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Twirp Week
May 1-6
53rd Year
Wednesday, May 3, 1972
No. 22
Winners Named After Election Investigation
Two agriculture majors were declared winners of the two
top Student Senate posts Thursday following an election
committee investigation into charges of unfair influence
exerted in their behalf by two members of the agriculture
faculty. The committee determined that although question-
able practices may have occurred, the effect of these incidents
upon the final outcome of the election was negligible.
Ronnie Sullins, senior agriculture major, was named student
body president with 608 votes, and Ross Gillum, junior agri-
culture education major, vice-president with 767 votes in the
April 26 election which drew a little more than 1,000 voters.
According to Monte Gripp, election committee chairman,
"neither of the elected candidates was responsible for the inci-
dents which were reported to have occurred in their behalf.
"We want to emphasize," Gripp said, "that as far as the
campaigning of the individual candidates is concerned, every-
thing was honest and above-board. Any practices which were
unfair or unethical were not initiated nor condoned by any of
the candidates.
According to Jesse L. Tackett, dean of the school of agri-
culture and business, "We sincerely encourage all students to
be active in student government and to participate by voting
in elections. We would not, however, condone a deliberate
attempt by any instructor to unfairly influence the outcome
of an election. In some cases, the intention of the instructor
was apparently misunderstood by some students. However,
I hope that no student felt intimidated or influenced in how
he voted."
Results^!' the election were tabulated by the elections com-
mittee following the closing of the polls at 4 p.m. April 26 but
were withheld until the next day to allow members of the
elections committee time to investigate rumors of unfair
campaign practices, Gripp said.
Final breakdown of the vote shows the following: presi-
dent-Ronnie Sullins, 608; Ed Garner, 413; Barry Lively, 11
(write-in); and George Wages, 3 (write-in) for a total of
1,035. In the vice-presidential race, the vote was Ross Gillum,
767; Bruce Bush, 174 (write-in); P.C. McRoberts, 83; John
Leseman, 1 (write-in); and Larry Neal, 1 (write-in) for a total
of 1,026.
In its reports to the Senate, the elections committee as-
serted that students in three agriculture classes were under the
impression that "if Ronnie Sullins and/or Ross Gillum were
elected, they (class members) would receive bonus points on
their next exam."
The report further asserted that in one case, the instructor
checked roll for his class at the election site in the Student
Center.
The elections committee, according to Gripp, is charged
with the responsibility for insuring "complete fairness and
impartiality in all elections." It met to determine:
(1) Did any unfair or unethical practices occur which would
affect the way voters might cast their ballot?
(2) If these practices did occur, did they affect the final .
outcome of the election?
The committee's findings were as follows: "Unfair prac-
tices did occur in that students were led to believe they would
profit in certain classes by voting for the right candidates. . .
Checking roll at the ballot box probably did not influence
the way students voted, but it is not a good practice."
The report pointed out that ". . .as well as having the
right to vote, a person has the right not to vote."
An additional incident reported in which an agriculture
class was dismissed early to allow the students to vote was
found to be in line with a Senate policy urging students to
vote.
The committee asserted, however, that despite the question-
able practices, the final outcome of the election was not
significantly affected. Gripp pointed out that tile committee's
finding was based on the assumption that most of the students
whose ballots were potentially affected would have cast their
vote for the agriculture candidates anyway. He also pqinted
out that in some cases, the incidents may have cost the candi-
dates a wider margin of victory than they might otherwise have
received.
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OUTGOING, INCOMING. . .Left to right, Eddie Garner, outgoing vice president of the
Student Senate; Ross Gillum, newly elected vice president; Jimmy Reed, outgoing
president of the Senate; and Ronnie Sullins, recently elected president for next year,
shake hands. The new officers will take office at the last meeting of the Student
Senat® to be held next Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Parents' Day Scheduled
For This Sunday at TSC
Five Tarleton coeds were
nominated for Parents' Day
Queen in elections held Mon-
day. They are Zana Underwood,
senior from Fort Worth; Susan
White, senior from Winters; Bet-
sy Sanders, sophomore from
Woodson; Suzan Smith, senior
from Stephenville; and Kerry
O'Keefe, sophomore from Ar-
cher. Final elections are being
held today with winner to be an-
nounced at ceremonies in the
Main Auditorium Sunday.
Lunch will be served for stu-
dents and parents in the dinirig
hall from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The ROTC Awards Cere-
mony,, which will feature the
Wainwright Rifles and Wain-
wright Debutantes Drill Team,
will be held on the Sports Field
west of the Tarleton Center from
12:45 to 1:30 p.m.
A tour of the campus for
parents and guests will be pro-
vided from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sun-
day afternoon.
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Barbecue For Seniors
The senior class will be host-
ed by the athletiu department
to a barbeque lunch this Satur-
day, May 6 at 12 noon.
The barbeque is being given
to the seniors for having the
highest percentage in attendance
at football games last semester.
The free meal is the prize of con-
test that was sponsored by Stu-
dent Senate last semester to en-
courage attendance to the athlet-
ic games. Seniors won the event
. by having an average attendance
per game of 17.6 percent.
All students who were sen-
iors in fall of last year and who
plan to attend the barbeque are
asked to sign the list available in
the office of the Student Center
by 5 p.m. Thursday, May 7.
Seniors must have their name
on this list in order to receive
the free meal.
FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
8-11 a.m.
1-4 p.m.
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 13
9:10 TTh
2 MWF
11 MWF
Monday, May 15
1:25 TTh
Fresh. English
8 MWF
Tuesday, May 16
12 TTh
Soph. English
■ 9 MWF •
Wednesday, May 17
1 MWF
10 MWF
Fresh. Chem.
Thursday, May 18
12MWF
/ 10:35 TTh
7:45 TTh
All sections not
Friday, May! 9
Fresh. Algebra
3 MWF
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