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...Voith campaign staffer sent an e-mail Thursday afternoon to a member of Grimeland's campaign asking Grimeland and running mate Thomas D. Hadfield '08 to drop out of the race and "join forces" against the third ticket, John S. Haddock '07 and Annie R. Riley...
Grimeland and Hadfield were insulted. And we should be too. If this election is to have any semblance of authenticity, it must not be decided behind closed doors. A ticket should earn our support based not on their ability to convince others not to run, but on their platform and qualifications...
...used to just buy you a large cup of Starbucks coffee. Now, it can also buy you a vote for your favorite Undergraduate Council (UC) ticket. That’s the price Travis R. Kavulla ’07 has sent in to ucvotemarket@gmail.com, the election trading hub set up by Winthrop’s Aleksei Boiko ’06, among others. The site is intended to match up those who don’t care enough about the UC to cast a ballot with those who care so much that they’re willing to dish...
With the council’s reputation as a hotbed of political machinations, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that the only ticket with a straightforward, consistent platform is the comparative outsiders, Grimeland and Hadfield. This refreshing lack of entrenchment almost outweighs their disconcerting dearth of council know-how—if only their proposals were bound by the limits of pragmatic reason...
...people are concerned that they were deceived by John and Tara and we feel that if it is at all technology feasible, then we think it should be allowed,” said Joshua Patashnik ’07, who is the campaign manager of the Haddock-Riley ticket. “There are a lot of people whose vote has been invalidated because of the deception of the Voith-Gadgil campaign,” he said. Voith-Gadgil Campaign Manager Daniel A. Koh ’07 could not be reached for comment last night. —ALEXANDER...