The Wolf Web 2002 Election Guide

submitted by CrazyJ on Sunday, March 31 2002 at 11:04 PM

Here is a guide for you guys to identify and elect your fellow Wolf Webbers! We have chosen candidates that have demonstrated enthusiasm in communicating with their fellow students by taking advantage of The Wolf Web.

GENERAL SEATS (all students can vote)
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Student Body President - 1 Position Available
Michael D. Anthony - Senate-Prez - his only post said he would be back. he hasn't.
Larisa Yasinovskaya - zenobia0000 - demonstrates willingness to involve TWW
Clarence Davis, Junior - jlov125 - registered last week?
Travis Oakley (Write-In) - jackleg - UNELIGIBLE, but great for apathetic voters!

Student Senate President - 1 Position Available
Josh Cox - Wyatt - went to TWW to inform about ticket distribution
Brad Dixon - bigdix

Student Body Treasurer - 1 Position Available
Jabari Bell
Dan Gilligan - hadrian

Student Chief Justice - 1 Position Available
Wortham Boyle - Wortham - used TWW to inform about yearbook giveaway
Brent Rowe

Union President - 1 Position Available
Sam Edwards
James Reed - jdreed2

Union Board of Directors - 4 Positions Available
Eva Feucht - eva009
Elizabeth Sall - abugslife - involved in discussing UAB issues on TWW
Gary Palin - We wish there were only 3 positions!
Erich M. Fabricius - ShatteredE - TWW staple for answering SG operational concerns

Student Media Authority Board - 7 Positions Available
Danny Pydynowski
Jason Jon Smith (Write-In) - nutsmack® - Why NOT write him in?

Senior Class President - 1 Position Available
Decker Ngongang - Satch - A wolf web veteran. He has been looking out for us!
Amy Rothberg - WlfpkTopaz

Senior Class Vice President - 1 Position Available
Kevin McAbee
Nadira A. Mathlin
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COLLEGE SEATS (find your classification)
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Senate: CALS sophomores - 2 Positions Available
Melanie Zink

Senate: CALS juniors - 2 Positions Available
Brandon Whitney

Senate: CALS seniors - 3 Positions Available
David Joyner
Jamie Pendergrass - J-Me1983

Senate: Design - 1 Position Available
Jonathan Thompson

Senate: Education - 1 Position Available
Okema A. Hines
Abdullah Tharpe

Senate: Engineering sophomores - 3 Positions Available
Brian Onorio
Jeremy Spencer (Write-In) - Pitr - Why NOT write him in?

Senate: Engineering juniors - 4 Positions Available
David Sheehan
Mital Patel
Philip Denton

Senate: Engineering seniors - 4 Positions Available
Erich M. Fabricius - ShatteredE
Matthew Frazier
Dustin Choe - NCSUsen dc
Lucy Tatum - sunkissed81

Senate: Natural Resources - 2 Positions Available
Jacklyn Harris
Beth Plummer

Senate: CHASS sophomores - 2 Positions Available
Brigid Ransome
Melissa Price
Laura Kovalchick
Janet Ogbon - Janet855

Senate: CHASS juniors - 2 Positions Available
Nick DiColandrea - roguewolf - great guy. leads TWW softball team!
Mark Matthews - markgoal - wolf web old timer. in touch with the issues!
Wes Gray - JBakerIII

Senate: CHASS seniors - 3 Positions Available
Stuart Wright
Ted Gellar

Senate: Management sophomores - 2 Positions Available
Meagan Langdon
Allison Watkins

Senate: Management juniors - 2 Positions Available
No candidates in system

Senate: Management seniors - 2 Positions Available
Nate Black

Senate: PAMS - 2 Positions Available
Christina Mischinski

Senate: Textiles - 2 Positions Available
Brian Carty

Senate: Graduate - 5 Positions Available
Ken Hoy
Gary Palin
Prasad Rao Kollipara
Matt Keith

Senate: Veterinary Medicine - 1 Position Available
No candidates in system

Senate: First-Year - 2 Positions Available
Jeff Ennis - BearDawg61

Senate: Life-long Education - 3 Positions Available
Shane Pinson

posted by Joe on Sunday, March 31 2002 at 11:06 PM

What sort of intelligence failure resulted in recommending Larisa?

3/31/2002 11:14:37 PM

I'm uneligible too, but vote for me anyways.

3/31/2002 11:17:04 PM

is it not possible for the best canidate to not be a wolfweb member?

i second the larissa sentiment.

3/31/2002 11:17:55 PM

Quote :

"demonstrates willingness to involve TWW"

I think they were judged on tww participation. Where are thsoe peeps with 10,000 posts? Insaneman? Stinger? Myrtle? Etc. These need to be our choices!

[Edited on March 31, 2002 at 11:19 PM. Reason : sdf]

3/31/2002 11:19:10 PM

CHASS JUNIORS!! What about MARK MATTHEWS?!!!

3/31/2002 11:28:26 PM

shoulda gave mike a thumbs down

3/31/2002 11:29:31 PM

I REALLY DO NOT SEE HOW THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE WOLFWEB SHOULD MATTER AT ALL.

Larissa has been at NCSU how long?

3/31/2002 11:30:06 PM

i third the larissa sentiment

3/31/2002 11:30:41 PM

yeah just to make sure you guys dont forget about us!
---CHASS Juniors---
Mark Matthews--markgoal
Nick DiColandrea--roguewolf
Wes Gray

We two old SG peeps that have been here for a loong time, haven't we Mark?

[Edited on March 31, 2002 at 11:33 PM. Reason : hoppy easter!]

3/31/2002 11:31:57 PM

reckless

3/31/2002 11:39:46 PM

Woohoo!! Yeah...Roguewolf also for CHASS Juniors!

Geez...we knew CHASS was the red-headed stepchild of the University, but I didn't know we were the red headed stepchild of TWW also!!

3/31/2002 11:40:56 PM

who is larissa? is she an idiot or something?

3/31/2002 11:40:56 PM

Vote for Abdullah Tharpe...AB is the SHIT!!!

3/31/2002 11:49:35 PM

should be fixed

3/31/2002 11:52:37 PM

THIS "WOLF WEB" GUIDE TO VOTING IS ABOUT AS STUPID AS THE WOLF WEB ITSELF

sorry, caps locked function was on

either way, fuck your stupid guide!

3/31/2002 11:54:12 PM

Quote :

"who is larissa? is she an idiot or something?"

http://technicianonline.com/read/tol/opinion/004863.html

3/31/2002 11:54:13 PM

Larisa is the most qualified Pro-Change candidate. If you want to actually MAKE the changes that Travis is pushing for, then she is the candidate to do that.

4/1/2002 12:02:15 AM

if you guys don't think they're involvment in TWW matters, just take our recommendations with a grain of salt!

4/1/2002 12:03:19 AM

Quote :

"If you want to actually MAKE the changes that Travis is pushing for, then she is the candidate to do that."

Those changes are up to the Senate. If the Senate wants them, it'll go right through any Presidential veto. If the Senate doesn't want them, no amount of pleading from the SBP is going to change that.

4/1/2002 12:06:51 AM

Fuck the bullshit, vote Travis.

4/1/2002 12:08:02 AM

Quote :

"who is larissa? is she an idiot...?"

"All signs point to yes."- David Puddy

[Edited on April 1, 2002 at 12:12 AM. Reason : edit]

4/1/2002 12:10:27 AM

write justin blackford for cheif justice

4/1/2002 12:13:11 AM

write in Joseph Constant for Student Media Authority Board, please.

4/1/2002 12:23:06 AM

Ouch, Travis, that hurts.

4/1/2002 12:33:41 AM

it shouldn't, i don't recall talking to you

4/1/2002 12:50:35 AM

Voting for Travis gains attention for him and his cause, but improves Mike's chances of winning. Use your vote as you see fit, but just be aware of what it's effect will be.

Perhaps a more important race, however, is the SSP race. Just know your issues when you vote.

[Edited on April 1, 2002 at 1:11 AM. Reason : clarifying, not hating on anyone's opinion]

4/1/2002 1:01:35 AM

I will not vote for Larissa b/c I was told she was in favor of the tuition increase

4/1/2002 1:14:28 AM

I think it will be interesting to see how many of the people with the thums up will win....the wolf web will havea bgi impact on the resutls I am sure.

4/1/2002 1:17:50 AM

hey all! any textiles people out there.... write in DAVID ALLEN as a textile senator! thank you very much

4/1/2002 1:53:09 AM

http://technicianonline.com/

Tech did interviews with the candidates. They are up on the page and may prove helpful in cutting through fluff of position statements.

4/1/2002 1:54:52 AM

voting for travis really doesn't help mike's chances, unless he can get over 50% of the votes, in that case, it doesn't matter that people voted for travis instead of larisa. travis will force a runoff and since he is pretty much not elegible, there will be a runoff between larisa and mike with no option of a write in.

4/1/2002 2:11:30 AM

Do you know if votes for an ineligible candidate (Travis) would count towards the total number of votes that the winning candidate needs a majority over?

A hypothetical situation to look at:

Mike 45 votes
Travis 30 votes
Larisa 20 votes
Clarence 5 votes

Mike would have 45/100 of the votes cast (not majority), but if Travis's weren't counted, then he would have 45/65 (a majority). It would seem that Travis's votes would have to be included in the total. Can anyone shed some light on this?

4/1/2002 2:39:18 AM

Quote :

"§7-1.25. Single Seat Winners. For any race in which only one position is available, the winner shall be the candidate who receives a simple majority (greater than 50%) of the votes casts. In the event that no candidate receives a majority of the vote, a run-off election shall be conducted. The top two candidates will be in the run-off. If there is a tie for the second seat, all three candidates will be in the run-off."

so mike would only have 45%, thus a runoff.

4/1/2002 2:56:34 AM

if they dont count my votes its gonna be like the LA riots up in this mothafucka

4/1/2002 2:56:43 AM

"Illegial votes" (the technical term), that is votes for inelgible candidates, fictitious persons, etc are still tallied into the total votes cast. My understanding is this is how the run-off for SSP last year happened, as there aren't too terribly many students meeting the service requirement for SSP.

If you think about this, it makes sense, as a majority victory requirement's purpose is to ensure more people want the person elected than don't. I'd say those casting "illegial votes" are very much not wanting some other person or people.

4/1/2002 3:20:28 AM

I wanted to refrain from commenting on any names in the elections, but since this endorsement came out I had to say something, for those people who might base their votes solely on this.

Larisa is completely unqualified for the office. She has been here since the beginning of last year, and I saw firsthand the job she did when I worked with her. Maybe things have changed since then, but in both of the student organizations I was part of with her, she failed to adequately perform her duties.

She has a lot of spirit, and is intelligent, but fails to follow through effectively. In addition, her views often drove away people from the organization who had the ability to bring quality ideas to the table. As an individual I respect her ideas and views, but not as a campus leader.

I have had the good fortune to work with many people since coming to NCSU who have been diligent workers, but I have also had the misfortune of working with a lot of people who think that effective governance comes through idealistic measures. It does not. It is the result of persistence and hard work.

4/1/2002 5:14:50 AM

Write in Karen Walser for engineering juniors!

4/1/2002 8:02:54 AM

markgoal...I used to have a lot of respect for you until you said:

Quote :

"Larisa is the most qualified Pro-Change candidate."

She hasn't done anything all year. I guess that's what pro-change means: going from doing nothing to doing something maybe. Pro-change candidates are people who haven't been involved at all and want to bring about change (Clarence and Travis), not people who have been involved, but haven't done anything.

VOTE NO TO PRO-TUITION INCREASE CANDIDATES!

[Edited on April 1, 2002 at 8:35 AM. Reason : correction]

4/1/2002 8:16:41 AM

I don't mean to say that she is the most experienced. That is obviously Mike. He has done many good things in his time in SG. However, he is not pro-change if you will.

Of Clarence, Travis, and Larisa, Larisa is the only one with any experience. That is the general idea of my statement. You may feel that she is not qualified, but I challenge you to find a more qualified pro-change candidate.

4/1/2002 10:42:03 AM

Mike's proven his effectiveness as a leader.
Larisa hasn't even come close.

I'd vote for Travis and Clarence before I voted for Larisa. She ought to have run for president of the UAB with her concerts and what not.

4/1/2002 11:09:48 AM

Mike is a gigantic bitch that takes it up the ass.

4/1/2002 2:29:03 PM

Like it really matters who wins...

After the election no one cares because we never see them do ne thing to help the students...
At least I dont...

Who ever gets the job will do the job... It will get done but I dont see how they have ne power
NCSU admin will do whatever they want with or without our consent...

All they care about is our tuition money and apeasing us for 4-5 years...

Maybe if someone explains what they can exactly do and how much power they really do have.
I might change my opinion...

Note: do they control the money... If not then they have no power.

4/1/2002 2:29:14 PM

they shouldn't have the power. they're fucking students. it's just here so all the little "high achievers" can get to together and play grabass together. if state let a bunch of 19 year olds have serious input, then I would find another school.

4/1/2002 2:55:32 PM

Hey Travis - I voted for you, you can pay me anytime now, preferably in small, unmarked bills.

4/1/2002 2:59:49 PM

i know Dan Pydynowski (media election), he lives diagonally across the hall from me. cool, dopwn-to-earth guy. vote for him.

4/1/2002 3:08:23 PM

Well I am not exactly thrilled with everything and everyone in Student Government, but those of you who say they have no power and don't do anything are just ignorant.

If you ever showed up you would see what they can and on occasion actually do accomplish. My problem is not with their power or the reasons people serve, but rather the fact that so much CAN be done, and yet so little actually IS.

4/1/2002 4:00:37 PM

4/1/2002 6:46:34 PM

If they can do so much

Where is the results

I cant beleive in all this time that they have nothing to show for anything...
That is sad...

4/1/2002 11:15:13 PM

I think I've done my job--and I know that my constituents are pleased with my work.

I'd just like to point out:

A vote for Josh Cox is a vote for Gary Palin.

4/2/2002 9:14:03 AM

Quote :

"I'd just like to point out: A vote for Josh Cox is a vote for Gary Palin."

While Palin supports Josh Cox, so do many others that often oppose Palin. This includes 2 co-authors of the bill to impeach Gary Palin.

4/2/2002 9:38:20 AM

um yeah some how my information got placed as the link for jlov125 for student body pres. Yeah that isnt me just thought yall should know that so it doesnt make that person look as bad, seeing as i only joined over easter and who ever was trying to say something about that.

4/2/2002 7:51:28 PM