THE ATENEO Student Leaders (ASL) swept the Freshmen elections, as six of the coalition’s members filled in the eight major positions in the official freshman roster of the Sanggunian. Special elections were also held to fill in the position of School of Social Sciences 2nd Year Central Board Representative.

The Ateneo Commission on Elections (Comelec) released the official results of the elections on August 17. Unless appeals are filed, the results will be official by August 19.

The winners for the major positions are the following:

School of Humanities (SOH)

• 1st Year Central Board Representative: Nick Lucero (Nasyonalista)
• 1st Year Executive Officer: Mariane Mantaring (Nasyonalista)

School of Management (SOM)

• 1st Year Central Board Representative: Billie Dumaliang (ASL)
• 1st Year Executive Officer: Janina Roa (ASL)

School of Science and Engineering (SOSE)

• 1st Year Central Board Representative: Catherine Therese Sison (ASL)
• 1st Year Executive Officer: Gian Milan Chua (ASL)

School of Social Sciences (SOSS)

• 1st Year Central Board Representative: Hu Liang Borlagdan (ASL)
• 1st Year Executive Officer: Maria Kayla Patricia Torres (ASL)
• 2nd Year Central Board Representative: Third Fernandez (Ibig-Agila)

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Roa said that not knowing if she would be able to win, she ran only with a purpose in mind. “There really was no certainty in winning. I ran because I wanted to have the chance to serve and lead,” said Roa.

Prior to the release of official results, Torres didn’t really know who would win in the elections. She said that being a part of the ASL coalition helped her get the position.

“I believe a big factor of me winning is having joined the [ASL] coalition. They helped in campaigning a lot. I got to reach out to more of my constituents that way,” said Torres.

Known for the tagline “Don’t vote straight, vote gay!” Fernandez said that he expected to win because he “worked hard to win”. He went all out with his campaign by maximizing the use of online media and not be limited to the traditional room-to-room visits.

“It was easy to connect with my constituents [online] because in posting my campaign pictures, my team and I were able to tag all potential voters. I really wanted to create that effect where [only my face will be seen all over Facebook] to spread the word about my candidacy and details for the elections,” he said.

He also said that being last year’s SOSS 1st Year Executive Officer helped him in winning the elections.

Quota reached

According to data gathered by Comelec from the Ateneo Management Information Systems Association, the overall voter turn-out can be considered a success. Only the SOH third year and SOM second year constituents didn’t reach the 50% plus one quota as only 35 out of the 200, and 275 out of the 765 students voted, respectively.

However, SOM 4th Year Executive Officer Justin Miguel Caparros said that although the automation of elections was more efficient in tallying the votes, it was also a factor in some candidates not reaching their quota.

“Some key areas in voting did not have its usual station, especially in CTC-SOM. This key station was replaced by one in Colayco Pav, which is directly adjacent to the Faura station—where as I observed, [there is] minimal foot traffic. This logistical problem of not putting a CTC-SOM Station could prove to be reason enough for not reaching quota of some candidates,” he said.

Chief Comelec Commissioner Jessica Gail Lazaro however, was pleased with the overall outcome of the very first automated Sanggu elections. “As early as the first day, some positions already reached the quota, and we have fortunately not received any major complaints with regard to the reliability of the automated system”, she said in mixed English and Filipino.

Elections were also held for block and course representatives. The winning representatives are as follows:

Transferee Block Representative- Anthony Patrick Perez

School of Humanities (SOH)

1st Year Block Representatives:

• B – Guil Toledo
• D – Ronalyn Pilones
• D1 – Laurice Sta. Maria
• E – Francesca Guerrero
• E1 – Eugene Tuazon
• E2 – Sebastian Bundoc
• E4 – Lara Pangilinan
• J – Felix Mintu

4th Year Course Representative:

• BFA AM – Nathania Fong
• BFA Lit-Eng- Mary Torio

School of Management (SOM)

1st Year Block Representatives:

• O – Katrina Gaw
• O1 – Kristina Ibea
• O2 – Rosanne Roxas
• O4 – Francisco Alba II
• P1 – Ronald Joaquin Olivares
• P2 – Stephen Vega
• P3 – Dustin Syling
• P5 – Jan-Derrick Gomez
• P6 – Nicole Martinez
• Q – Carmela Cinco
• Q1 – Gabriel Barrios
• QQ – Maria Rosario Chan
• R – Merced Adasa
• R2 – Francis Santos
• R3 – Jose Corpus
• T – Maria Tinio
• T1 – Mia Pangilinan
• T2 – Nicholas Cancio
• T3 – Marie Cantos
• T4 – Jose Roman
• T5 – Ariana Henares

2nd Year Block Representatives:

• O – Michael Cruz
• P6 – Ram Salazar
• QQ – Carlo Reodica
• QQ1 – Monique Ang
• R – Catherine Diaz
• R4 – Bianca San Juan
• T5 – Armando Miclat III

School of Science and Engineering (SOSE)

1st Year Block Representatives:

• LL – Olivia Payawal
• LL1 – Paolo Maddela
• M1 – Andrea Nery
• MM – Astrid Ocampo
• N – Joseph Ascue
• N1 – Jonathan Matias
• S – Camille Buenaventura
• S1 – Aaron Casurao
• S2 – Angelo Francisco
• U – Shane San Agustin
• U1 – Michael Gacusan
• U2 – Juan Gabriel Lopez
• V – Anton Tanquintic
• W – Edward Ebreo
• X – Arion Sanchez
• X1 – Aldwin Dykimching
• XX – Kristine Andujare
• XX1 – Joseph Barcelon
• XX2 – Juan Neric
• Z – Joe Amanse

2nd Year Block Representatives:

• X – Martin Martinez
• L1 – Beatrice Demigillo
• W – Jose Lorenzo Ingan
• S1 – Maria Denise Pena

3rd Year Course Representative:

• BS CH-MSE – Carlos Arellano

School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
1st Year Block Representatives:

• A – Camille Therese Vicencio
• A2 – Jazmin Yvette Reyes
• BB – Thomas Michael Tomelden
• C1 – Kim Christopher Go
• C2 – Alexis Alcaraz
• F – Enrico Rapi
• G – Marla Go
• H – Mariel Denise Arcinas
• H1 – Joshua Carino
• H2 – Louise Alvarez
• H3 – Therese Alberto
• I – Jomar Villanueva
• II – Maureen Erni
• JJ – Frances De la Fuente
• K – Jan Andrew Silvoza
• Y – Jacinta Posadas
• Y1 – Tracy Loang

2nd Year Block Representatives:

• G1 – Esther Chatto
• H – Paula Lantin
• H3 – Reichelle Carlos
• I – Brian Llamanzares
• C – Jenica Ti
• Y1 – Jose Pojol

*with reports from Bea L. Mandac

UPDATE (11:31 PM, 8/18/10):

SOM

2nd YR O1 Block Representative Paguio has reached quota.

SOSS

Candidates Magturo (2nd YR H1 Block Rep) and Ordoñez (2nd YR I1 Block Rep) did not reach quota.