The Voting is Over
A year ago, when the Student Government and Student Trustee elections were going on (April 2005), there was one one office - the one for the UIS Student Trustee that had more than one candidate running for it... There were two candidates for that race, both of whom were College Democrats. I invited both of them to our College Republicans meeting, the night before voting was to begin; both Carrie and Bob attended, and it went very well.

This year, there are so many more candidates running [see here]; the Student Trustee race itself has three contenders (two of whom are members of our College Republicans organization). We hosted a Candidates Forum last week, and nearly all the candidates, for all of the offices attended and spoke; there were likely over 70 students overall, in attendance that night.

Our College Republicans meeting last night had only 23 people in attedance, due to an unexpected change in our program, and the fact that Springfest, along with a number of other meetings, were going on at about the same time... Plus, we held that meeting on a different day of the week (Wednesday) then when our meetings usuallly are (Tuesday). Nonetheless, those present really enjoyed our guest speaker, the Hon. Candice Trees, and due to her connections to our university, she really related with those present, including those six attendees who were candidates for a Student Government office. I especially want to thank those six candidates - along with everyone else who was there - for attending our meeting. Also, one thing I wanted to emphasize is - that regardless of what the results of the election turn out to be - it is such a great thing that we had so many candidates this year (unlike last Spring) who are wanting to make a difference.

Thank you for your activism, your effort, and your desire for involvement. Please keep up the good work!