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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The council presidential candidate says he thinks it might be the flu. He resolves to wait until all his campaign volunteers have assembled, go off to put up posters, and then to go back home to rest.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Vice presidential candidate Benjamin M. Wikler '03 stands in front of the Science Center, waiting for volunteers. Sipping a cup of coffee, he is surprised to learn that other candidates' supporters were up and out by 7:30 a.m. He wouldn't really describe himself as a morning person, he...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

In the end, just one other person joins Wikler, and the two split up to blanket the Yard with the slick white flyers.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

Plants is finishing up his poster run, explaining his strategic positioning. He says he makes sure to put up his "Plants for U.C. President" posters near any advertisements for an event in Agassiz Theatre or the lower long distance phone rates--issues that figure greatly in his platform.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

But Plants, like his opponents, is eager to get his flyers up in prominent places too. Seeing posters for a bone marrow registry drive sponsored by the Asian American Brotherhood, he happily pulls out his stapler and tacks his flyers on top of theirs.

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Stumped:Candidates Go the Distance | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

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