Friday, November 16, 2001

Billingsley elected as House VP in run-off
By Kristin Delorantis
Staff Reporter

Junior accounting major John Billingsley won the run-off election for vice president of the House of Student Representatives with 677 votes.

Sophomore speech communication major Abby Crawford received 612 votes of the 1,318 students who voted.

Billingsley said he was very pleased with the voter turnout for the run-off. He said he tried to raise voter participation by building personal contacts.

“Publicity was important to catch attention in the original election,” he said, “but reaching out to individuals this time was more important than directing them to a Web site.”

Crawford said she was disappointed with the results of the run-off, but that she will continue to be involved in the House in every possible way.

Billingsley’s term begins in January and he said he will strive to raise student involvement.

“Issues such as parking and dining services are always important, but if student involvement increases, we, as more unified TCU students, would have a stronger voice in determining policies that affect our lives,” Billingsley said in the Nov. 9 issue of the TCU Daily Skiff. “I will work to improve the status of student involvement in other organizations as well as the House.”

He said he would like to see the House members serve as a campus communicator as well as work on issues involving safety and parking.

“I would like to see the expansion of security measures such as Froggie Five-0,” Billingsley said. “I will definitely push for a solid statement from administration concerning the present and future state of student parking.”

Kristin Delorantis
k.a.delorantis@student.tcu.edu