PULLMAN, Wash. Washington State University students elected March 6 Brandon Scheller and Adam Fry-Pierce as president and vice president for the Associated Students of Washington State University (ASWSU).
Scheller and Fry-Pierce received 72.3 per cent of the votes, a total of 1456 votes. During the campaign, they talked about creating a Greek Endowment and a director of Greek Affairs, passing legislation requiring professors to meet the deadline to turn in the textbooks they will require for the next semester and creating the position of a Grant & Research development officer.
Scheller has been an active member of ASWSU since his freshman year. He has served as a District One senator and as co-chair of the programming committee and the external affairs committee and as liaison for the Student Entertainment Board and the Black Student Union for the 35th and 36th senate.
He was voted “Senator of the Year” by his peers for his work on the 35th senate, and was appointed chairman for Homecoming and Springfest for the Student Entertainment Board. Scheller also sits on President Elson S. Floyd’s Student Advisory Board.
He is also a sports writer for The Daily Evergreen, has been writing Cougar football for The Seattle Times since 2006 and continues to be a regular on ZFun 106’s “Rude Awakening with Steve Shannon.”
Scheller is a communications major from Marysville.
Fry-Pierce has worked at ASWSU since 2006. He has served as the Student Entertainment Board’s executive cabinet and the Concert’s chair.
Fry-Pierce is a member of Pi Kappa Phi, and has been very proactive with his house and the Greek Community at WSU. He has served as the Brotherhood Chair in 2006 and 2007, and was also the Alumni Relations chair in 2007.
He has done extensive community service work and has played an active role in “Push America Foundation,” Pi Kappa Phi’s non-profit philanthropic organization.
Fry-Pierce is also a member of Music Entertainment Industry Student’s Association and was a Development Technician at Microsoft.
Adam is an advertising major from Kenmore.
The proposed additional fee of $15 for full-time students and $7 for part-time students to fund additional service by Pullman Transit was approved by undergraduate students, but did not receive a majority from graduate and professional students. The resolution placing the plan on the ballot specified that both groups would have to approve the fee increase for it to be enacted.
