A few good men set out to become president of the Interfraternity Council last night, but only one man prevailed.
Civil Engineering junior Ken Tanner of Beta Theta Pi was elected the 1997 president of IFC by the chapter presidents.
Tanner beat out Jeff Kosiorek of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Joshua Henschell of Pi Kappa Alpha for the position.
"I'm very excited," Tanner said. "I'm thrilled to be on the IFC for another year."
Tanner has served as executive vice president this year.
Both Kosiorek and Henschell have IFC experience in their backgrounds too.
Kosiorek, an LSA junior, is IFC's current vice president of educational programming and Henschell is the current vice president of community service learning.
IFC Adviser Terry Landes said any one of the three candidates would have made a great IFC president.
"The Greek community could not have lost in that election with Jeff, Josh and Ken," Landes said.
Current IFC President Larry Powell also said the three men were qualified for the position.
"All three candidates are past IFC officers and are definitely qualified and have a full understanding of the position of IFC president," Powell said. "The fraternity system can't lose with any of the three candidates, can't lose either way."
LSA junior Henschell said he plans on running for president of his chapter on Monday. Kosiorek was re-elected to the position of vice president of educational programming.
Tanner said he has several goals for the 1997 council.
"I think one of the main goal for this IFC is going to be chapter improvement," Tanner said.
LSA junior Nirav Shah of Pi Kappa Phi replaced Tanner as executive vice president.
"I've worked with Ken for a year and I know we're in for a good time," Shah said.
The three presidential candidates spoke for five minutes each, and were each allowed three "pros" to speak on their behalf.
During his speech, Tanner said that he looks forward to shaking incoming University President Lee Bollinger's hand and telling him that the Greek system is great.
Henschell spoke about having members of IFC work together as a team to represent the fraternities and to have strong public relations.
Kosiorek said he wanted to work on rush and possibly have mailings sent to the parents of incoming students to let them know what fraternities are all about.
Landes said IFC has implemented many positive initiatives and he plans on continuing in the same direction.
"(IFC presidents) have a tremendous responsibility," Landes said. "They always do a great job."
The 1997 IFC executive board will begin its term in January.