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Collier Captures Presidency;
V.P. Race Goes To Gillespie

Voters Say 'No' To Highrise,
Moratorium; 'Yes' To Pullout

Tom Collier won the presidency of
Student Council last night with 2,200
votes of the 4,971 votes cast. Peter
Gillespie won the election for
Vice-President with 2,021 votes.

Alan Botsford, the Virginia Progressive
Party candidate for president, showed
1482 votes. Stuart Pape, also of the VPP,
lost to Mr. Gillespie with 1,753 votes.
Speedy pulled into third place with 620
votes, carrying the Medical School
balloting.

College Representatives

In the College representatives' race.
VPP candidates were strongly preferred
over the Jefferson Party candidates and
independent candidates. John
Blankenship garnered 991 votes, Mike Flock
took 905 votes, and Chris Kerr had 885 votes.
Larry Sabato showed the highest tally with
1109 and Mary Smith came in strongly with
939.

The only JP candidate to win in the
election. Steve Edwards, finished with 872
votes.

David Horan won the half term vacant seat
left open when Scott Stephens resigned.

New Constitution Party

The New Constitution Party candidates were
soundly beaten, with only one candidate. Jim
Williams, breaking 250 votes with a 266 vote
tally.

The Judiciary Committee positions went to
a straight VPP state. Kip Klein won with 959
votes, Rick Pearson had 715 votes and Alan
Robertson had 823 votes.

Commerce School

Joe Ranney won the Council seat from the
Commerce School. The Judiciary Committee
position from the Commerce School went to
Thomas Neale.

In the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
election. Carl Biscoe won.

Jean Moulis will be the Nursing School
representative to Student Council and Susan
Baker will sit on the Judiciary Committee.

The Medical School elected Richard
Bowman to the Judiciary Committee.

Allen C. Barringer will be the Law School
Student Council representative and Lindsay
Damen will hold the seat on the Judiciary
Committee from that school

Photo By Saxon Holt

Peter Gillespie

Vice-President of Student Council

Photo By Saxon Holt

Tom Collier

President of Student Council

Education School candidates Barbara Kasper
and Phyllis Thompson were elected to the
Council and Judiciary Committee respectively.

Referendum issues and items on the Council
opinion survey were supported turned down
by a substantial majority of voters.

Moratorium

The proposed new constitution which would
have eliminated Student Council and replaced it
by an Assembly of Representatives was turned
down by two thirds of the voters, 829 to 445.

A proposal to make referenda binding on
Council only if 40 per cent of the student body
votes was narrowly defeated with 761 in favor
and 488 students against the proposal. The
proposal took a two-thirds majority to win.

A salary of $750 for the Council president
from student fees was turned down by a vote of
368 for and 936 against.

The moratorium opinion poll showed 867
students against the idea and 484 in favor,
however, the question which was asked to test
student favor toward withdrawal of U.S. forces
from Indochina indicated that 1022 students
greed with a withdrawal date of December 31,
while 311 voted against the proposal.

The opinion survey on the proposed
high-rise apartment buildings on Lambeth Field
revealed large student opposition. The number
of votes cast on the issue, however, was 936
against and 386 in favor of such construction.