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[ Wednesday, March 27, 2002 ]

Candidates hope to become USG Senators after today's election

Voters will choose their representatives for the Undergraduate Student Government Senate today. The Daily Collegian asked the candidates to list their qualifications. Some entries have been edited for space.

Town senate candidates

(18 to be elected)

Bridget Van Osten (junior-marketing)

USG, Movin' On assistant director, Council of Commonwealth Student Governments, USG multicultural affairs committee, USG town affairs committee

Peter "Toby" Eberhart (sophomore-telecommunications)

University Choir, Outing Club, Young Americans for Freedom, peer mentor

Catherine Sabatine (junior-political science)

Director of career and personal development for Chi Omega sorority

Ryan Turley (freshman-public relations)

Penn State Sports Information and Associated Realty Property Management employee, intramural basketball referee

Janet Moccia (sophomore-international politics)

Lion Ambassador, moraler for Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, Phi Sigma Pi honors fraternity

Ryan Scott (freshman-computer science)

Scott Smith (sophomore-professional golf management)

Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Thon communications committee

Sean Miller (freshman-political science and sociology)

East Halls Residence Association Treasurer, College Democrats, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Thon dancer and finance team member, USG Supreme Court Clerk

Josh Sullivan (junior-political science)

Army ROTC, College Republicans

Eric Covener (senior-computer science)

Penn State Linux Users Group

Bennett Lo (freshman-management and international business)

Thon, College Republicans, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Multicultural Business Society, Newman Catholic Student Association

Jason Davidek (junior-Spanish)

College Republicans, Young Americans for Freedom

Daniel Matos (freshman-psychology)

Chi Psi fraternity

V.A. Lopes (junior-media studies and crime, law and justice)

La Vie photographer, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, co-director of the 2002 Vagina Monologues, director-elect of the 2003 Vagina Monologues, Lambda Student Alliance

Steven Weiss (sophomore-communications)

USG committees, Delta Chi fraternity

Mark Kubala (sophomore-finance)

Kappa Alpha Order 2, Thon finance committee and security team, Penn State club golf team

Aaron Gentzler (junior-English)

Tiffany Johnson (junior-secondary education)

Junior vice president of programming for Panhellenic Council, Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority

Alaina Maria Powers (freshman-business administration)

Red Cross

Phil Sorber (senior-computer science)

Penn State Linux Users Group and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Computer Society

John "J.D." Krohn (junior-crime, law and justice)

CCSG, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Mock Trial

Primo Cruz (junior-kinesiology)

Kappa Alpha Order

Kevin Barry (sophomore-biology)

Newman Catholic Student Association religious education committee, Pollock/Nittany Residence Association representative, Housing and Food Services liaison

The following Town Senate candidates did not submit a profile:

Mark Atkinson

Christopher Babic

Christopher Brown

Mike Gallo

Daniel Gillespie

Michael Patrick Kelly

Conor Moran

Maya McGeathey

Bryan McKinney

Jeffrey Paradise

Christopher Zegar

East Halls senate candidate

(three to be elected)

Julia Graham (freshman-economics)

USG Senate, East Halls Residence Association, Penn State Figure Skating, Mock Trial, College Republicans

North Halls senate candidates

(one to be elected)

Erin Ferris (freshman-political science)

East Halls Residence Association, Penn State United Nations team

Tom Abella (sophomore-management and international business)

President of Business and Society House, North Halls gym co-chair, North Halls Association of Students representative, College Republicans

Pollock/Nittany senate candidates

(two to be elected)

Michelle Wood (freshman-communications)

USG public relations committee, USG Unity Week committee

Lyn Weinberg (freshman-biobehavioral health)

Pollock/Nittany Residence Association trips committee chair, Health and Human Development student council, Alternative Spring Break, Thon dancer, Movin' On volunteer

The following Pollock/Nittany senate candidates did not submit a profile:

David Kowalski

Douglas MacLatchie

South Halls senate candidates

(two to be elected)

Jim Flook (freshman-aerospace engineering)

Schreyer Honors College, South Halls Residence Association hall representative, USG Senate parliamentarian, volunteer at Radio Park Elementary School, College Republicans

Paul Scanlon (freshman-horticulture)

Schreyer Honors College literary committee and orientation committee, Hort Club, Political Science Club, IM football and soccer

Mike Jozkowski (sophomore-mathematics)

South Halls Residence Association, Eberly College of Science Student Council, Golden Key National Honor Society, New York Academy of Sciences, College Republicans, Mathematics Club, teaching assistant

Bill Knauss (freshman-marketing and political science)

USG Senate staff, USG Senate Political Action and Lobbying Committee, men's water polo, Mock Trial, South Halls Residence Association floor representative

Jonathan Witcoski (sophomore-anthropology and geography)

WKPS-FM, Basketball Pep Band, Fencing Club, Anthropology Club, Underdog Geography Club

Ahsan "Ace" Ekhtiarzadeh (freshman-liberal arts)

Political Science Club treasurer, Springfield dorm hall president, Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service committee member, USG Senate staff, USG Political Action Lobbying Committee, College Democrats, Black Caucus, Schreyer Honors College Student Council, Christian Bible Study, PSU Concert Staff

Abbey Willis (junior-political science)

Interned for Sen. Arlen Specter, Division of Undergraduate Student Council, dancer in Thon

The following South Halls senate candidates did not submit a profile:

Steve Damadeo

Matt Midles

Chris Miller

West Halls senate candidates

(one to be elected)

Brian Battaglia (freshman-aerospace engineering) USG East Halls Senator, East Halls Residence Association, Penn State College Republicans, Symphonic Band

West Halls senate candidate Kristen Kofmehl did not submit a profile

 



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