Word: platformization
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This type of council would also give itself the legitimacy it so desperately requires. As it stands now, students do not vote in council elections precisely because representatives do not "represent" but merely work towards universally accepted goals. If candidates were to run on a political platform, they would be able to distinguish themselves from their competitors and spark greater voter interest. The unusually packed meeting hall last Sunday night is indicative of student interest on important and relevant political issues. Cutting the size of the council will also help it gain legitimacy, since fewer available seats would increase...
Last November we endorsed the candidacy of Seton and Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '00 with the hope that the two would work together to create an agenda which addressed both student services and politically-charged issues. Contrary to the declared "apolitical" platform of last year's council leadership, we--along with the students who elected Seton and Redmond into office--believed the council could still maintain its commitment to SpringFest and frozen yogurt even as it engaged issues which happened to be political or controversial...
...Kamil and I ran for office on a platform of an expanded vision of student services," Seton said...
...November 1997, the presidential and vice presidential elections, several candidates advocated practicality over politics. Beth A. Stewart '00 and Samuel C. Cohen '00 ran for office on a platform of "depoliticizing" the council. Stewart and Cohen took a new approach, advocating student services and increased support for student groups...
John I. Nevin '01 said he e-mailed Redmond, oneof his Pforzheimer House representatives,frustrated that she had promoted progressivelegislation despite her campaign platform...