Seven freshmen were elected to the Tufts Community Union Senate yesterday, while sophomore Senator Faith Blake resigned yesterday morning, leaving her seat open.
Lia Weintraub, John Asare, Joe Thibodeau, Christie Maciejewski, Allie Can Lei, Laura Lasako and Joe Donenfeld were elected to freshman Senate seats, Elections Commission Public Relations Director Will Yu said early this morning. They beat out six other candidates.
In the vote for the Freshman Class Council, Emma Rosenbluth was elected president, Simmone Seymour as vice president of academic affairs, Nick Hwang as vice president of social programming, Yihao Li as treasurer and Noha Ahmed as secretary.
Sixty−three percent of the freshman class voted in the elections, according to Yu.
Yu said Blake's seat will be filled in a special election within 15 academic days of her resignation.
Blake informed the Senate of her decision in an e−mail yesterday morning.
"Recent decisions regarding my academic career have necessitated adjustments in my extracurricular activities," Blake told the Daily yesterday.
Blake spoke fondly of her experience on the Senate.
"I really enjoyed working with all of the other senators, and I have a lot of respect for them," Blake said. "It was a great learning experience."
