Word: burtons
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...Netting more than twice as many votes as any other candidate, Fentrice D. Driskell '01 wins the Undergraduate Council's top spot and her running mate John A. Burton '01 grabs the council's vice presidency. An election referendum also slashes the council to nearly half its current size and defeats efforts to increase student fees that go to the council...
...Amidst a flurry of campaign violation complaints against newly elected Undergraduate Council Vice President Burton, leaders of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters' Alliance tell The Crimson that they never gave Burton permission to use buttons he had taken from the group's office for his campaign. Burton opponents and some former supporters call for his resignation...
...members of the Undergraduate Council formally submit two articles of impeachment against Burton, whose supporters counter that the move is "petty" and politically motivated...
...Undergraduate Council rejects two articles of impeachment and votes not to remove Burton from office. Though the vote falls far short of the two-thirds required to remove Burton from office, a slim majority--41 council members, with 38 opposing--support the second article of impeachment...
...wide margin, they elected council liberals Fentrice D. Driskell '01 and John A. Burton '01 over conservatives Sterling P. A. Darling '01 and Nehal S. Patel '01 and other tickets...