The Tennessee House of Representatives is processing two bills that propose changes to the laws governing the sale and ownership of firearms within the state of Tennessee.

After weeks of public campaigning and months of planning platforms and making posters, the 2009-2010 school year's senate and class council hopefuls finally heard the election results. Online voting began Wednesday at 8 a.m. and closed Thursday at noon. The candidates were informed of the results shortly after.

Students have two services from Vanderbilt Student Government they can take advantage of this week.

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The presidential races may be over, but the campaigning has just begun. On Thursday at 12:01 a.m., campaigning for Vanderbilt Student Government senate and house council positions officially began.

Wyatt Smith and running mate Lori Murphy were announced the winners of the Vanderbilt Student Government presidential election Thursday afternoon.

Roars of handclaps and cheering filled the packed Sarratt Promenade following Attorney General Jared Anderson's announcement of the results of what current VSG president Joseph Williams called a "historic election" in an e-mail to the student body earlier that day.

After getting 62.6 percent of the total votes, Wyatt Smith and Lori Murphy have been elected Vanderbilt Student Government president and vice president for the 2009-2010 term.

If students were unhappy with the choices on the Vanderbilt Student Government presidential ballot on Wednesday and Thursday, there was a third choice.

Although not explicitly listed, junior Jim Wiggington billed himself as a third-party write-in choice for VSG president.

Juniors Fabiani Duarte and Wyatt Smith have been engaging in what they describe as a "friendly rivalry" for years. Both natives of Alabama, the two first worked together the summer before their senior year at Boys' State, a mock government program for high schoolers.

The rivalry continued Wednesday night in the filled Board of Trust Room at the second annual Vanderbilt Student Government presidential debate, sponsored by The Vanderbilt Hustler. Duarte and Smith, now candidates for VSG president, and their running mates discussed their platforms for the current election, answering questions posed by both moderator and Hustler Opinion Editor Thomas Shattuck and members of the audience.

Listen to tonight's VSG Presidential Debate in it's entirety here on InsideVandy!