Word: reforming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...regardless of which name students support on their president and vice-presidential ballot, the chances of true council progress are dim. This year's candidates have failed miserably at galvanizing, informing or interesting the student body. None of the candidates has offered a cohesive vision of council reform. Nor can any of the candidates truthfully claim support from a broad cross-section of the campus. And most troubling, none of the candidates has been able to evoke the confidence necessary to become a campus leader...
...Generally speaking, those most experienced on the council are too entrenched to bring substantive change. Those from the outside tout reform-minded ideas that nevertheless belie confusion about the council's scope and function...
...finding a solution. Driskell has used her two-and-a-half years on the council productively but at the same time has maintained visibility among other sectors of the campus and distinguished herself from the current bureaucratic machine. If elected, we hope Driskell can effectively combine her desire for reform with her understanding of how the council works...
...Crimson Staff fails to recognize that the election of Frank X. Leonard '01 and Katie E. Tenney '01 would enable the reform of the Undergraduate council's mission and purpose that The Crimson has so consistently clamored for. As new members of the council, they represent a break from the status quo which none of the other candidates can offer. Together they have promised to improve the council's credibility with the student body and the administration--and we believe that they are committed to this mission...
...from making him more sensitive, the Keating Five scandal was a near death experience that changed the way he saw himself and the system. McCain had been at best a reformer junior grade. In fact, he voted against campaign-reform measures before being sucked into the sewer himself. He used to brag about the pork he brought home to Arizona. When an opponent in the 1986 Senate race pointed out the massive campaign contributions that McCain was receiving from defense contractors, McCain accused him of running "one of the most sloppy and dirty campaigns in Arizona's history...