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Candidates rose and fell, many in full public glare. Clinton fell hard for George Mitchell when he played Bob Dole in the campaign-debate rehearsals. Despite minimal foreign policy experience, the Democratic Senator was touted as the front runner for days, only to falter when Democrats showed even less enthusiasm for him than Republicans did. Mitchell may also owe his eclipse to Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, who went to his friend Bill just when the deal seemed done to make a strong pitch for Richard Holbrooke, the ambitious architect of the Dayton accords. Clinton didn't care that...
Rawlins won the campus-wide vice presidential race last April on a ticket with current president Robert M. Hyman '98, beating runner up Haynes. This time, her vice presidential running mate, Michael A. O'Mary '99, placed third...
...platforms and with running mates. In fact, there is a major issue at hand that has true political ramifications: the percentage of funding for student groups is a negotiable figure of a universal $120,000 budget. The presidential candidate who is pushing for increased grants, the liberal front-runner Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, has received the endorsement of a great many student-group leaders--themselves largely representative of liberal constituencies--who understand that because of her ideological alignment, she represents their financial interests. The other candidates oppose giving away more of the council's funds and appeal to the interests...
...Crimson poll shows that council Vice President Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 is the front-runner. Under the Undergraduate Council's proportional voting system, Rawlins will win on name recognition alone if the vote is divided among the other top candidates, even if she is not the students' number-one choice. Given that, we feel that it is important that we enunciate why we are choosing not to support her. First, she has little record of achievement, apart from holding the position of vice president. Second, she has been less than forthright in explaining her record. For example, in her position...
...Given the people running, I think it will be an issues oriented campaign," said Elizabeth A. Haynes '98, a presidential candidate and last spring's vice presidential runner...