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| Student Election candidates (top to bottom) Jeff Linford (president), Sunaik Lopez (president), Michele Duncan (president), and Emily Threet (secretary). Election Day was April 12. |
MCC celebrates 40th year
Students cast ballots; results delayed
Dalton Walker
Mesa Legend
On April 12, a dark blue ballot box that was full of colorful graffiti sat outside all day on a table a few yards below the MCC clock tower.
The box was full of marked ballots that would decide who the newly elected Associated Students of Mesa Community College president (ASMCC).
However, students will have to wait to see who the winner is because the ASMCC Judicial Committee is reviewing the results of the election.
A source who asked not to be identified said that it was possible that there were some irregularities in the election.
The ASMCC judicial committee would not respond to this comment, but they did issue a statement that said the committee “is following the official process as stipulated in our bylaws.” The committee would not specify, however, which bylaw they were referring to.
Three students ran for the top student government office.
The three presidential candidates were Sunaik Lopez, Jeffrey Linford and Michele Duncan.
Each had their own agenda, and each had their own way of campaigning.
Emily Threet was the only candidate running for secretary.
The students who decided to cast ballots voted because they wanted to be heard.
One student said he voted because he wanted his vote to matter.
“I needed my opinion to count,” Michael Kominska said.
Sunaik Lopez, 20, a immigration law major has been attending MCC for just over a year and her plan is simple.
“I want to make a difference for students,” Lopez said. “I will bring diversity to the student government.”
One of her main objectives is for MCC to provide a shuttle from the Southern and Dobson campus to Red Mountain campus.
“A lot of students are asking, why?” She said of the MCC not providing a shuttle.
Lopez said she learned the English language as a secondary language.
And she said she will better the English Secondary Language program on campus for future students.
Jeffrey Linford, 22, a business administration major is the only male presidential candidate. He marched throughout the campus campaigning with a marked up shirt stating his presidential run and a broken right arm.
He said he broke his arm doing gymnastics and thought he would use it to his advantage by writing “president or bust” on his cast.
“Students don’t know the opportunities we have here at MCC,” Linford said. “Keep involved, the advising helped a lot, mentoring me to the right classes. Linford said he helps unite many clubs on campus.”
At the moment he is the president of Operation Iraqi Children, a program that collects school supplies and later sends the material to troops to give to Iraqi children.
He said he would not only help benefit current students but future students as well through involvement.
“Kids can excel at a two year school at MCC at a lower cost than a four-year school,” Linford said. Linford was surprised there were only three people running for president.
“I thought six or seven people should have been running for president,” Linford said. “Next year, I will have students aware of the election.”
Michele Duncan, 25, a elementary education major has been involved in campus activities since the beginning of the fall semester.
She is the Thunderbird commissioner that helps athletes and students get together. One of her main focuses as commissioner was making sure Homecoming was a success. “I will be about MCC students at all campuses, I stand for the students,” Duncan said.
She said she is an environmentalist and wants to help MCC to have more recycling opportunities.
MCC student Jon Urlie said he was not going to vote because he felt his vote would not matter.
“I haven’t thought about it, I really don’t know anything,” Urlie said. “I just feel like I’m not justified to vote.”
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