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...whole, Human has had a successful first term. His election opponent, Wesley B. Gilchrist '98, promised shorter meetings. Perhaps that would be a nice change for council members holed up in Harvard Hall late at night. But we're pleased to see a president interested in working hard to make the council relevant and effective to the student body...
Council President Robert M. Hyman '98-'97 retained his office by defeating challenger Wesley B. Gilchrist '98 by a vote...
During his presentation, Gilchrist promised "change" and said he would pursue Core reform, popular elections and shorter meeting lengths...
...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...