Junior Shore and Senior Package win uncontested
Shortly after election results were announced in a packed CoHo on Saturday, Sophs 4 More, the newly elected sophomore class president slate, was found outside singing, “I gotta be, I gotta be, I gotta be so much more than me” — with an emphasis on “so much more.”
“I’m so excited for next year,” exclaimed freshmen Misha Nasro and Maxine Litre, simultaneously.
Four slates entered the race this year, with 16 freshmen vying for the class president positions. They were organized as “Think Thirteen!” with Brennen Clouse, Cordelia Sendax, Adina Tecklu and Stephanie Webb, “So-Phresh” with Joel Aguero, Imani Franklin, Elise Geithner and Thomas Hendee, “iThirteen” with Camilla Boyer, Nelson Estrada, Adam Klein and Greg Naifeh and “Sophs 4 More” with Steven Greitzer, Shane Hegde, Nasro and Litre.
The Sophs 4 More slate was elected after gaining the highest number of votes in all three run-off rounds. So-Phresh was the final contender to Sophs 4 More in the final round and fell short by 50 votes, losing 559-509.
SoPhresh was the only slate to seek endorsements, winning support from the Queer Coalition and the Women’s Coalition.
In interviews with The Daily last week, the slates disclosed their campaign spending Think Thirteen members said they spent $350 on campaign materials, while the remaining three slates said they spent around $800.
Sophs 4 More members said they were surprised by the results and had not expected to win.
“They were all such amazing slates,” Nasro said. “We were so surprised that we won.”
The new sophomore class presidents said they were “excited to start on their plans.”
“We’ve already started talking to Junior Shore and Senior Package,” the presidential slates for the Classes of 2012 and 2011, Greitzer said.
All four members agreed that planning for the upcoming year would start immediately.
Members of the other slates said that they would still be involved in sophomore class affairs. Franklin, a member of the So-Phresh slate, said campaigning was a “fun experience.”
“I wanted to look back on campaign week, win or lose, and be like, that was a great week,” she said. “And it was.”
Franklin plans to apply for class cabinet.
“I’m really excited and I still get to be involved,” she said.
“And I’ll be able to sleep at night!” she added.
The other class president slates ran unopposed. “Junior Shore,” which included incumbent sophomore presidents Marie Caligiuri-de Jesus, Adrian Castillo, Taylor Goodspeed and Isabelle Wijangco, as well as newcomer Cody Sam, was elected with 644 votes, while “Senior Package” was elected with 596 votes.
Junior incumbents Pamon Forouhar, Dante DiCicco and Mona Hadidi, as well as newcomer Molly Spaeth, will continue as senior class presidents.
A version of this story originally appeared online on April 10.