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Perhaps Crocker arrived as the Auction was closing, because in our most conservative estimation, at least several hundred Eliot residents showed up to bid on such unique items as an oil massage, a conducting lesson and a personalized cheer from the cheerleading team. If anything, the high turnout and raucous bidding--Crocker was clearly not present for long enough to appreciate just how lively it was--reflects Eliot House's ability to develop into a more rambunctious and outgoing community, despite the author's assertion to the contrary...
Although a majority voted in favor of the referendum, the low number of voters basically nullifies the results. According to the council's constitution, turnout for a binding referendum must be at least as high as that for council elections--this year, 18 percent of the student body...
...little disappointed that there weren't more people voting," Seton said of the low turnout...
...some suggest the low turnout may have been due to poor publicity rather than voter apathy...
Thomas, less apocalyptic, has another explanation. Conservatives, he says, tend to be "an upset people. We don't like being happy. We're always looking for an enemy--just as the left is--to play on people's fears, which increases cynicism. And then we wonder why voter turnout is so low." Sounding an alarm raises more money than saying amen...