by Shea Chancey, news editor
 

The ballots are in for vice president of the Student Government Association at South Plains College and the position goes to ... freshman Cooper Smart.

Smart, a business finance major from Andrews, was elected to hold the office from among the three candidates during voting Sept. 15-16.

Smart is the baby of a family of four. He has three siblings, two older sisters and one older brother.

He is active in intramural sports and Student Government at SPC. In his free time, Smart can be found playing his guitar and writing music. He describes himself as “very fun to be around and outgoing, for sure.”

To be able to run for vice president, Smart explained that he had to go around and get 100 signatures from the student body before he was qualified to begin a campaign.

The race was held from Sept. 7-16.

In order to win the election, a candidate had to receive at least 51 percent of the votes cast by the student body. The candidates received votes from the student body by going out on campus and requesting that the students vote in the Student Activities Office for them as vice president of the student government.

Smart said he plans to give the students and the government everything he can offer.

“ The best that I can when something comes up, giving the best input I have on it and let it go from there,” Smart said.

The responsibilities of the vice president are to assist the president when the president is absent, or fill position of the president, if officer is removed, resigned, or no longer able to fulfill the responsibilities of the position. The vice president also is a member of the Executive Board.