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WITHOUT QUESTION, the election procedure Dean Whitlock adopted last week for the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) is a step forward, no matter how tentative. Though authorized personally to select undergraduate representatives with the advice of student-Faculty committees. Whitlock chose a somewhat more democratic plan, granting undergraduates at least an indirect voice in the selection of their own spokesmen...
...Whitlock's procedure--House elections followed by the final selections of two representatives in a caucus of House nominees--falls short of the proposal for University-wide elections. While the direct election would have been more in keeping with the representative role of the committee members, the Whitlock plan offers some promise of "government by consent of the governed." Students should now focus on the character of the committee, rather than on election procedures. Having strengthened their position, undergraduate must...
Steven Luxenberg reported that CHUL had recommended to Dean Whitlock to have the ACSR elections held in accordance with the CHUL model (one student elected from each House). The implication was that such a procedure would still be a popularity contest...
...plan accepted by Whitlock is essentially the method used to elect CHUL members. It's not surprising that the CHUL, members voted unanimously to recommend a selection process similar to its own, or that Whitlock would approve the plan...
...Whitlock said he rejected the Lobby's plan because College-wide elections are "popularity contests." At least no one has ever accused CHUL, elections of being popularity contests...