Katherine Fernandez-Blance and Labiba Haque were elected as the incoming Editors in Chief for the Journal yesterday.

They won a 75.9 per cent vote of confidence with 22 in favour and seven against for Volume 140.

Fernandez-Blance, ArtSci ’12, said she was pleased with the results of the vote.

“At the end of the day, it’s 22 people who believe in us,” she said, adding that she is overwhelmed by the victory.

Fernandez-Blance said she and Haque decided to run for the positions while walking home together one night, during an unrelated conversation.

“The question asked was ‘Who would you trust at three in the morning when things are going awry?’ and it sounds like a trashy romance movie, but I looked up at her and said ‘It would be you,’” Fernandez-Blance said.

One of the team’s platform points was to create Journal behind-the-scenes videos.

“I think it will show that at the end of the day, we’re students just like everyone else,” she said.

Haque, ArtSci ’13, said she’s excited to celebrate with the current Editors in Chief Clare Clancy and Jake Edmiston.

“I think we’re going to let Clare and Jake show us the ropes,” she said.

Haque said the two work well together as a team because they had experience working together as assistant news editors. For both, it’s the second year working at the Journal. Fernandez-Blance is the current news editor and Haque is production manager.

“We have great chemistry,” she said.

— Savoula Stylianou