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Robert G.B. Long ’11 and David R. Johnson ’11 ran for Undergraduate Council president and vice president respectively...
CORRECTION: In the November 24th editorial "Undergraduate Circus," The Crimson Staff called on the Undergraduate Council to impeach UC Vice President Kia J. McLeod '10. However, "recall" is the official UC term for the procedure that the staff intended to endorse. The Crimson regrets the error...
Just last night, at an Undergraduate Council General Meeting, the council voted to certify the contested results from last Thursday’s election, thus declaring John F. Bowman ’11 and Eric N. Hysen ’11 the future president and vice president of the UC, respectively. Finally, after three full days of voting investigation, Harvard’s student government has an officially elected successor. George J.J. Hayward ’11, a Crimson editorial writer, and Felix M. Zhang ’11 gracefully delivered concession speeches, heralding the beginning of a new chapter...
...this unnecessary uncertainty on election night, however, was the gross lack of judgment the EC exercised in releasing confidential information to Kia J. McLeod ’10, current UC vice president and known supporter of the Hayward-Zhang campaign, among others. Why, for example, did members of the council know the vote tallies before the EC released them...
...could have verified whether any foul play had occurred. But under the given circumstances, in which the EC’s credibility had been destroyed and its membership largely disbanded, no such reconciliation was possible. Thankfully, UC leadership pushed for the next best option—having the full Council hear FAS IT testimony and certify the election results in last night’s meeting. This was the only way the organization could have preserved any legitimacy in the eyes of its constituency. As a re-vote was impossible with one ticket (Bowman-Hysen) having been unfairly slandered, last...