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Council Holds Spring Elections;
Botsford, Collier Seek Presidency

By Tim Wheeler
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

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The intense campaign between Alan
Botsford and Tom Collier for President of
the Student Council climaxes this week,
as all students vote today and tomorrow
to elect a President and Vice President of
the Council and to decide several
referenda.

On the same ballot, most schools of
the University will also elect Council and
Judiciary Committee representatives for
the coming year.

Candidates Filed

By yesterday, the following slate of
candidates had filed for President and
Vice President of Student Council: for
President, Alan Botsford (Virginia
Progressive Party) and Tom Collier; and for
Vice-President, Peter E. Gillespie and Stu Pape
(Virginia Progressive Party). However, any
student eligible for election may be a write-in
candidate if a petition is filed before the polls
close, and all other requirements are fulfilled.

Each student will also be asked to vote on
four referenda affecting the structure and
operation of Council and the Judiciary
Committee. The first referendum, proposed by
the New Constitution Party, seeks to abolish
the present Student Council constitution and
replace it with a new constitution.

Tom Collier

Independent Candidate For President

The second item would amend the Student
Council constitution to require a forty per cent
voter turnout before the results of a
referendum could be considered binding on
Council.

The third referendum proposes a $750
yearly salary for the Council President,
beginning with the new president. The fourth
referendum is an amendment to the Judiciary
Committee constitution, allowing a reduction
in semester requirements for candidacy on the
Judiciary Committee.

Special Election

Ballots for the College of Arts and Sciences
also include a special Council election to fill the
post vacated by Scott Stephens. Dave Horan
and Rita Paoe (Virginia Progressive Party) are
running for this position.

Campaigning for the six regular College
representative on the Council are: from the
Virginia Progressive Party. Jon Blankenship.
Paul DiPasquale, Mike Flock, Chris Kerr, Larry
Sabato, and Mary Smith; from the Jefferson
Party, Bob Bryant. Steve Edwards, Bob Kinker,
and Jim Matthews; from the New Constitution
Party, Bill Brinton, Chris Payne, Norvel Rose,
Rob Taylor, and Kathleen Williams; from the
Monarchist Party, Roy Bertolatus, Dave Foster,
Leon LeVan, John Pinker III, and Jim Williams;
and running as an independent is James A.
Massey.

Candidates for the three College
representatives to the Judiciary Committee are:
from the Jefferson Party, Ned Bergin, Paul
Barks, and Gary Lotz; on the Virginia
Progressive Party ticket, Kip Klein, Rick
Pearson, and Alan Robertson; and as
independents, Gaylord Layfield, Gordy Rawles,
and Paul Sisk.

In the Engineering School, candidates for
Council representative are: Greg Compton, Bill
Davidge (Trigon), Charles Diggs (Trigon), and
John Petro (Progressive Engineering Party).

Those seeking office as representatives on
the Engineering Council are: for fourth-year
representative James Bennett (Trigon), Mike
Detamour (Trigon), Michael P. Keen (Trigon),
Joe Littleton. Harvey L. Vines (Progressive
Engineering Party), and James L. Wamsley
(Trigon); for third-year representative - Al
Calvi (Trigon), Timothy Koogle (Progressive
Engineering Party), Greg Hudson (Progressive
Engineering Party), Michael H. Martin (Trigon),
Spencer Rogers (Trigon), and Milton B.
Whitfield (Trigon); for second-year
representative William Hughes, Thomas P.
Bracke, Roger Gauss (Trigon).

Alan Botsford

VPP Candidate For President