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...vote, a majority of the Undergraduate Council voted last night to expel Vice President John A. Burton '01 from his position. Although the vote was short of the necessary two-thirds required to remove him, it highlights Burton's unethical campaign practices and signifies a lack of confidence in his ability to lead the council. His credibility damaged, Burton faces two options: a wasteful year-long struggle to lead a hostile council or a swift resignation from office for the good of Harvard student government. We urge him to choose the latter...
...sole officer vested with the authority to interpret the constitution, Driskell ruled last Sunday that the resolution to remove Burton from office through a vote by the council alone was unconstitutional. At the behest of the resolution's proponents--which included three defeated presidential candidates--and with an amazing disregard for the explicit reading of the 1997 constitutional amendment, the council overruled Driskell...
...appears that those candidates who lost in the popular election cannot accept the student body's rejection of their candidacy. Instead, they have chosen to reverse the student decision to elect Burton. Now these same people want to deny the student body of its right to a recall vote and a choice to retain Burton as vice president...
Survey on Burton Not Statistically Significant...
...your news article "Students Support Removing Burton" (News, Feb. 9) states, only 41 students were interviewed at four dining halls--hardly a scientific sample of an undergraduate body of 6,000. Of those 41, 24 students felt Undergraduate Council Vice President John A. Burton '01 should be removed. If this were the council impeachment vote, 24 votes out of 41 would not reach the two-thirds standard to remove Burton. Thus, there is hardly a clear consensus on the issue...