One of the Executive tickets was disqualified at the last minute for soliciting votes in student dorms. Janice and myself received 46% of the vote, while the other tickets received 32% and 22%, respectively. These results were announced at midnight on April 14 during a large Berea College social dance called “Jazzy Nights” (similar to Homecoming). We were thrilled to be announced the winners of the election.

However, due to controversy of the Campaign Code of Conduct signed by all the candidates in late March (as well as the one ticket being disqualified), a meeting with the student Senate was held to discuss the elections results. At least 50 students showed up at this meeting, easily making it the most attended student government meeting in Berea this past year. After a meeting lasting well over two hours, the Senate voted 6-5 to decline the results of the first election and hold a run-off election between Janice and myself and the ticket that didn’t get disqualified (which happened to get 22% of the vote the first time around).

This was a nerve-wracking time. Running one campaign just a couple weeks before finals is stressful enough. Running another campaign the week immediately preceding finals added to the intensity of the election process a great deal. Janice and I continued campaigning to the best of our abilities, making sure to stay true to our word, stay principled and on message, and avoid making promises that we knew we couldn’t keep.

After four days of voting for the runoff election, we learned of the results Tuesday evening. We received 300 votes, the other ticket received 186. Overwhelming emotions of relief and excitement once again overtook us. Because of the runoff  we were forced to make extensive last-minute appointments (during finals week) and finish up tasks in one or two days that we would normally have at least a week to complete. Despite these challenges, Janice and myself maintain feelings of great excitement and anticipation to officially serve the Berea student body in the 2012-13 academic year as Executive President and Vice President.

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"Eventually everyone will realize that murderous wars are anti-freedom, anti-family and anti-justice. Speak up, speak often and don't worry about those that at this point can not understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them." ~ Ron Paul

‎Ron Paul is the only man in “public office” who actually inspires people to be better individuals. I can say definitively that my life has changed dramatically for the better because of Paul and the inspiration he has provided me. My only hope is that I can pass on a glimmer of this inspiration to others.

"People are dying. Bombs are dropped. Our soldiers are shot at and killed. Our soldiers wear a uniform; our enemies do not. They are not part of any government. They have no planes, no tanks, no ships, no missiles, and no modern technology. What kind of a war is this anyway, if it really is one? If it was a real war, we would have won it by now." ~ Ron Paul

"We're in 130 countries, we have 700 bases around the world, and it's going to come to an end. I want it to come to an end more gracefully and peacefully, follow the constitution, and follow a more sensible foreign policy." ~ Ron Paul

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"I endorse the idea of voluntarism, self-responsibility, family, friends, and churches to solve problems, rather than saying that some monolithic government is going to make you take care of yourself and be a better person." ~ Ron Paul

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"I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about." ~ Ron Paul

"America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government." ~ Ron Paul

Ron Paul understands that America was founded on the pretense of individual liberty, not an all-powerful national government authority. The purpose of the Constitution is to protect the privacy and secrecy of citizens, not the privacy and secrecy of government.

"May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in moment of great crisis, stood up to their politicians, the opinion-makers, and the establishment, and saved their country." ~ Ron Paul

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"If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?" ~ Ron Paul

"True competition in the delivery of medical care is what is needed, not more government meddling." ~ Ron Paul

"Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long." ~ Ron Paul

"There's a risk I could win." ~ Ron Paul

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If you support the troops, support Ron Paul.

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"I'm an imperfect messenger, but the message is perfect." ~ Ron Paul

The only presidential candidate who talks more about his country and the world than himself. The only candidate who isn’t a power-hungry egomaniac. The only individual sacrificing his time and energy to spread the ideas and message of freedom. The only candidate who has lived a life of principle dedicated to liberty, freedom, and selfless service.

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"When I see these young men coming back, my heart weeps for them." ~ Ron Paul

If this isn’t one of the greatest demonstrations of compassion we’ve seen from a presidential candidate, I don’t know what is. The more you learn about Ron Paul’s stance on protecting the troops, it’s no surprise when the troops overwhelmingly support Ron Paul more than any other presidential candidate.

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"Returning control of education to parents is the centerpiece of my education agenda." ~ Ron Paul

"The most sinister of all taxes is the inflation tax and it is the most regressive. It hits the poor and the middle class." ~ Ron Paul

What other presidential candidate would dare to say things of this magnitude? Ron Paul is talking about shaking the establishment of the U.S. to its constitutional core. The corporate/government establishment does not Ron Paul becoming President; perhaps this is why Paul is the only candidate who hasn’t received any donations from billionaires, and has received less than $500 from lobbyists (compared to hundreds of thousands of lobbyist dollars for Obama, Romney, and Gingrich).

Lobbyist donations to Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum: $331,359

Lobbyist donations to Ron Paul: $451

(Donation numbers as of December 5, 2011.)

"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." ~ Ron Paul

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"The police state in this country is growing out of control." ~ Ron Paul

“The police state in this country is growing out of control.  One of the ultimate embodiments of this is the TSA that gropes and grabs our children, our seniors, and our loved ones and neighbors with disabilities.  The TSA does all of this while doing nothing to keep us safe. That is why my ‘Plan to Restore America,’ in additional to cutting $1 trillion dollars in federal spending in one year, eliminates the TSA. We must restore the freedom and respect for liberty that once made American the greatest nation in human history.  I am deeply committed to doing that as President of the United States.” ~ Ron Paul; January 23, 2012

John Mica (R.-Fla), author of the legislation that created the TSA, agrees with Ron Paul:

“The whole program has been hijacked by bureaucrats. It mushroomed into an army. It’s gone from a couple-billion-dollar enterprise to close to $9 billion. They’ve failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years.”

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