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...Petersen??s letter to Bok said there was a “near-record turnout” for the calendar referendum. The total of 3,467 students voting this week is just shy of the 3,519 who participated in last semester’s UC presidential election, and 518 fewer than the record turnout in the December 2004 presidential vote...
...deck was stacked from the beginning,” he said, referring to Petersen??s considerable publicity efforts aimed at inducing people to vote on the referendum. “In my view I thought...that if you campaign too hard for something you really lose the measure of genuine student support behind it.” Anderson added that, the referendum notwithstanding, he believed no amount of UC advocacy would lead to calendar change...
...Ryan A. Petersen ’08 looked to defuse any verbal gunplay that might accompany consideration of the newspaper legislation. “I know this is sort of a testy issue, but I think we can get through it...politely,” he said. Even before Petersen??s comment, Soren Rosier ’10, a key sponsor of the newspaper bill, said he was well aware that there would be opposition. According to Rosier, the newspaper plan—which originally called for a UC allocation of $1,700 to purchase copies...
...three big victories would constitute a successful year at the helm of the UC.Petersen and Sundquist have wasted little time with pleasantries and have hit the ground running. The UC opened a promised teaching hotline where students can e-mail concerns about their teaching fellows (TFs) one week after Petersen??s inauguration . Crimson Reading, a Web site co-founded by Hadfield that allows students to compare textbook prices, has been adopted by the UC, updated for the spring semester classes and now lists over 95 percent of spring textbooks. Despite respective objections from some faculty members...
...Petersen??s position as an insider among insider candidates appears to have been a huge asset in this race. He is the chair of the UC’s Student Affairs Committee (SAC), which has traditionally been a stepping stone from which to launch a successful presidential campaign. He is the fifth SAC chair to be elected in the last seven presidential elections, according to UC Treasurer Ben W. Milder...