The Chanticleer

Issue date: 3/17/06 Section: News

Media Credit: Chris Yow Mardracus Russell: SGA President

Media Credit: Chris Yow Moody Duff III: VPSS

Media Credit: Chris Yow Allison Land: VPOA

Media Credit: Chris Yow Olivia Fadul: VPSA

A little after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Moody Duff III and two friends were waiting outside the Office of Student Life for the results of the Student Government Association elections. Moments after they were announced, Duff was curled in a ball on his knees.

"I didn't think I would win," he repeated several times.

But he did. Duff was elected by a majority of the 677 voters to be the next Vice President of the Student Senate at Jacksonville State University.

"Words cannot express what I'm feeling right now," said Duff. "I'm just excited. I'm happy. I'm thankful to everybody who voted for me."

His phone calls started right after his win, too.

"I've gotta text message all my friends. I started calling my mom; I've gotta call Aunty, Grandmama, everybody. I'm just excited," he said.

The biggest change that Duff hopes to see in his term as VPSS is that he wants to make the senate meetings more exciting.

"Towards the end of our term, a lot of senators had stopped coming. They felt like they didn't really enjoy it as much as they did in the beginning," said Duff. "So I just want to make sure I keep that energy going the entire term. Not just in the beginning."

Duff came to JSU from Birmingham and has been involved with the SGA from the start, spending time on Freshman Forum as well as working in the senate. He was also chairman of the academic affairs committee and the executive assistant for the SGA president.

Mardracus Russell was elected to his second term as President of the SGA, which came as no surprise since he was running unopposed.

Russell is an education major and a member of both the Intrafraternity Council and Sigma Pi fraternity. Allison Land, who was the solo candidate for Vice President of Organizational Affairs, also won.

Land, a communications major from Marietta, Ga., is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and a current SGA senator.

In the race for Vice President of Student Activities, Olivia Fadul topped Blake Arthur for the position. It's a job she's worked toward during her past two years on the Student Activities Council.

"I'm planning for this to be my last year," said Fadul, "and I want to go out with a bang."

One of Fadul's key projects will be to get people from every type of background around campus involved in the student activities on campus.

"JSU has so much diversity and so much to offer," she said.

Fadul is a sociology major from Huntsville. In addition to her current duties as an SGA Senator and her work chairing two committees for student activities, she is also a member of the Sociology Club and WISE (Women's Issues Support and Empowerment).

Raynard Cargill took home Mr. Jax State, while Krystle Bell was elected as Miss Jax State.

JSU's new Mr. Friendly is Marcus Sheppard and his female counterpart, Miss Friendly, is Summer Watts.





New SGA Senators and Officers

President: Mardracus Russell
VPSS: Moody Duff III
VPSA: Olivia Fadul
VPOA: Allison Land
Senators:
Roshard "Ro" Cargill
Falen Cox
Brittney Cunningham
Marcus Cunningham
Summer Dase
Jennifer Evans
Mykel Grissom-Storey
Mary Hammond
Shalon Hathcock
Meredith Harvey
Jennifer Heim
Rebecca Hopkins
David Jennings
Shamika Jessup
Heather "Nikki" Junkins
Ashley Mann
Destini Mayberry
Joseph McElrath
Michael Miller
Nanci Morales
Jennifer Nix
Charday Olan
Natalie Roig
Frank Roscoe
Jasmine Sessom
Jessica Serrett
Marcus Shephard
Tyrone Smiley
Brett Smith
D'Angelo Smith
Denisha Stewart
Jonathan Taylor
Kyle Tibbs
Sabrina Ussery
Paul Wilson

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