The Vol. 112, Issue 17
BEACON The University of Portland’s student newspaper
Thursday February 24, 2011 www.upbeacon.net
UP voters speak
Rosemary Peters Editor-in-Chief peters12@up.edu
Zack Imfeld, president-elect
Last night, with the close of the ASUP election poll came the unveiling of the 2011-2012 executive board. Juniors Zack Imfeld and Chloe Ruffin cinched the presidential and vice presidential positions on next year’s ASUP Executive Board with 63.9 percent of the vote. “It feels exciting to be validated by the students and
to be recognized as a leader,” Imfeld said directly after hearing the elections results. Ruffin is excited as well. “I am so joyful, happy and very excited to start next year and make next year’s exec. board the best it has ever been,” Ruffin said. Sophomore Sean Ducey defeated incumbent and junior Hillary White with 55.3 percent of the vote, claiming the position of Campus Program Board Director. He received 55.3 percent of
the 1,358 votes cast, which is the highest voter turnout since ASUP shifted the election process to online voting. “I feel great,” Ducey said over the phone as his friends yelled congratulations to him in the background. “I am really excited right now. Every time I was in The Commons this week, I would tell people to vote for me for CPB Director.” Ducey, and most of the other
Chloe Ruffin, vice president-elect
Caitlin Chu, treasurer-elect
Kristin Johnson, secretary-elect
See ASUP, page 4
Sean Ducey, CPB director-elect
Photos by Bryan Brenize, Scott Chia, Kevin Kadooka and Alissa White | THE BEACON