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[ Wednesday, March 24, 1999 ]
Cigar lights up Mall
Students run as USG write-in
By TRACY WILSON
Collegian Staff Writer
The cigar and brownie running for Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president encouraged students to take a shot yesterday before heading to class. A shot of iced tea, that is. Standing beside old liquor bottles filled with iced tea, Rick Morgan (senior-psychology) and Marc Morgan (junior-administration of justice), who are not related, competed with the Willard Preacher to draw students' attention to their campaign. Rick Morgan and Marc Morgan are running as write-ins under the respective names of Mary Jane Liquor, a brownie, and Fidel Chewboxa, a cigar. With no specific issues on their agenda, the purpose of their campaign is to give students an alternative ticket and to spread the word about the March 31 USG elections to increase voter turnout, said Rick Morgan, who is representing the brownie. "Raising general awareness in the student body is the most important thing USG needs because most students are indifferent," he said. "I think this campus needs a little more craziness to get the creative juices flowing. (The other candidates) need to reach the people more."
PHOTO: Andrea E. Kohler
Penn State Police Services Officer Samuel Ricciotti investigates beverages given out by Rick Morgan, right.
The candidates received many curious looks from passers-by.
"It's a good idea, something that will make people around here stop and listen," Mike Glenn (freshman-sound engineering and music business management) said.
Although the "alcohol" was an attention grabber, some students said the stunt was not enough to earn their vote.
"They would have to be doing something, addressing an issue or a problem," Steve Vedder (senior-environmental resource management) said.
If Liquor and Chewboxa are elected March 31, USG Supreme Court Chief Justice Jessika Rovell said they can be inducted as USG president and vice president as long as there are students behind the aliases.
"I don't see why they couldn't be (inducted)," she said. "We call a lot of people in the office by things other than their real names."
During the display, Penn State Police Services stopped to investigate the contents of the containers to ensure the drinks were non-alcoholic.
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