By Kelly Lucas
Campus Editor

Purdue Student Government has delayed the announcing of the new student body president and vice president until Friday.

Due to all the infractions flying back and forth between tickets, the announcement continues to be pushed back. According to Bryan Lares, student body vice president, the announcement will be delayed until all infractions have been heard and tried by the student court.

"I don't think they should make a big deal about it," said Rebecca Lawrence, a freshman in the School of Agriculture. Lawrence said each ticket should accept what they did as wrong and shouldn't throw infractions at each other just to win. However, she said the infractions did not influence who she voted for.

According to Michael Brown, Purdue Student Government's special prosecutor, Jim Vaca and Patrick Mondi, — ticket two — are being charged with 18 counts of illegal campaigning.

Vaca, a junior in the School of Management, and Mondi, a junior in the School of Technology, allegedly posted materials in a University building without having it approved by the building deputy. The student court will hear the case Wednesday.

However, most infractions stem from incidents that occurred in Shreve Residence Hall.

Clay Slaughter and Kurt Weiand — ticket one — have been charged with five counts of illegal campaigning, two of which have been dropped. According to Brown, the two counts that were dropped stemmed from a rally held in Shreve Residence Hall to encourage voting.

Brown said it had been alleged that members of the Shreve club were telling residents to vote for Slaughter, a freshman in the School of Science, and Weiand, a junior in the School of Liberal Arts.

The other three counts are still under investigation and deal with mailing materials to the residence halls.

Vaca and Mondi were also charged with illegal campaigning in Shreve Residence Hall. Brown said Vaca and Mondi went door to door in the hall without a canvassing permit. Vaca and Mondi plead no contest and received a one percent deduction from their total vote.

Brown said the court may also hear the case against Slaughter and Weiand Wednesday; however, infractions can still be filed until Thursday.

The charges of early campaigning against Chris McManama and John Gerber — ticket three — have been dropped. Assistant special prosecutor, Shyam Sriram has dismissed the charges he placed upon McManama, a junior in the School of Management, and Gerber, a junior in the School of Management, due to lack of evidence. Sriram claimed McManama and Gerber violated residence halls regulations when campaigning.

The PSG supreme court voted unanimously that the actions of Vaca and Mondi could not be defined as early campaigning and the accusations of 20 counts of early campaigning were unfounded.

Vaca and Mondi were cited for a cover letter that was placed upon their petition sheet. In the cover letter, Vaca and Mondi thanked each student who signed their campaign petition for their support.

According to Brown, Vaca and Mondi were acquitted of all 20 counts of early campaigning.