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...candidate this year is trying to mobilize a different group of seniors: students. MIT senior Erik Snowberg's campaign has been registering students at MIT and Harvard through volunteers at both universities, according to Eric J. Plosky, Snowberg's campaign manager...
...Snowberg decided to run for office in order to galvanize the student voting block to action. He decided the best way to do this was to give students a candidate they could relate...
Unfortunately, the 22-year old San Francisco native may only have a cursory knowledge of Cambridge city politics. Dismissing Cambridge residents' worries about his ignorance of rent control, gentrification or zoning, Snowberg says, "You don't need to know those things to be on the council...
While this apparent ignorance could potentially be a problem, Snowberg's candidacy does add a much-needed voice to students' issues. Furthermore, although many Harvard students prefer to vote absentee in their hometown municipal elections, others may be motivated by the possibility of a peer's campaign to join the ranks of Cambridge citizens...
...Though Snowberg might not be the right student candidate for the council, his effort may inspire others to run and win. We would dearly love a Harvard student to take on this challenge...