Tavana Farzaneh and Alex Gray were sitting at their house when they received a call.
The pair heard the number â1,312â â enough votes to be officially named the new OU Student Government Associationâs president and vice president Nov. 11.
New President Farzaneh â an economics business administration junior â and Vice President Gray â a public relations and women s and gender studies junior â said the excitement-filled call brought them to their knees from a mix of adrenaline and joy.
â(Election chair Peyton Nees) called, and she said 2,000 something people voted, 1,312 of those are for Farzana/Gray, and we just started screaming,â Farzaneh said. âI collapsed to the ground and just started crying because I couldn t process the thoughts that 1,300 people got on to (the) Engage (student voting platform), and they marked Tavana Farzaneh and Alex Gray. That in itself is just a huge thing for my brain to process ⦠It was an