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...censure of Vice President Joshua D. Liston '95 was declared void due to a technicality. After Liston had already admitted breaking council bylaws by not enforcing the attendance policy during the semester, the censure attempt was a half-hearted slap-on-the-wrist after the motion to expel him from his position failed only two weeks before. Liston's flagrantly illegitimate behavior has thus been validated by the council's own incompetence...
While council members could not even manage a public criticism of Liston's obviously improper behavior, members did waste time passing a resolution to recommend Administrative Board action for three Crimson staffers. Evidently, council members know evil when they see it, just not when they...
After all, the "people that come after" Gabay are essentially the same people responsible for most of this past semester's problems. For example, as vice president, Josh Liston is in a natural position to take over the presidency in the fall...
...serious possibility of a Liston presidency is precisely what makes the council fail to serve student interests. In order to avoid more of the same, the council should adopt and most significant of the campaign reforms which students supported in the May referendum: the direct election of top council executives by students...
...council really is a mess. But the standard council-bashing misses an essential point. Without excusing Vice President Josh Liston '95 and his ilk, I suggest that the real villains are not those falsifying attendance records and rigging elections--the real villains are all around. They...