Election Results!!

Hello All,

The election results from Monday's election have been certified by the Election Commission, released to the Chronicle and again verified by the Attorney General. They are as follows:

For the four referendum questions:

Reform of the Judiciary: Passed, 93.75% voting in favor
Incorporation of DUSDAC: Passed, 95.87% voting in favor
Removing the Vice President of the ICC: Passed, 84.56% voting in favor
Creating a Gender Neural Constitution: Passes, 80.77% voting in favor

Freshman Senate Winners (2013)
o Academic Affairs: Ari Ruffer and Kenneth Gould
o Athletics and Campus Services: Cameron Oswalt and Douglas Hanna
o Durham and Regional Affairs: Chris Brown and Gordon Wilson
o Student Affairs: Molly Superfine and Gurdane Bhutani
Junior Senate Winners (2011)
o Academic Affairs: Dmitri Jean and Matt Stansky
o Athletics and Campus Services: Ben Bergmann and Kendyl Tash
o Durham and Regional Affairs: Lauren Kottis and Danielle Starks
Senior Senate Winners (2010)
o Academic Affairs: Daniel Lewin and Kristen Yang
o Student Affairs: Steven McAlpine
Special Secretary for the ICC
o Amanda Turner (757 to 628)

Turnout was 27%

Thanks for participating in your democracy!

- Gregory

University and Presidential Committee Representative Confirmed

Hello everyone,

As undergrads, we get representation on many important university committees. With record speed, these nominees have been selected, confirmed by the Senate, and forwarded to the Office of the President. Please feel free to contact these representatives with any concerns.

Campus Sustainability Committee
Yangyang Guo 2012 yangyang.guo@duke.edu (401) 465 9265
John :Lakso 2013 john.lakso@duke.edu (254) 247 8059

Committee on Facilities and Environment
Austin Boehm 2010 austin.boehm@duke.edu
Ryan Clark 2012 rjc21@duke.edu (843) 368 5671

Duke Forest Committee
Si Won Oak 2012 so32@duke.edu (808) 206 6743

Duke Transportation Advisory Committee
Mark Elstein 2011 mark.elstein@duke.edu (631) 879 1740
Mike Lefevre 2011 mwl13@duke.edu (215) 480 2874
Pete Schork, ex officio 2012 pete.schork@duke.edu (203) 984 2173
Spencer Eldred, ex officio 2010 spencer.eldred@duke.edu (760) 485 8684

Harassment Grievance Board
Chris Edelman 2011 christopher.edelman@duke.edu (847) 219 5965
Genetesh Yilma 2013 mitu.yilma@duke.edu (404) 312 9489
Katherine Hu 2010 katherine.hu@duke.edu (561) 866 0869
Spencer Eldred, ex officio 2010 spencer.eldred@duke.edu (760) 485 8684

President’s Council on Black Affairs
Patrick Messac 2010 patrick.messac@duke.edu (518) 542 8105
Danielle Robinson 2011 udr@duke.edu (404) 509 9788

Undergraduate Affairs Committee of the Academic Council
Sophie Greene 2012 sbg6@duke.edu (919) 564 9592

Athletic Council
Mike Lefevre 2011 mwl13@duke.edu (215) 480 2874
Gregory Morrison, ex officio 2011 gsm8@duke.edu (803) 240 4958
Pete Schork, ex officio 2012 pete.schork@duke.edu (203) 984 2173

Council for the Arts
Mary Ashton Inglis 2011 maryashton.inglis@duke.edu (864) 915 8187

Information Technology Advisory Council
Michael Ansel 2011 michael.ansel@duke.edu (361) 816 1909
Mark Elstein 2011 mark.elstein@duke.edu (631) 879 1740
Ben Getson 2011 ben.getson@duke.edu (972) 342 0782

Elections Tomorrow

Hello Everyone,

Fall elections are tomorrow! Poll will be open from 7am until 8pm. On the ballot will be the following important items:

8 Freshman Senate Seats, 8 Junior Senate Seats, and 5 Senior Senate Seats.

Additionally we'll vote for a SPECIAL SECRETARY TO THE YOUNG TRUSTEE PROCESS. This position will make recommendations to the Senate on how the reform the Young Trustee Process; making it MORE TRANSPARENT.

Finally, FOUR Referendums are on the ballot:

1. REFORMING THE JUDICIARY, making it independent and creating separation of powers.

2. BRINGING DUSDAC INTO DSG, to guarantee that their dining recommendations will have the weight of the student body behind them in the future.

3. DISSOLVING THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE ICC, so that the ICC (a council of student organization presidents) can be an independent voice on campus.
Both ICC and DSG support this move.

4. MAKING THE CONSTITUTION GENDER-NEUTRAL, to make the student body's governing document more inclusive.

Please vote. We need 25% of the student body to vote for the referendums to be valid. Please read the oped written by Exec that ran this past Friday: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2009/09/11/Columns/Guest.Commentary.A.Yes.Vote.Is.Key.To.A.Better.Dsg-3768784.shtml

Thanks everyone!

GO VOTE! GO VOTE! GO VOTE!

Vice President Brown Resigns

Hello All,

On Monday, June 29, Andrew Brown, Trinity '11, resigned his position as Vice President for the Inter-Community Council, effective immediately.

His email to DSG exec is as follows:

Everyone,
I am writing to formally resign as Vice President for the Inter-Community Council. I have decided to attend Duke in New York: Financial Markets and Institutions Program in the Spring of 2010. Since I will be in New York this Spring, I will not be able to carry out the responsibilities of my position. I have thought about this decision for quite awhile now, and I do not take it lightly. However, this is the best decision for me personally at the moment. I was not aware of the Duke in New York program before being elected, otherwise I would not have run. I regret that I will not get to be a part of this year's exciting Executive Board, and I wish you all the best of luck.

Sincerely,
Andrew Brown

We'll keep you posted about any developemnts regarding Andrew's replacement.

- Gregory, Executive Vice President

New By-Laws

Interested in how DSG works? Awesome.

We just passed new Senate and Executive By-Laws to bring the By-Laws up to date with the recently passed constitution. They replace the former Legislative and Cabinet By-Laws. They make significant improvements and are available on the DSG website if you'd like to read them.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at gregory.morrison@duke.edu and I'll do my best to answer you!

Two Important Individuals...

At the last meeting of the Senate, we elected two INCREDIBLY important individuals:

1) The Chief Justice - Matt Straus (matt.straus@duke.edu). If you would like the judiciary to look into any DSG action, please let Matt know.

2) The Chair of the Student Organization Finance Committee - David Hu (david.hu@duke.edu). David is your go to man for all questions relating to money or budgeting. He's more than happy to help you if you have questions.

Board of Trustee Reps

Hey All,
Here are the new BoT student reps to committees for the 2009-2010 school year. Feel free to email any of them with your concerns!


* Representatives:
o Facilities and Environment Committee:
+ Eric Kaufman, Trinity '10, eric.kaufman@duke.edu
o Institutional Advancement Committee:
+ Zachary Perret, Trinity' 10, gap@duke.edu
o Undergraduate Affairs Committee:
+ Gregory Morrison, Trinity' 11, gsm8@duke.edu
o Business and Finance Committee:
+ Gabriela Borges, Trinity '10, gabriela.borges@duke.edu


* Alternates:
o Facilities and Environment Committee:
+ Michael Lefevre, Trinity '11, michael.lefevre@duke.edu
o Institutional Advancement Committee:
+ Megan Foran, Trinity '10, megan.foran@duke.edu
o Undergraduate Affairs Committee:
+ Bethany Hill, Trinity '10, beh10@duke.edu
o Business and Finance Committee:
+ Bennet Grill, Trinity '10, bennet.grill@duke.edu