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This week marks the kickoff of the Undergraduate Council presidential elections, which will once again enliven the debate between two entrenched ideological factions. The right, led by presidential candidate Justin A Barkley '02, advocates a council whose sole focus is expanding student services like holiday shuttle buses and Springfest. The left, led by Stephen N. Smith '02, advocates using the "power" of the council to promote noble goals like world peace, worker's rights, and environmental protection, while "bringing people together" through the conservative themes...
...candidates for the post--Justin A. Barkley '02 and B.J. Averell '02--say they opposed the decision and intend to make it a major issue in next week's presidential election...
Justin A. Barkley '02 and his running mate Adam M. Johnson '02 were each docked two points for postering violations. Paul A. Gusmorino '02 was docked two points for submitting his campaign spending report late. Finally, Stephen N. Smith '02 and his vice-presidential candidate James C. Coleman '03 each lost five points for illegal campaigning in Annenberg Hall on Monday...
Candidates also clamor for more student input into the search itself. Barkley noted that Stanford, Brown and Princeton haven't "crumbled from allowing a student role in decision making, and neither would Harvard...
...Even at Harvard, when I was a freshman, they allowed UC reps to interview prospects for an assistant freshman dean's post," Barkley says. "I think that any candidate worthy of Harvard's presidency should want to be interviewed by some of its students." Barkley also criticized some of Rudenstine's responses from last week's Days of Dialogue event...