Union Board holds elections

After more than 1,300 students voted today for next year's Union Board directors, eight students have secured their positions. \nThe elected candidates in alphabetical order of their last names are junior Cory Buckner, junior Drew Goldberg, junior Adam Hitchcock, sophomore Mzilikazi Kone, sophomore Jeremy Morris, graduate student Dietrich Willke, sophomore Jessi Williams and junior Seth Zimmerman. This year, Goldberg was the major attractions director and Mzilikazi was the lectures director.\nThe election was held today online and at the East Lounge of the Indiana Memorial Union. The election results are now on the Union Board Web site, at www.indiana.edu/~imub/elections/. Voters were given the option to have the results e-mailed to them.\nStudents were allowed to vote for up to eight candidates, and a total 5,000 votes were cast. \n"As people walked by the East Lounge, they were reminded that (the) election was going on, and they took advantage of the poll and cast a vote then," said Union Board President Amanda Murray, who worked the polls at the IMU today.\nMurray said the Internet voting, which started this year, increased the total votes from previous years' elections.\n"It's much more convenient than having to go to the polling site," Murray said.\nTo fill the eight director positions left the remaining candidates can interview with the Union Board Selections Committee Thursday. Union Board will post the results on its Web site and e-mail it to voters who requested the service Thursday night.\nThis year's committee consists of Murray, Union Board Marketing Director Scott Dittmer, Residential Halls Association President Ilia Smith, IU Student Association President Bill Gray, Panhellenic Council President Leslie Fasone, Graduate and Professional Student Organization Moderator Rachel Anderson, Black Student Union Community Service Chair Lynell Westbrook and Latinos Unidos President Adriana Guerrero.\nIn January during the first week of classes, the 16 appointed students will attend a retreat, before taking over the positions in the second week. During the retreat, new directors will conduct their internal election to decide who will serve on which committee and executive position.