413-322.
SGA members wanted the fee increase in order to bring better events to the ETSU campus, said current vice president Brian McCormack. McCormack hoped to bring a musical group better than Everclear, which performed in the fall of this academic year.
The College Republicans mounted a late campaign to keep the fee at the current $4 rate. CR president Daniel Reed and supporters were handing out leaflets encouraging students to vote against the fee increase.
Reed and the CR’s will be filing an appeal today to fight the increase.
“We don’t feel the increase hike is appropriate,” Reed said. “This is just another financial burden on the student body.”
“Since the campus is a commuter campus it doesn’t seem that the student activity fee increase will benefit most students,” Reed said.
All the seats in the executive branch of the SGA were unopposed. J.R. Husmillo, president received 549 votes, and Josh Shearin received 514 votes in his bid to serve as vice president. Secretary/treasurer Aya Fukuda was elected with 555 votes.
Senators elected on behalf of the College of Arts and Sciences are Rachel Whitaker (391 votes), Ashley Kendall (387 votes), Cayla Robinette (382 votes), Philip Benfield (365 votes), Cassie Thomas (346 votes), Brent Greene (331 votes), Jama Oliver (330 votes), Michael Wright (328 votes), Desiree Stryker (327 votes), Kristina Hollowell (326 votes), Brad Hammonds (323 votes), Lane Shuler (302 votes) and Alyssa Youngerberg (283 votes).
The senators who will be representing the College of Business and Technology are Caroline Ross (371 votes), Rebekah Edgar (362 votes), Jacob Witten (346 votes), Sara Hurst (339 votes), Jamie Jackson (332 votes) and Ashley Short (319 votes).
College of Education senators are Tiffany Dunahoo (466 votes), Leona Nixon (432 votes) and Brandi Garner (421 votes).
The College of Nursing and the College of Public and Allied Health each had one student running for senate. Josh Chamless (473 votes) and Dustin Goforth (469 votes) will represent those colleges, respectively.

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