Miami Hurricane, April 22, 1955

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The Miami

Hurricane
Volume XXX
Univeisitï of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla., April 22, 1955
No. 21
Merritt New SBG President;
SAA Captures Senate, 15-8
Photo by Spaniola
ACCEPTING DEFEAT QUIETLY is Jerry Dang-1er, Student Action Association presidential candidate. Dangler promised his support to the new party administration after congratulating Bill Merritt, new SBG prexy. SAA placed IS men in Senate positions, and Liberty Forum won eight Senate chairs.
Photo by Spaniola
HOISTED UP is Tony Perdomo, Liberty Forum candidate for treasurer, after hearing Charles Liebman, Election hoard chairman, read off election results of his victory over Larry Friedman, Student Action Association candidate. Liberty Forum won the four top Student Body Government positions.
Forum Victors Whoop It Up
by Cuban
VICTORY SMILE is flashed by Bill Merritt, center. Liberty Forum presidential candidate, seconds after hearing of his election as Student Body Government president. Bill Poznak, left, won the veep office over John Corrigan of SAA. Two unidentified Liberty Forum supporters whoop it up with Merritt and
Poznak after news of election results. Over 200 students jammed the Student Club upper lounge to await election returns Wednesday evening. Liberty Forum won all top four SBG posts, and Student Action Association made a near-sweep of the senatorial and governor positions.
By RONALD LEVITT
Murricanr New« ftditor
Bill Merritt (Liberty Forum) ran almost 150 votes ahead of his party to win the Student Body Government presidency in Tuesday and Wednesday’s elections, while Student Action Association took a clear majority in the SBG Senate.
The other three top SBG posts were taken by Liberty Forum with substantial majorities.
Merritt, who was behind 100 votes on Main Campus, was an easy victor as he piled up a 4-1 lead on North Campus and the Law School. Final tallies gave Merritt 1,556 votes against 1,234 for Jerry Dangler, SAA’s presidential candidate.
According to Charles Liebman, election board chairman, 2,802 students went to the polls this year. The voting failed to match last year when 2,864 students set an all-time voting record.
Liberty Forum's overwhelming support on North Campus pulled the other top three SBG posts to its side despite heavy-setbacks on Main Campus.
Bill Poznak (LF) won the vice-presidency by a 93-vote margin. Poznak tallied 1,411 votes to John Corrigan’s 1,318. Corrigan, who pulled the highest vote among the SAA candidates, lost what appeared to be a decisive victory when the Engineering School went almost solidly for the Forum.
Secretarial and treasurer races were also decided by the North Campus vote. Patti Harmon (LF) received 1,402 votes against SAA’s Anne Lowe who piled up 1,298 ballots. Tony Perdomo (LF) won the treasury post with 1,406 votes against Larry Friedman’s 1,269.
SAA carried a strong majority of the Senate taking 15 of the 20 contested seats, while Liberty Forum put in three engineering senators unopposed. The Senate lineup for next year will list 15 SAAs, 8 Forum supporters and three independents from the Schools of Law, Music and Medicine, phis four freshman solons to be elected next fall.
In the School of Arts and Sciences, Nancy Egan (LF) defeated Lynn Baumrock (SAA), 415-361, for the governorship while SAA took the remaining four school posts. Kathy Fab-(Continued on Page 2)
Photo by Spunfola
READING ELECTION RETURNS Ls Charles Liebman, left, election hoard chairman, while Marty Levitan, Student Action Association campaign manager, and Pete Carroll, Liberty Forum campaign manager, look on with anticipation. Liebman stepped from the SBG office at 6:23 Wednesday evening and read returns to some 260 students in the Student Club upper lounge.