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...only outsider ticket on the UC ballot this year, the Long-Johnson campaign faces clear challenges as the underdogs in this election, especially in terms of their experience with campus politics. When asked about his previous interactions with the UC, Johnson replied, “I played intramural basketball with Matt Sundquist last year...
However, both candidates remain unfazed by their apparent lack of experience with the UC and are approaching this campaign with the confidence of future winners...
...really think [the UC] needs a kick from the outside to show them what’s what,” said Michael J. Pankratz, ’11, Long-Johnson campaign manager and roommate...
...said Johnson, “we read Freud, and we’d be pretty good at interpreting dreams [of the student body] in order to make them in a reality.” In fact, in response to their absence from a UC Presidential debate last week, the campaign sent out a press release that, according to Long, centers on a “Foucauldian critique of the dominant discourse and power structures...
Dreams and Foucault aside, supporters of the Long-Johnson campaign are genuinely impressed with the ingenuity and intellect of the two candidates. “My roommates are some of the most cerebral people I’ve met at Harvard. I certainly don’t think I am anywhere near their league,” said Pancratz. “The amount of thinking they do about issues is striking...