Word: elected
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Some Soviets have objected to the provision of the reforms championed by Gorbachev. They give the party direct representation in the new assembly, which will chose legislators and elect the Soviet president...
Undergraduates rejected a proposal which would have given them the power to elect the chair of the Undergraduate Council, council officials announced last night...
There are, however, legitimate reasons for voting against this referendum. No one implies, as Palmore suggests, that Harvard undergraduates are an "unlettered rabble" who will elect "some satanic demagogue." Instead, a campus-wide election may elect a candidate who is unaware of and unprepared for the demands of the job. Leading the council may appear to be, for lack of a better word, glamorous, but the chair actually spends most of his or her time performing significant tasks like helping the six committees run smoothly, trying to put on a concert and overseeing the disbursement of $80,000 in grants...
Views on college issues should be the paramount consideration when students elect representatives, but while issues are certainly important in selecting the chair, character and competence are more important still. The council, because of its close contact with the candidates, is better suited to evaluate these characteristics than even the most concerned and informed student body...
After a brain-numbing campaign which raises few important issues, less than half of the students elect the 88 council representatives. Council members then spend the rest of the year wondering if they are a legitimateenough body to represent students on anything more weighty than setting up concerts or serving milk and cookies...