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...Undergraduate Council (UC) Election Commission took a page from H Bomb magazine yesterday, posting get-out-the-vote UC Facebook fliers featuring scantily clad men and topless women, with the words “vote here” emblazoned over their chests and the Harvard insignia further below...
Calling the posters “distasteful,” UC President John S. Haddock ’07 said he objected to the fliers’ use of nudity. “Anything that could be seen as objectifying men or women is inappropriate,” Haddock said. “We’re supposed to make people feel comfortable with their student government...
Haddock emphasized that the Election Commission is independent from the UC itself, saying that neither he nor anyone on the UC had seen the fliers before they appeared on Facebook...
...UC Vice-President Annie R. Riley ’07 said she disagreed with Allen’s use of the human form to spark interest in the election. “I don’t like the way they objectified the human body in order to get the attention of Facebook users,” Riley said...
Students vying for Undergraduate Council seats this year will face the most competitive election yet, Council leaders said yesterday. According to Undergraduate Council (UC) Public Relations Director Benjamin W. Milder ’08, 125 students are competing for 33 slots this election cycle, which begins today and continues until Thursday, with an average of 3.79 candidates per seat. This year is just a fraction more competitive than the previous record in 2003, when an average of 3.78 candidates ran per seat. Every House election will be competitive, with at least three candidates per seat, and 77 freshmen will...