After a whirlwind campaign week, students will head to the polls today to elect next year's officers for the Student Assembly, class councils, the Committee on Standards and the Green Key Society.
All students enrolled this term can vote in Collis Common Ground between 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The Green Key Society will oversee the election and count the ballots, Director of Student Activities Tim Moore said. About 1,600 students voted last year and 1,800 voted the year before.
According to Associate Registrar Mary Farrington, there are about 3,600 students enrolled this term.
Juniors Brandon del Pozo, Phil Ferrera and Jim Rich will be on the ballot for the Assembly presidency. David Grelotti '96 is running as a write-in candidate.
Aleph Henestrosa '96, Kelii Opulauoho '96, Scott Rowekamp '97, Bill Tovell '96 and write-in candidate Ping-Ann Addo '96 will contend for the vice presidency.
Several students interviewed last night expressed little enthusiasm about the election. Most said they were unaware of the issues and generally disinterested in the Assembly because of its poor campus image.
"I'm not very enthusiastic about student government," Miranda Cleary '96 said.
Rob Parrott '96 said each presidential candidate is Greek-oriented and "most of the things that go on in the [Assembly] don't involve me."
Freshmen, sophomores and juniors will elect 21 at-large Assembly representatives and class council leaders. Sixty-four students are seeking those 21 seats.
Only two class council races have more than one candidate. Pamela Saunders and Steven Wolkoff are running for the Class of 1997 presidency and Chris Atwood, Chris Du Rocher, Jessica Ellsworth, Thomas Franks and John Yalcin are competing to be the Class of 1998 vice president.
Forty-one sophomores are running for 20 Green Key seats. Eighteen candidates are running for the three student spots on COS, the College's judicial body.
Like the past two years, a number of students have aligned in slate campaigns for election to at-large seats on the Assembly.
This year, running mates Ferrera and Opulauoho distributed fliers naming the 21 at-large candidates they support.
Franks, who was listed in the flier, said he does not support Ferrera and Opulauoho and asked to be removed from the list.
"I don't agree with this agenda and don't want to be associated with it," Franks said.
An anonymous party filed a complaint with Moore for the infraction.
Moore said although the complaint "doesn't seem to fit under any guidelines or policy," he would speak with other administrators about the complaint tomorrow.
Moore added the nature of the complaint may "fall outside the jurisdiction of the Election Advisory Committee and fall within the realm of College community standards."
The EAC is a group of students and administrators chaired by Moore that oversees student elections.
