~ASWSU Presiden telect : requests participation _ By CHANTAL REECE SIGNPOST staff writer a voice at Weber State, but only a who president tive demic year at Weber a senator on lieves that there is a link between student campus for virtually every major on cam- rights and student activity. Chugg feels that students would see their rights and ideas participation. Then when decisions are made, not everyone _ agrees onthe decision. But that’s ee eo ee te 3 RM nS LI 4 eo “ 5 "he a xe 4 Sie ie % o. tM , 4S aS - life.” On the matter of the Budget Fe AllocationCommittee, Chugg said he sees both sides of the issue. a = Pog me GaP A age ts 3 # my he ROA Pe he r, le ar ae Ce S$ Pie % ips FP RENE AF Pr tr rae a os PE NE < - Re _ “Students have an absolute right to know what's going on at theschool. From my understanding, the Budget Fee Allocation Committee has always had a _ training session that is closed. Nothing canbe finalized inthis ‘Meeting, but they do givea representation of what was discussed | _in the meeting at a later time. _ I would be opposed to opening the training sessions; they should go on as they always Posi Chugg said. _“Ibelieve thatstudentsdo have a a ee OP _ being represented better if they | went out and exercised their right to vote. like to emote Next year he’d elec lier. One of his main goals for the year is toimprove elec turnout. The bylaws for those running 4 for office are usually passed out © at the start of spring quarter, but Chugg would like to have the bylaws passed outat the start of _ winter quarter. : _ “The whole point of elections is for students to vote on someone who represents them," Chugg said. students know “I wantedto let that I am here for them.” “intend to maintainanopen door policy where students are able to come in and discuss is-. sues with me; it’s very important that I listen to the students’ voices.” | dentin a lowturnout = election. Chugg currently serves as student operations director, overseeing the budget and leadership programs. An English major, he will take office in June. Some 9 percent of the 14,500 ear- : i ee students cast ballots during the three-day election that ended Friday. The turnout was about the same last year, said Judy Hurst, student activities director. This campaign marked the first time in at least eight years the president’s race went uncontested, she said. | Outgoing student body president Melinda Roylance said the turnout was a reflection Of Stu- — dents’ hectic schedules, dod than apathy. “We're a large commuter campus. Many students have to juggle — full-time jobs, families and classes,” she said. — 1 was elected academic vice m president. body presi- dents can go to | their senator if hey want to be heard,” he said. - very interested in finding out why students are apathetic,” he said. Batchelor, 5. | who also ran | unopposed, versity student pus, and _ stu- “Personal involve-ment on campus has _ | been limited. Students will find it very easy to become active. I’m we be can a Julie OG DEN — Brett Chugg = has won his / unopposed | race for Weber State Uni- heard. Thereis State University, be- _the good things that come out of | Associated Press in- volved and ac- for the 1993-94 aca- “T think a lot of students don’tsee are & EDUCATION WSU student leaders electedi in\low-turnout vote those students _ Brett Chugg, student body | im ae part Julie Batchelor Nancy Bar-. | row beat Pat | Murphy by 352 votes to take the exec- utive vice president’s job. | Nearly half the 16 Senate races were uncontested. In fact, no one ran for two senate seats, so the new leaders will appoint those spots, Hurst said. Perhaps the race that drew the most at_tention was | Biff Whiting’s | fight against 7 Bryan Benard for social science senator. _ Whiting’s NS . i * a a eS es a tie NO ee® re . = RO “ ers Le %*, Ne eM. P SE Koa 7 Sees Me 2 ae RE Shee. Py a s ee yy Ree az ‘ Mee + pk Reta hoe es KS Rae Ross Perot _ Nancy Barrow impersonations during. AS his campaign got him in the newspaper and on television newscasts. | : But in the end, students gave Benard nearly 500 more NeNeS than Whiting. |