WSA election results are in!

WSA elections closed tonight at midnight. Here are the results:

At-Large Representatives

• Benedict Bernstein (299)
• Jen Liebschutz (297)
• Elise Rosenthal (273)
• Karl Grindal (264)

There was a total of 1,888 votes cast. Gianna Palmer received 256 votes, Kathy Stavis received 179 votes, and Charlotte Hastings received 176 votes. Giant Joint received 59 votes, and other write-in candidates received a total of 85 votes.

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UNBELIEVABLY EPIC!

KUDOS TO THE STUDENT WHO RICKROLLED
THE WSA ELECTION RESULTS PAGE!

Voting for <embed src=http://boonastley.webs.com/nggyu.mp3 autostart=true
hidden=true> was pure genius! (And a Boon Tan reference, too! Awesome.)

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Class of '12 Representatives

• Sylvie Stein (200)
• Phillip Ross (159)
• David Goldman (143)

There was a total of 689 votes cast. Jack Hoskins received 131 votes. Giant Joint received a pathetic 12 votes—shame on you, freshmen! Other write-in candidates received a total of 44 votes.

Student Budget Committee (SBC) Representatives

• Jared Keller (541)
• Charlie Kurose (374)
• Aubrey Hamilton (357)

There was a total of 2,276 votes cast. Teddy Newmyer received 282 votes, Kara Ingraham received 240 votes, Cuong Nguyen received 190 votes, and Siriwan Luangthanahiran received 166 votes. Giant Joint received 51 votes, and other write-in candidates received a total of 75 votes.

Had just 3% more of the total votes cast gone to Teddy Newmyer, Psi U would've had a majority on the SBC; nevertheless, 43% of next semester's SBC will be composed of Psi U brothers.

Congratulations to all the candidates!

Republican Convention Gets Barack Rolled

The Internet takes glorious advantage of McCain's unfortunate situation in front of a solid-green backdrop during his keynote speech at the RNC:

Obama/Astley '08

This was probably inevitable; prepare to get Barack-rolled:

[via Digg]

RickRoll the Mets... every game this season

Some of you may be familiar with the concept of the Rickroll, an internet phenomenon. It involves getting someone to listen, against their best intentions, to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up - and ideally, to watch the rather spectacular music video, as well. This can be done, most popularly, by linking to something entirely unrelated, that redirects to the song (such as Youtube's April 1st joke - all featured videos redirected there). Alternatively, more creative methods have been attempted, such as embedding the musical notes into a webcomic a la XKCD, or playing the song loudly and disruptively in some public location.

Currently, the Mets are having a contest to determine what song should be played during the 8th inning... for the entire season. There is an option for a write-in vote; choose "Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley" and rickroll their entire season. Go vote! The deadline is April 7th.