Word: willes
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For the council, this is one of the few opportunities to put a face to its proceedings. Students will meet progressive council members, long-time council insiders and freshly minted council representatives, all vying to become the next council president.
The campaign is just such an opportunity. Candidates, if they want to win, will have to tell voters how they will make their mark on campus, and they have to sell their goals to the student body.
Unfortunately, in a very real sense, the presidential election is the only election that a council member will have to fight for in his or her time at Harvard.
The issue of council reform will likely prove to be a hot-button topic in this year's election.
In addition, because the next president will answer to an electorate largely disenchanted with council politics, council experience may prove to be a double-edged sword in the upcoming election.