Cody Williams, who ran for student body president, felt no deep sense of remorse Wednesday, April 12 as he washed away his chalked campaign advertisements from various locations on campus, but instead expressed optimism regarding his prospects for next year.

After receiving only 17.8 percent of the vote on April 5 in the primary elections, hopes for holding an office were lost for Williams and he was forced to take a backseat during the run-off election process.

Williams said despite his disappointment with the way things worked out, he is committed in his ambition to make all the promises of his campaigning come to fruition.

“Leadership is non-positional, you don’t need a title,” Williams said. “I hope that the other candidates follow through with what they said they would do during their campaigns.”

Williams said for the most part he was satisfied with the way he ran his campaign and that perhaps the elections results were simply meant to be.

“Everything happens for a reason and there is probably something better coming along,” Williams said.

Despite some technical details, Williams said on the whole there is very little that, given the opportunity, he would go back and change in regards to the way he presented himself to the student body.

“I would reconsider using the spray-chalk,” Williams said. “Some people thought it was spray-paint and that might have cost me some votes.”

Williams said as student body president it is most important that Will Quick, who won the election, work to fulfill all aspects of the platform that he presented to the student body.

“He should strive to do what he promised in his campaign and do his best to serve the students,” Williams said.

For all future candidates to student government office Williams offers only one piece of advice based on his insights: to never compromise your integrity.

“Make sure that whatever you’re doing you can be OK with what you’ve done at the end of the day.”