Ferrell scoffed at Hanselman's depiction of himself as scandal-free.
During his term as vice chair Hanselman was harshly criticized for his treatment of women.
Women council members accused Hanselman of sexism after he said secret meetings of female council members held to discuss a perceived "glass ceiling" on the executive board were motivated by "sour grapes."
No woman has even been elected council president, and women have never comprised more than one-quarter of the council's membership.
At another council meeting Hanselman gave a pair of pantyhose to a male representative who had picked up a woman at a conference. It was a congratulatory gesture before the full council.
Last night Hanselman said he regretted the pantyhose incident. But he made no apologies for attacking the women's secret meetings: he said he agreed with their perceptions--but couldn't support their divisive method of dealing with the problem.
Even the charge that Hanselman couldn't be responsive to student interests since he now lives off-campus with his new wife didn't make a noticeable dent in his armor.
"I have a meal plan, I spend a lot of time at Currier, which is still my house, and I talk to students all the time," Hanselman responded.
"I think I'm pretty mainstream," he added. "The only reason you'd have to worry is if I were trying to act as some kind of vanguard for off-campus students, and I'm not."
Vice President
Former council secretary Randall A. Fine '96, who was not re-elected to the council last year, defended his name before last night's vice presidential election.
He finished third among the three vice-presidential candidates, with 12 votes to Kim's 18 and Gregoire's 45.
Fine, who admits his name has become symbolic of undergraduate authority gone awry, cited Anne Frank's admonition that doubting others hurts all. "We'll never win the students' trust if we're always suspecting one another," he said.
"But if I didn't know the rumors about me are false I would probably think I was some kind of scumbag too," Fine conceded.
He denied that he used a $24,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for inappropriate purposes, even though he admitted that applying for the grant in the council's name without first obtaining its full approval was a mistake.
He also denied rumors that his family is a major investor in the company which produces the energy-efficient lights he sold to Harvard during his first-year. "I wish it were true," he said. "But it's not."
Fine also refuted charges that he tried to buy votes in a Republican Club election as a first-year student.
But the opening words of Fine's speech--a reference to the political debacle of Ross Perot running-mate James Stockdale in his debate with AlGore and Dan Quayle--resurrected almost verbatim the speech of John A. Mann '92-'94 when he ran for vice president last year.
Feeney beat Schmitt for secretary, and Kim, who is a Crimson editor, beat outgoing campus life committee co-chair Mark P. Connolly '96 for treasurer.
In other business, the council also approved extending their fall grant deadline to 5 p.m. this Friday