Word: hanselman
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...admit, my initial reaction to the news that "a teary-eyed" David L. Hanselman '94-'95 had announced his intention not to seek a second term as Undergraduate Council president was an overwhelming desire to retch...
After all, I thought, Lyndon Johnson was able to make it through a nationally televised speech declining a second term as president of the United States without bawling. And though it's true that Hanselman is a sensitive '90s man--and sensitive '90s men are wont to shed a tear in public now and then--it's also true that the council presidency isn't quite as big a deal as the presidency of the United States. Hanselman's unabashed display of vulnerability, I thought, was nothing but a cheap publicity stunt...
...reconsidered. Hanselman did take his council presidency seriously--almost too seriously. During his campaign, he sent reporters thank-you notes on "David Hanselman, Candidate for U.C. President" stationary. His "statements" were labeled "for immediate release." The guy probably showers in a coat...
...times, he got caught up in the drama of leading Harvard's student body, Hanselman was also one of the most competent council presidents in recent memory. Not only did he lead the organization through a scandal-free semester (no small feat, in light of the corruption that plagued the last two administrations), but he succeeded in pushing the council to take stands on issues of importance to students: whether the College adopts a one-dean or two-dean administrative structure, for example, and how the University should handle its ties to ROTC...
...sure, there were missteps, including Hanselman's silly, short-lived proposal to have the council donate money to a fund for ROTC scholarships. But the council under Hanselman did not get bogged down in bickering between representatives more interested in garnering headlines than serving students...