Now that Dan Calandriello and Kristen Kamm have been named Marquette Student Government's new president and executive vice president, they hope the tension that had built up during the campaign will dissipate as they settle into their new roles.

Calandriello, a College of Business Administration junior, and Kamm, a College of Health Sciences junior, received 1,123 votes, or 56.5 percent of the total number of votes. The opposing team, College of Communication junior Jamie Wu and College of Arts & Sciences junior Anna Titulaer, received 863 votes or 43.5 percent of the total number of votes cast.

During the campaign both Calandriello and Wu commented on tension between candidates, which may prove to be a problem for MUSG now that the election is over.

"We have a bit of division right now in MUSG between campaign groups and it's key that now that everything's over we bring everyone together. I welcome anyone from the other campaign into working with us," Calandriello said.

But will MUSG remain divided? "We'll see," said Wu, who has not decided whether or not to continue to serve MUSG next year.

"There are so many opportunities to help make Marquette better. Every student has the chance to make this place better and you don't need a title for it. I plan on continuing to serve Marquette as best as I can," Titulaer said.

Wu said the voice of the students was heard.

"Anna and I ran on the ballot saying we wanted to hear and respond to the wants of the students," Wu said. "Well, the students spoke, and we would like to thank all those who voted and everyone who helped with the election."

A total of 2,058 votes were recorded, of which 33, or 1.6 percent, were invalid due to ineligibility of the voters or duplicate votes. The number of invalid votes nearly doubled from last year's MUSG student elections where 0.9 percent of the total votes were invalid.

The total number of eligible votes cast — 2,025 — was less than the 2,126 eligible votes cast in last year's MUSG spring elections.

"I think the reason the numbers are lower than last year is because of the weird time spring break fell. The campaigns were interrupted due to the transition time of spring break," Calandriello said.

Other elected positions that were decided on Wednesday were senators from the various colleges, including four seats for Arts & Sciences, two seats for Business Administration, two seats for Communication, two seats for Engineering, one seat for Nursing and one seat for Health Sciences.

Two seats remain vacant, one from the College of Arts & Sciences, and the other from the College of Health Sciences. In accordance with the MUSG constitution, the colleges' student councils will be asked to appoint a student to fill the vacancies.

Of the new senators elected, three were write-ins — College of Nursing sophomore Erin Patrick, College of Engineering sophomore Dan Murphy and College of Engineering junior James Simmons.

Other senators elected were College of Arts & Sciences representatives Kevin Grady, Jason Rae and Sara Stellpflug; College of Business Administration representatives Andy Hunt and Scott Seramur; and College of Communication representatives Brian Henry and Alec Wollensak.

The inauguration of all the newly elected MUSG senators will take place Friday at 3 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, Ballroom C.