Duke Student Government announced Wednesday night that 19 candidates will be running for positions on the group's 2007-2008 Executive Board.
Three students-juniors Kristin Pfeiffer and Paul Slattery and sophomore Andrew Tutt-are in the running for DSG president. The number marks a decrease from last year's five candidates. Three candidates also ran in 2005.
The winner will succeed current DSG President Elliott Wolf, a junior, who confirmed during the weekly DSG meeting Wednesday that he will not seek re-election.
"[I] feel like I've gotten a lot out of the position personally, but I want to be a student again," Wolf said. "It's been the most challenging, satisfying, edifying year of my life-but also the most physically and emotionally draining one."
Wolf said his successor should not act as the leader of the student body but should instead serve as the chief lobbyist on behalf of students to the administration.
"They have to be completely goal-oriented," Wolf said. "It's not about embodiment, it's not about leadership, it's about getting stuff done on behalf of the students."
All three presidential candidates are currently involved in DSG. Slattery is the chief of staff, Pfeiffer is an at-large senator and Tutt is a member of the Student Organization Finance Committee's Auditing Committee.
Sixteen students are also seeking the Executive Board's five other positions.
Sophomores Alex Crable and Jordan Giordano are running for executive vice president. The winner will preside over weekly DSG meetings and will oversee the organization's legislative body. Crable is the chair of SOFC and Giordano is the vice president for community interaction.
Candidates for vice president of academic affairs are juniors Gina Ireland and Joshua Kazdin and sophomores Natalie Barber, Doug Van Horne and Samson Mesele, a Chronicle columnist.
The vice president of community interaction position also has five candidates-junior Genevieve Cody, sophomore Brandon Roane and freshmen Chinwe Atkinson, Anthony Marzocca and Lee Strasburger-matching vice president of academic affairs as the most highly contested position on the ballot.
The winner will work to foster relations between Duke and Durham.
Sophomores Tim Gu and Madison Li and freshman Lucy McKinstry are running for vice president of student affairs, a position that entails residential life and event-planning issues. The sole candidate for vice president of athletics and campus services is sophomore Sunny Kantha.
The position entails oversight of issues regarding auxiliaries at Duke, including safety, parking, dining, transportation, facilities and athletics.
Campaigning begins at 12:01 a.m. March 23 and will continue until the April 3 elections.
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