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Huge upset in SGA president race tonight
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:17 pm
@TheCrimsonWhite: BREAKING: Elliot Spillers is the new SGA president. More info to come
This kid was the independent. He took down the machine, with help from a lot of the Greek kids. Pretty crazy
This kid was the independent. He took down the machine, with help from a lot of the Greek kids. Pretty crazy
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Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:25 pm to crimson crazy
Good, Spillers seems like a guy that wanted to do things for everyone and not use the position as a status symbol like Keller.
Votes were 8000 to 6500
Votes were 8000 to 6500
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:29 pm to crimson crazy
Glad to see the GDIs finally get their candidate a win.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:41 pm to crimson crazy
This was the first election I've seen (I'm a senior) where it felt like the person opposing the machine actually had a chance. I saw so much more campaigning this year than in the past where it basically seemed like a gimme. I'm glad to see him win though. I am in a fraternity that is in the machine and I know myself and a ton of my friends voted for Spiller. Looks like the machine is losing its grip over the university which is overall a good thing.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:06 pm to RollTide1987
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Glad to see the GDIs finally get their candidate a win.
For most of history GDIs have been too apathetic to show up and vote. If Keller was the machine candidate, it looks as though that bloc may have lost some of it's solidarity.
Congratulations, Elliot Spillers.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:06 pm to crimson crazy
The CW will fap to this till their dick skin falls off.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:18 pm to crimson crazy
Good for UA. Hopefully this guy is also a good President.
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:18 pm to hambone213
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This was the first election I've seen (I'm a senior) where it felt like the person opposing the machine actually had a chance
Would you say Spiller was a... darkhorse?
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:21 pm to crimson crazy
Good. That this is news means that we still have a long way to go.
Grats ES
Grats ES
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:33 pm to Patton
Are you sure? They endorsed Keller fwiw
Posted on 3/10/15 at 9:33 pm to crimson crazy
@marctorrence: JK Scott endorsed the black, non-Greek who won the SGA presidency. Is there anything he **can't** do?
The legend continues to grow
The legend continues to grow
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:06 pm to sarc
Interesting. A black non Greek defeated the machine back in the seventies as well.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:57 pm to RollTide4Ever
You can thank the sororities for that one
Prediction: Black fraternities invited into the machine
20 years later a Spanish guy wins it and they invite Spanish fraternities.
That would be a hell of a story
Prediction: Black fraternities invited into the machine
20 years later a Spanish guy wins it and they invite Spanish fraternities.
That would be a hell of a story
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:58 pm to Bryant91092
Wow. That's genuinely surprising
Posted on 3/10/15 at 10:59 pm to Patton
Pretty sure they endorsed a machine candidate last year didn't they?
Posted on 3/10/15 at 11:00 pm to UhOhOreo
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20 years later a Spanish guy wins it and they invite Spanish fraternities.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 11:07 pm to UhOhOreo
Don't remember. Also can't remember a single thing the SGA did in my 5 years of school. The Machine likes to think of themselves as hot shite but they are so unimportant in the grand scheme of things. Even the local political elections they influence don't really mean anything. It's almost exactly like the SGA. It's great to be in it and use it to your own personal improvement, but it doesn't really have too much of an impact on most people.
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 11:11 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:10 am to Patton
Block seating at football games is one thing SGA has really kept going. Maybe that will change. Eventually.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 5:24 am to Patton
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Also can't remember a single thing the SGA did in my 5 years of school
This.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 9:41 am to hambone213
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hambone213
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am in a fraternity that is in the machine
Better start running.. They're coming for you
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