Cavu-Litman elected president in tight race

By: John Hornberg

Posted: 4/17/08

In a close race, students elected Sigma Alpha Epsilon leader William Vosa Cavu-Litman to the Associated Students presidency, defeating A.S. director of internal affairs Ann Grabowski.

Joining him will be two additional members of the fraternity who ran in uncontested races, including vice president-elect Albert Hsieh.

The final tallies had Cavu-Litman receiving 51 percent of the vote in the two-day election. Grabowski received 49 percent of the vote.

Less than 7 percent, of the 32,000 students at SJSU voted. Students were given the option to vote at one of two polling locations Tuesday and Wednesday, or online through my.sjsu.edu until 8 a.m. this morning - 2,159 students did so.

In the race for director of communications, Joe West R.A. Jessica Phan won a three-way race against public relations major Azra Crnogorcevic and Kappa Delta member Cleary McTeague. Phan received 47 percent of the vote.

All of the uncontested candidates for executive positions and the board of directors were elected.

The election leaves six open positions entering next semester, which both presidential candidates had said would be filled by appointments for the next year.

Visit the Spartan Daily's complete election guide for more about the candidates and the race.

Check theSpartanDaily.com for more updates on the election results through the weekend.

Spartan Daily staff writers Kate Taylor and Tommy Wright contributed to this report.