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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...voted into them by the student body. As it stands today, indirect elections discourage sensible and thorough platforms when candidates are running. Since students do not know which committee they will eventually be on, they run campaigns filled with tedious generalizations and clichéd trivialities??“longer dining hours” anyone? A lack of platforms has also resulted in UC elections turning into popularity contests. Last May, a bill was proposed to the UC to shift to direct elections and attract more people eager to manage financial statements or design cool social events. This...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri, | Title: Just Be Direct | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

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