Mantooth re-elected by students

    The results for the 2009-2010 Student Government Association executive council members are: Kara Mantooth, president; Jonathan Jones, vice president; Abigail Kursave, secretary and Meagan Pember, treasurer.
    Kara Mantooth, senior from Owensboro, Ky. and 2008-2009 SGA president, has been re-elected for another term, defeating  Jonathan Burdon, junior from Marion, Ky.
    “My first reaction was just excitement,” Mantooth said. “I was really excited to win and to continue the work I have been doing for the students.”
    All the candidates ran smooth campaigns and did amazing jobs of spreading the word about the SGA election, Mantooth said.
 Mantooth campaigned well, Burdon said, and he was proud of the work he accomplished for his campaign.
    “Kara ran a good campaign, and I congratulated her,” Burdon said. “I don’t think I could have done anything better or different for my campaign. I will go to sleep tonight knowing I did the best I could.”
    Burdon said he wants Mantooth to have a great year and he thanks all the students who voted for him.
    Jonathan Jones, junior from Frankfort, Ky., received more votes in the election for SGA vice president than his opponent Robin Phelps, junior from Cape Girardeau, Mo.
    “At first, I felt relief, blessed relief,” Jones said. “I felt like I did the best I could, but Robin campaigned well and is pretty tough competition.”
    The important thing during campus elections are the students going out and voting, Jones said.
    “I want to thank everyone who voted, not just for me, but at all,” Jones said. “I hope this encourages everyone to turn in an application for CAB. They are due noon, April 27, at the SGA office.”
    Although running for the same office, Jones and Phelps have been friends since they began their college careers, Phelps said. She said she is happy and excited Jones won the election.
    “I had a great experience campaigning and working with Jonathan (Burdon),” Phelps said. “We had a diverse group of students such as international and nontraditional students to volunteer in helping with our campaign.”
    Abigail Kursave, freshman from Paducah, Ky., was elected SGA secretary winning against opponents Peydon Harned, sophomore from Paducah, Ky. and Amy Houser, junior from Paducah, Ky.
    Meagan Pember, sophomore from Murray, originally ran against Kent Willet, sophomore from Newburgh, Ind. for SGA treasurer, but ended up running unopposed for the position.
    Ashlee Cobb can be reached at ashlee.cobb@ murraystate.edu

3 comments

Anonymous

Sat May 23 2009 02:37

Does anyone else think that Mantooth sounds more like the name of an orc chieftan than SGA president?

.... Just sayin'.

Thad

Fri Apr 24 2009 12:55

Be still, Steve!! Mantooth is a saint! Believe.

Steve

Fri Apr 24 2009 10:16

Does anybody actually think this will have any effect on the quality of education or the tuition prices at MSU?

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