The second round of Student Union elections, in which students vote for class senators and members of the Student Judiciary, among other positions, is currently under way and will last through midnight tonight.In this round of elections, which opened last night at midnight, students are casting their ballots for SJ members, the representatives to the Brandeis Sustainability Fund Board, senators-at-large, the racial minority senator and senators for the classes of 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Also up for election are the junior representative to the Alumni Association, junior representative to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, one seat on the Finance Board and the racial minority F-Board seat. These seats were not filled during the first round of elections because no candidate received more votes than the number of student abstentions.

The candidates for SJ are Jesse Koklas '14, former Union Vice President Shirel Guez '12, John Fonte '12, Kate Townley '13 and Omoefe Ogbeide '12. Neither of the current non-graduating SJ members is running for re-election.

Koklas said in an interview with the Justice that she would like the SJ to hold regular meetings and that she wants to make the SJ a more recognized part of the community. "I want to treat cases seriously," she said. "I want to use legal principles, not politics, to make decisions."

Guez said in an interview with the Justice that she is very interested in "looking at the reworking of the [Union] Constitution. ... [It's] something I'm passionate about, because I had worked in the Senate, and you have to know the constitution, and ... the constitution has to be repaired."

The other candidates did not respond to requests for comment.

The candidates for BSF Board representative are Abigail Kagan '13 and Rohan Bhatia '14. According to an e-mail to the Justice from the elections commissioner, former Union Secretary and Union President Herbie Rosen '12 wrote, "There are two positions [available on the BSF Board]. The inaugural election for this position was first semester. ... [The Union] Constitution and its related supplements call for the election to be at the end of this semester."

The candidates for senator-at-large are North Quad Senator Shekeyla Caldwell '14 and Pill Hung Chun '13.Caldwell, who lost the first-round election for Union vice president, said in an interview with the Justice, "I know that not only do I want to continue being the senator of my constituents in North Quad, but I want to expand and be able to help a wider community, which is all of Brandeis' campus." She said she has worked to improve campus dining and intends to continue to do so.

Chun did not respond to requests for comment. The candidates for senator for the Class of 2012 are Kimberly Falana and former senator Missy Skolnik, who is studying abroad this semester. Skolnik, who has previously served as senator for both East Quad and the Village, wrote in an e-mail to the Justice that she wishes to remain active in the Union. "Earning the role of Senator for the Class of 2012 will allow me to represent the varying needs and desires of not only the rising senior class of 2012, but also the best interests of Brandeis' future senior classes to come."

The candidates for Senator for the Class of 2014 are Ricky Rosen, Massell Quad Senator Rosby Kome-Mensah, Brandon Frank and Jimena Vasquez.

Rosen said in an interview with the Justice, "There's a lot that we all agree that can be improved, but I think that the problem is that everyone's complacent about it, ... and I think that what we need is a fresh set of expectations, ... [and] a dynamic presence that's willing to push some change through the Union." He said he wishes to work to improve dining and library hours, improve communications between the students and Union and hold more class events.

Kome-Mensah said in an interview with the Justice that his experience on the Senate is one of his main strong points because it allows him to set realistic goals. He said, "I want to be able to continue doing what I'm doing right now, which is strong student advocacy and taking initiative on certain issues."

Frank said in an interview with the Justice that his campaign has a focus on dining, hoping to improve the variety of nutritional and healthy options available in campus dining. He also said he wants to have dishes' nutritional information on display in dining halls.

Vasquez did not respond to requests for comment.

Running for the junior representative to the UCC are Suzanne Rothman '13, who according to the first-round election results e-mailed to the Justice by Guez, came in first in the first-round election with 419 votes; Julie Yiu '13; who came in second with 302; and James En Wai Chin '14, who did not run in the first round. The first-round vote had 660 abstentions.

Running for the junior representative to the Alumni Association are Joshua Kaye '13, who came in first in the first round with 407 votes; Nathan Koskella '13, who came in second with 351; and Emily Kane '13, who did not run in the first round. The first-round vote had 610 abstentions.

Running for the racial minority F-Board seat are current Senator for the Class of 2014 Dillon Harvey, who came in first in the first round with 175 votes; and Huiwen Ma '13, who did not run in the first round. Gabriela Castellanos '13, who came in second in the first round with 161 votes, is not running again. The first-round vote had 184 abstentions.

Running for the single vacant elected seat on the F-Board are Kim Bouchard-Chaimowiz '13, Jenna Schlags '12, Isaac Rabbani '14, David Kratzer '13 and current F-Board member Sidak Pannu '12. In the first round, Jacob Agi '12, current F-Board member Gabriel Weingrod-Nemzow '12 and Donghae Choi '12 were all elected to the F-Board in the first round with 204, 170 and 168 votes, respectively. Kratzer came in fifth with 100 votes, and Schlags came in sixth with 65. Sunny Aidasani '14, who came in fourth in the first round with 128 votes, is not running again.

No candidates are officially running for the racial minority senator or the two Class of 2013 senator seats.