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...people,” a stereotype he says he believes is true.“This is a product of my experience at Harvard, a product of me talking to people, observing the behavior of the UC itself,” he says.He points to the average voter turnout in this year’s UC House representatives election, which was under 40 percent, as evidence of the alienation among the voters who fall into the “outsider” category.Hwang says he sympathizes with members of this category since he describes himself...
...Host team HRCSA prepared pearl balls and beef stir-fry, earning praise from Bryant for the dish’s presentation. According to Eva M. Luo ’08, co-president of HRCSA, the event was a huge success. “The turnout this year was much greater than last year, probably because of the increased diversity among the competing teams,” she said. “The event definitely got bigger and more professional this year, and plus the presence of Domna probably attracted a lot of people,” said Elissa Leechawengwongs...
...doesn’t broadly represent anything at all. Currently, it is the preserve of a particular class of student: those who enjoy politics for the sake of practice, marathon meetings with small stakes, and the power to give or take away grant money. And the weak turnout seen in countless UC representative elections clearly demonstrates that this tiny community of people has seized the mantle of authority over the direction of student life at Harvard without any real mandate. Still more galling, it has made a figurehead of itself, making it seem that the voice of the students...
What comes after that? Tim and Alex certainly don’t claim to know for sure. But it is unlikely to be worse than the charade of representative student government that we have now. Voter turnout was about 43 percent in this September’s UC representative elections. If the 57 percent of you who didn’t think that the UC was worth your time still feels the same way, this is the moment to let those on the UC know. The Hwang/Wong ticket puts the weapon in your hands. By voting for them, you have...
...turned into a sham: Independent candidates are not allowed; only those on party lists can compete for seats in the Duma. And all the parties that have not been squeezed out of existence are rigidly controlled by the Kremlin. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the Kremlin has also scrapped the minimum turnout requirement to validate the election, to eliminate staying away as a means of sabotaging the stage-managed poll. Everything would seem to be under control. But, the big intrigue remains: Who will be Putin's heir, appointed if not anointed, just as Putin was when he succeeded Boris Yeltsin...