UT El Paso's

"Student body elects new officers for SGA"

PIC candidate Ms. Diana Gloria trounces FUSE's Mr. César Monsivais.

Even write - in vote winner Ms. Laura Acuña knocked 'em all dead with her 4 votes "for the education senate seat..."

Although her electoral victory is one of those that is pending verification, etcetera ...

And The UTEP Prospector's Mr. Aaron Martinez has the story.

¡Adelante, Aaron!


"Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010."



"The 2010 Student Government Association [SGA] election results are in.

"[T]he PIC -- Progress, Improvement, Continuity -- party claimed 15 of the 24 seats available.

"The remaining nine seats went to the FUSE -- For United Student Excellence -- party.

"[S]aid Rosemary Prieto, collegiate education senator and 2010 election adviser at the weekly SGA meeting, The elections went very well this year. We got 3,746 votes with no violations or hearings. It was a very clean election this year and it happened in half the amount of time it did last year.

"While both parties complained about some of the campaigning ethics of their opponents, as of yet, no violations were brought [sic] against either party.

"[S[aid Lucia Murguia, senator - at - large elect and junior communication studies major, It was an overall clean election, as both parties were respectful toward one another and maintained composure despite a couple of insignificant controversies.

"Diana Gloria -- PIC -- a sophomore organizational and corporate communications major, won the presidential seat with 1, 736 votes against junior electrical engineering major and FUSE candidate César Monsivais' 1,389..."


'Way to go, good people... :)


¡Ora, UTEP!

¡Ora, MEChA!

¡Adelante, DESTINO!