kevin starks an the incumbent tomas. students can vote at one of the two election booths that were set up. they could also vote on line through their my sju accounts. >> i don't think 'seen much changed. >>> they handed flyers, talked to students and put up their campaign signs around campus. as held an election voting party tuesday night where they had entertainment including a junk pile. steeling -- polls closed thursday at noon. as students count down, the anticipation group and finally the announcement was made. >> with thomas. >> i'm really excited and i think we're going to have tremendous change for sure. the number of people that voted, the people that showed up here. it shows they're going to have a president and it's going to be a different issue for sure. >> with 2100 students vote this students tied with the second highest turn out so far in 2006. some students say that as should have advertised the election more and some banned together to create the petition. >> that really brought to as a lot of attention