The Beacon THE STUDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND SINCE 1935 February 18, 2016 • Volume 118 • Issue 17 • upbeacon.com
ASUP SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS IN RUN-OFF
? Hannah Baade • THE BEACON
THE RACE CONTINUES... The ASUP Special Election ended Wednesday night in a run-off between Anthony Ng and Bryan Chipman. Voting for the run-off will begin Thursday at 8 a.m. and continue until Friday at 4 p.m. Ng and Chipman received 22.6 percent and 22.18 percent of votes, respectively. Of 3,544 undergraduate students, 947 students participated in the special election: 26.72 percent participation. The special election was called after former ASUP president Khalid Osman resigned at the beginning of the semester. Whomever is elected in this election will serve as temporary ASUP president until the end of the year, at which point next year’s ASUP president will take office. -Clare Duffy • THE BEACON
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THE VOTE IS IN: ASUP CONSTITUTION TO CHANGE
Changes to the ASUP constitution were approved with 76.45 percent of total votes. The following changes will take effect: • Creation of “speaker of the Senate” position, an ex-officio member of the Executive Board that serves as a liaison between the Senate and the Executive Board. • Vice president takes over management of ASUP services as well as being election committee chair. • Treasurer becomes finance director and is allowed to appoint a controller if necessary. • Secretary becomes the communication director and has an increased responsibility in communicating with the student body. • Restructuring of senate size: 17 senate positions.