Word: snowberg
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...poignantly illustrated by the fact that the voting was done by less than half of the city's registered voters. Few students showed up at the polling booths even for one of their own, at least if you take it from the lack of support for MIT student Erik Snowberg's candidacy. Snowberg finished 14th in the pool of 24 candidates, a sign that students still have little interest in Cambridge politics. However, Snowberg's campaign doesn't prove that student representation is a hopeless cause--his 429 votes show potential for future student-led campaigns for local office...
...Erik Snowberg's 2,000 [votes] from MIT fizzled," said Frank A. Pedro, chair of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee, referring to the large number of students Snowberg registered for the elections...
...senior and council candidate Erik Snowberg, who hosted a small gathering of mostly MIT friends in his living room, said he was glad he had the experience of running a campaign but was also glad that it is over...
Though he monitored the election all day, Snowberg said he realized that he hadn't gotten a spot, and it was too late to make a difference...
...Still, Snowberg said he was pleased with the student turnout...