CAFNR student wins MSA presidency

Michael Deering, Corner Post staff

Nov. 14, 2002 - More than 30 students gathered at Jesse Hall at 9 p.m. Wednesday to hear results of the Missouri Students Association election.

Brett Ordnung, ag education major, and Lisa Coleman, political science major, waited nervously to find out if their month of campaigning for MSA president and vice president had paid off.

Shortly after 9 p.m., the MSA election committee announced the unofficial results. The crowd cheered when Ordnung was announced as the new MSA president.

To win the election, the slate must obtain 35 percent of the votes or there would be another election between the top two slates. Ordnung and Coleman received 39.2 percent of the votes, making them the winners.

"I knew he could do it," J.D. McGaugh, ag business major, said. "His heart was in the right place."

It was later announced that there were more than 4,000 voters in the election, which is the third largest voter turnout ever.

Ordnung - excited CAFNR student and new MSA president - shook hands, gave out hugs, and began his life in politics.

"I am extremely excited and, well - speechless," Ordnung said.

Story originally posted 11/12/02

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