Casagrande, Olivo victorious


Thursday, April 2, 1998	Casagrande, Olivo victorious By Collegian Staff Writers Students may pay less for the Loop now that Caroline Casagrande and Brian Olivo have been elected president and vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government. Casagrande and Olivo won the election with 1,173 votes.
	"I'd just like to start out by saying the real winners tonight are the students of Penn State because they just got two leaders who are willing to work their asses off," Casagrande said to the crowd in the HUB Ballroom. The announcement was made about 12:30 a.m. today to a crowded HUB Ballroom. Campaign workers huddled together with their candidates anticipating the results. Outgoing USG President Jaime Desmond offered her congratulations to all the tickets that ran.
Caroline Casagrande and Brian Olivo celebrate winning the Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president election with friends. The ticket won yesterday with 1,173 votes. (Collegian Photo/Galen A. Lentz - click for full size image)	"I'm very excited for them (Casagrande and Olivo). They worked very hard, as did all the candidates in the race, and I feel very proud for them," she said. Aside from corporate sponsorship of the Loop, the Casagrande/Olivo platform includes faster service at Ritenour, language proficient teaching assistants and workable class sizes. Roshani Herath and Christine Muchi came in second with 981 votes. "We're proud that we ran such a clean and hard-fought campaign. We have no regrets," Herath said. Andrea Prinzi and J.P. Jaworski got third place with 653 votes. "They're (Casagrande and Olivo) great people and we're excited for them," Prinzi said. "They worked really hard and played fair and we're going to be nagging them to do a good job," Jaworski said. Mario Ciabarra and Allison Szabaga garnered 610 votes. "They worked really hard and they had a strong campaign staff. I wish them the best of luck," Ciabarra said. "I want to get as involved as possible next year," Szabaga said.
*"I'd just like to start out by saying the real winners tonight are the students of Penn State because they just got two leaders who are willing to work their asses off."* - Caroline Casagrande, USG president-elect	An earlier verdict from the elections court disqualified Ciabarra/Szabaga for poster violations, but the USG Supreme Court overturned the disqualification verdict and issued the ticket a $100 fine late Tuesday night. Rocco Impreveduto and Marc Nathan came in with 500 votes. "I'm honestly proud of everyone who ran, Caroline and Brian ran a great campaign. I have all the love and respect for them," Impreveduto said. Todd Krout and Karen Skomoroucha received 334 votes. "It was a good race, we congratulate them and we hope they live up to their campaign promises," Krout said. Kornelius P. Spankum and Kendra Ciesla garnered 45 write-in votes. "As losers we are going to accomplish more than the winners, which is absolutely nothing," said Andy Nagypal, a representative for the campaign. Neither Spankum nor Ciesla were present last night at the HUB to hear the election results. Matt Lohr and B.J. Werzyn, write-in candidates, got 26 votes.
	The ticket could not be reached for comment last night. Barry Walsky and Mike Fox, late write-in candidates, received 19 votes. "We are not through yet, we will run every year for the next eight or nine years that Barry is an undergraduate student," said Son Mguyen, a representative for the campaign.