Commentary on the Yale College Council Elections

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Deep-Fried Post-Election Glory with the new Taber

April 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Rich Tao could not be convinced to make his first appearance at the Toad as YCC President, even despite the promise of scantily-clad Berzelius taps handing out milk and cookies. Instead, Tao went to his favorite booth at Yorkside with his new secretary, Jasper Wang. I’m not one to turn down a free chicken wing […]

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Tao, Schofield, Wang, Wu, Leatherbury Take YCC Posts

April 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Updated at 9:26 p.m. I completely forgot about the UOFC race. I’m surprised someone remembered it. Thank you anonymous commenter.
Your new YCC E-board:
President Rich Tao
Vice-President Emily Schofield
Secretary Jasper Wang
Treasurer Jon Wu
YSAC Chair Colin Leatherbury
UOFC Chair Bryan Twarek

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Liveblogging the Election Returns

April 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By Zach Marks
8:55 p.m. - This is what it all comes down to. This is what separates the men from the boys, the women from the girls, Taber from me. The last five minutes.
I’m here at Rudy’s with YCC President Rebecca Taber and her harem of fine young gentlemen callers she likes to call […]

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Bursar at Toad’s? A Campus Cash vet weighs in

April 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

By Zach Marks
In my post about the treasurer race, I tried to talk a little policy in addition to the usual horserace commentary, noting that Jon Wu’s promise to make Campus Cash, a plan to get Yale IDs accepted as credit cards at New Haven vendors, didn’t really bring anything new to the table. Danny […]

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Bank of America Presents Spring Fling: A modest proposal from YSAC candidates…and a modest proposal of my own

April 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

By Zach Marks
Updated at 2:48 a.m.
In a year of such hotly contested YCC elections, namely a fierce presidential race between three candidates with an exceptional number of Facebook friends, I’ve been a bit surprised to find my inbox being filled with more plugs for YSAC candidates than for any other position. Feels like every other […]

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