Word: willes
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Four years and seven months ago, the founders of the modern Undergraduate Council persuaded their fellow representatives to allow a campus-wide, popular election to determine who among future generations would lead the student government. At the time, this great experiment in representative democracy was drastic, but necessary. "Popular elections...
When students log onto the council's electronic voting program this week, they will cast an important vote on the issues of council downsizing and hiking the termbill. On both these issues we urge students to vote "yes." A smaller council--one as small as 50 members--will create contested...
Of all the candidates for president, Driskell is the most qualified. Although her specific proposals are hazy at best, she has rightly emphasized that the council's first priority should be reestablishing strong connections to the student body that it purports to represent. She has advocated a "Harvard Census 2000...
Wikler, a fresh face in the council, has a dedicated track record of attendance and has demonstrated proficiency in working with the administration. The council vice presidency has traditionally been an ambiguous post, but Wikler has a clear-headed approach that will combine bureaucratic responsibilities with student-centered initiatives.
The distinctions between the candidates are too blurry, their ideas too hazy or unrealistic, to justify a concrete Crimson endorsement. Even after weeks of Crimson coverage, it is hard to see just how any of the candidates plans to build a student center, take back Agassiz Theater or get more...