First Year election stirs controversy9/29/10 12:16amAndy SeifeThe Class of 2014 elected its student government representatives on Thursday in an election decided by four votes. Led by Presidential candidate Conan Cassidy, the fruit-themed Kiwi Crew claimed four of the five contended seats. "On facebook in the space of about twenty minutes like thrity-forty friend requests just from people from my class; they obviously found out." said Conan. The newly elected government meets with CCSC 2013 this afternoon to begin the process of discussing hot button issues including gender neutral housing, meal plans, and the academic calendar. "By the time I get a plane home a 30-35 hour flight to my house, I miss Christmas," Conan observed. The election also saw a bit of controversy. Runner-up Matthew Chou appealed to the election board stating that the kiwi crew broke campaigning rules by using Facebook. The appeal was rejected and Chou's email was sent to the Spectator, where it was seen by his vice president. Vice presidential candidate Geneva Smith recalls Matthew's reaction to his article in the Spec. "And he's like, 'now I'm in the Spectator, so at least I got that out of it' but then I think it's funny that he rejected to be interviewed because he didn't want to be a 'sour grape' anymore even though he was quite sour about the election results." As Class Representative Daphne Chen stated, "as far as Matthew challenging the party, it's totally his right to do that, we don't begrudge him at all." |