Word: gilchrist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...presidential contender, Wesley B. Gilchrist '98, is no doubt also a sophomore unburdened by old memories and free to blaze a new trail for the council. But Gilchrist seems to be falling into the dangerous trap of self-reference, defining the council's top priorities in terms of the council itself. This is precisely the attitude that for so many years pushed our student government into deeper and deeper irrelevance...
...Gilchrist has identified his main motivation for standing against Hyman as a dissatisfaction with council procedures. He has put a high priority on reforming the structure of the council: setting time limits and so forth. Instead of making the council "more efficient in its procedure," as Gilchrist claims, shifting priorities to such petty issues is likely to sink the council into months of meaningless debate about how meaningless the debates have become...
...successful with shorter meetings," Gilchrist said. "The president can set a time limit on debate. I will do that...
Hyman and Gilchrist also touched on issues such as council-administration relations and the direction of council funds...
...Gilchrist agreed with Hyman, but added that the council's dealings with the administration would be more meaningful once popular elections were implemented...