Election winners plan to fulfill slogan’s promises
>>Print ViewPublication Date: 04/07/2009
Mikel Livingston | Editor-in-Chief
PSG president-elect Adam Kline and his vice president-elect Kristin Shrack share a celebratory hug after being announced the winners of the 2009 presidential election.
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Adam Kline and Kristin Shrack will be the president and vice president of Purdue Student Government for the 2009-2010 school year.
Ticket No. 3 received 2,283 votes, leading Kline and Shrack to win by more than 300 votes. Candidates Nathan Welch and Tara Lannan of Ticket No. 2 came in second place with 1,993 votes while Ryan Hatfield and Beth Corrigan of Ticket No. 1 came in third place with 1,409 votes.
Immediately after the results were announced, Kline and Shrack gratefully thanked their campaign team.
“It felt like 1,000 pounds were lifted off my back,” Kline said. “I’m so happy my team pulled through.”
Ticket No. 3 won’t have much time to celebrate its win, as the team will be working to implement some of their platform issues, Shrack said.
“Our next step is to work on getting information out for Boiler Gold Rush week,” she said. “We want to get the campus night map out by then, so we will be working hard this summer. We want to make sure they have it just like we promised.”
Other issues that will be addressed over the summer are some of Kline and Shrack’s green initiatives. Kline said he thinks smart printing can be implemented by next semester.
“We definitely want to work on the smart printing,” he said. “It’s something we can get done in a short amount of time.”
Concerning other issues on their platform, Kline and Shrack said they will always listen to the students’ voices.
“We stand by our slogan,” Shrack said, referring to “Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Purdue.” “We will always hear what the students want.”