Print Community College......................... ....w<w..w...w.^^ Hilts, Watterberg win elections Constitution gets changes via voters By Shelley Ball Of The Print Clackamas Community College’s Associated Student Government (ASG) elections culminated with an over whelming majority of votes to adopt revisions in the student constitution, while presiden tial contender Daniel Hilts and vice-presidential candidate Shawn Watterberg emerged victorious by closer margins. Out of 262 ballots cast, Hilts received 97 votes to Dar win Dale Keller’s 80, Eric Laitinen’s 65 and Kevin Duf fy’s 5 to win the office of ASG president. Hilts’ teammate Watterberg also received 97 Shawn Watterberg (left) and president-elect Daniel Hilts demonstrate teammate principle that aided them in campaigning for offices of president and vice president. photQ by Jejf Meek votes to win the office of ASG vice president. He beat con tenders Rhonda Nordstrom, who had 81 votes, and Henry Palacios with 64 votes. As for the constitution changes, section III received 212 yes votes to 29 no votes and section V received 217 yes to 23 no. The adoption of these changes mean that ASG members (senators excluded) will be required to maintain a term GPA of 2.5 instead of the previous cumulative of 2.0 ASG members will also be expected to carry a minimum of eight credit hours, two credits more from the previous minimum of six hours, and clearer guidelines now exist in the constitution concerning the selection of officers should the presidential and vice- presidential positions be vacated. There were also several write-in candidates for the of fices of president and vice president. There were five write-ins who collectively ob tained 15 votes for president, while eight write-ins received eight votes for vice president. Two of the vice-presidential names included The Thinking People and Bill The Cat. Both Hilts and Watterberg said they were pleased with winning the elections and thank all those who supported them, either by voting or help ing with their campaigning. The two joined forces by en dorsing each other for office, a move Watterberg said helped As of press time the two will be working on appointing the them to get into office. He added that being second- three positions that round out year students at the College the executive cabinet of the also helped them in their cam ASG. The deadline for ap paigning. plications for the positions of administrative assistant, ac tivities director and assistant to the president will be on Monday, May 6 at noon. the appointments “We did see that Following the entire cabinet will travel to there was a need for the coast at Rockaway in order changes to be made. ” to organize their goals for the coming year. In running for office, Wat terberg said Hilts and he wanted to give students a choice, because at the time they deicded to run there were two candidates running unop posed. Hilts added, however, that the two of them also decided to run because, “We did see that there was a need for changes to be made,” and that, “If we win we’re going to take it very seriously.” Campaign strategy for the team included distributing fliers and posters, making ASG-scheduled speeches and talking with students. In regards to the current ASG members, Watterberg said “We didn’t want to discredit (anyone), just sell ourselves.” Hilts and Watterberg will be officially sworn in next week. fe» SS College computers secure student files Page 3 J Campus speech tourney sports hot-air balloon Pag%4 Two major areas Hilts and Watterberg will be working on include improving com munication between students and ASG, and having a greater involvement in political issues. Hilts explained he would like to instill in students the feeling they can come and talk to either him, Watterberg or anyone in ASG. “Studnet apathy certainly shouldn’t be in ASG,” Watterberg added. As a way to combat student apathy, Hilts said he would like to have ready by next fall student surveys to hand out to College freshman, as a way to bridge the gap between them and the ASG. He also men tioned the formation of a political awareness committee in order to help educate students on political issues. Above all, Hilts said he and Watterberg plan to be open for any suggestions. “We’re flexible,” he said. | Men tracksters prep for championships HH k : Page 7