By Jessica Lewis and Cody Heintz, News Editor andAssistant Business Manager
With 546 votes David Zuniga and Alex Zelinski were elected as Student Government Association (SGA) President and Vice President. Their opponents Kalyn Gambord and Maryann Lucks received 424 votes.
President-elect David Zuniga was in Speech Comm., when the results were revealed. Running mate Alex Zelinski informed Zuniga of the results with a text message that read “Congrats Mr. President.” After getting the text, he left class with some applause from his classmates.
“Our campaign was a grass roots effort that brought people together from so many different clubs and organizations and people that don’t normally get that active in student government,” Zuniga said. “We also want to thank Maryann and Kalyn for running a good campaign and for remaining cordial and professional the whole time.”
With the victory, Zuniga and Zelinski already have plans set in motion to change SGA. “We want to change SGA’s function and how it uses its resources, because we feel that it [SGA] hasn’t,” Zelinski said.
Zuniga and Zelinski expressed that they feel there is a lack of professionalism and commitment among SGA members. “There is an abundance of being two-faced among members,” Zuniga added.
They are encouraging members of SGA to understand the obligation that they hold to the student body, and realize that it is not just a club but also a public service to The University.
“The attitude of SGA is going to be that we are not here to serve ourselves, but to serve [the student body] and we will communicate that to all of the senate,” Zelinski said.
The full results of the election are as follows:
Presidential Tickets Votes
Zuniga/Zelinski 546
Gambord/Lucks 424
Justices
Jeridith Wallace 346
Brooke Wienberg 457
(All judicial candidates were elected to J-Panel)
Senators
Haven Alba 139
Gregg Albaum 136
Ashley Bodling 124
Elizabeth Burger 138
John Canales 70
Robert Canobbio 67
Lawrence Daves 199
Gary Duff 118
Myranda Elliot 145
Yue Feng 103
Adriana Figueroa 103
William Finnegan 127
Nicholas Gomes 147
Lisa Guarrieri 163
Michael Hershfield 171
Ryan Hopkins 115
Tevon Hyman 87
Natasha Jaisinghani 149
Stephanie Kahn 87
Megan Kennedy 106
Yeri Lee 104
Alyssa Legnetti 104
Lukas Miedreich 293
Emily Munguia 96
Briana Pattinson 118
Ricardo Percy 171
Sarah Perlman 122
Melanie Perry 115
Julianna Procopio 99
Victoria Rametta 123
Caitlin Rauchle 120
Amanda Rubinstein 138
Seth Sackowitz 101
Nicholas Schweers 119
Allison Shapero 87
Harjyot Singh 93
Jacqueline Smith 174
Luke Smyth 81
Caitlin Stolzenberg 177
Ortal Weinberg 157
James Wells 219
Xiaoli Wu 105
(All senate candidates were elected to Senate)
Referenda
Do you feel Hofstra should be doing more Green initiatives?
Yes 902 No 220
Should Hofstra offer co-ed housing?
Yes 830 No 292
Should students have to pay a fee to park on camous?
Yes 75 No 1047
Should the library be open 24/7?
Yes 1024 No 98
Do you think Lackmann Dining Services has provided healthier options to students?
Yes 565 No 557
Should the Blue Beetle Shuttle go to Mineola train station between the hours of 9am – 5pm on Monday-Friday?
Yes 1052 No 70
Should commuter students have an assigned parking spot to ensure parking on South campus?
Yes 570 No 552
Cody Heintz is a former SGA Senator and Judicial Panel candidate.
David Zuniga and running mate Alex Zelinski play guitar and campaign before the election ended Thursday. (Max Sass/The Chronicle)
