Woods-Moon wins MSA presidential election
Eric Woods and Emily Moon received 40 percent of the student vote.
Published Nov. 17, 2010
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Missouri Students Association President-elect Eric Woods stands with his running mate Emily Moon outside of Chamber Auditorium, where they talked to supporters Wednesday night. Woods was elected president of MSA with 40% of the vote.
Eric Woods and Emily Moon won the Missouri Students Association presidential election with 1,674 student votes.
"Feels good to have the confidence of the students," Woods said. "I was scared to death going into the election."
Woods-Moon received 40 percent of the student vote. Slate Josh Travis and Michelle Horan received 36 percent of the student vote with 1,486 votes. Slate Ben Hansen and Kaitlin Oxenreider received 24 percent of the student vote with 985 votes.
"You just never know what is going to happen," Moon said. "I didn't want to build up false confidence."
Woods said the first thing he and Moon will do is start talking to students.
"We will be hitting the streets to find out what students want," Woods said. "We want to find out what their demands are."
Woods also said he wants to have a presence on campus.
Presidential candidate Ben Hansen said Woods-Moon has a tough job ahead of them.
"We (Hansen-Oxenreider) were campaigning on Lowry Mall, and a lot of (students) would ignore us," Hansen said. "I saw a lot of apathy."
The voter turnout is disappointing, he said.
"It's disappointing that (voter turnout) is not larger than what it was two years ago," Hansen said. "Two years ago it was over 5,000."
Hansen said postponement of the election probably affected voter turnout.
In the election, 4,145 students voted for a MSA presidential candidate.
"I am a big environmentalist," MSA Senator David Teeghman said. "Eric was the first one to talk about environmental issues."
Teeghman's support for Woods-Moon was sparked by a friendship between Woods and himself, but Teeghman, a senior, was confident Woods-Moon was the right candidate.
"In the debates I saw an inarticulate Ben Hansen and an arrogant Josh Travis," Teeghman said. "They (Woods-Moon) will do a good job."
Comments (6)
2:18 a.m., Nov. 20, 2010
Retrospect said:
Well, it's a good thing Travis/Horan didn't win because they would have already failed on their campaign goal of 10,000 votes on election day. That would have been no way to start. It also probably doomed them from the beginning, voter turnout is a 1 day issue that is over after the election. I can't believe Travis/Horan put so much emphasis on turnout. A noble cause, but not one to run on as we can see from the election results. If you're reading this Woods/Moon, we want free City of Columbia bus passes for all students! Many of the other large state universities have this accomplished through their student governments! http://www.asm.wisc.edu/buspass.html
6:23 p.m., Nov. 21, 2010
Eric Woods said:
Retrospect, Thanks for the great idea. I agree that this is definitely something we should work towards. I'll start looking into it and see what we can do when we take office. Feel free to contact us with any other concerns.
12:40 p.m., Nov. 23, 2010
Scott said:
About the free City of Columbia bus passes ... if you read the FAQ (http://www.asm.wisc.edu/bus-pass-program-faq.html) over the WISC you'll notice that the passes aren't really free rather its part of "student segregated fee that pays for this program" that each student is charged.
12:34 a.m., Nov. 25, 2010
Retrospect said:
@Scott Yeah I realize that, I used to go there, but if our student government can negotiate a better deal for us than the $120/year that we normally have to pay for our 2 semester passes, then I would encourage that - even if it's built into our tuition. Another thought could be to subsidize the cost of the passes with budget money. It could take some of the burden off of STRIPES. Program fees aren't foreign to MU students, we all pay for the rec whether we use it or not. I'd simply like to see MSA be a voice for the students concerning Columbia Transit.
7:48 p.m., Nov. 17, 2010
Andrew said:
Hmm...4,145 votes. What a commendable job...boy do I have choice words for the BEC.