By KELLY KULTYS
NEWS EDITOR

The ballots have been submitted and the results have been counted. The United Student Government (USG) ruling body for the 2013-2014 school year is official.
Aileen Reynolds, FCRH ’14, officially begins her term as executive president at the first meeting on Thursday, April 18. She takes over for Stephen Erdman, FCRH ’13.
Brendan Francolini, GSB ’14, will take over Reynolds’ duties as executive vice president.
“We are so excited to start working with [the new Senate],” Francolini said in an email.
The Reynolds-Francolini ticket was one of many unopposed victories for this term.
Sera Yoon, FCRH ’14, will take over for Francolini as the new vice president of Operations, who is in charge of helping clubs get approved.
Muhammad Sarwar, GSB ’14, who is currently looking into improving the budgetary allocation system, will remain for a second term as vice president of Finance.
Nevin Kulangara, GSB ’15, moves from the senate to the executive board as vice president of GSB. A newcomer to USG, Emily Horihan, FCRH ’15, will serve as the vice president of FCRH. Emily Rochotte, GSB ’14, was re-elected as vice president of Student Life over challenger Michael Meehan, FCRH ’14.
Bridget Fox, FCRH ’14, defeated Matthew Gillis, GSB ’14 for the position of vice president of Communications.
Moving into the uncontested Senate races, the GSB 2014 Senate will be John Treseler and Joseph Lauberth. The GSB 2015 Senate includes two newcomers to USG Victoria Affrunti and Caroline Reichert. Sarah Skrobala, Harrison Pidgeon and Alyssa Marino will be the new FCRH 2015 Senate. Finally, Duncan Magidson, Ashley Domagola and Anisah Assim will retain their positions on the FCRH 2016 Senate.
The new FCRH 2014 will consist of Stephen Ross, Brianna Rotello and Anthony Gatti. GSB 2016 will include Tiffany Wang and Travis Navarro.
The new USG will officially be inducted at the Inauguration Ceremony held on Friday April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Campbell Multipurpose Room.
Both Reynolds and Francolini are excited to work with their new members and to continue the progress this USG has made this term, in regards to passing intiatives and opening more communication between the administration and students.