The major opposition to Liston's campaign camefrom council members concerned with his lack ofparticipation in council members concerned withhis lack of participation in council affairs lastsemester. Liston was even removed from his seat atone point for excessive absences.

And last spring, as vice president, Listonrepeatedly came under fire for administrativeincompetence. He was nearly impeached for failingto expel more than a half dozen council memberswith excessive absences.

In addition. Liston was the officialadministrator of a campus-wide referendum that wastainted by a host of improprieties. the councilultimately invalidated that referendum.

Liston's success, however, follows a patternset by previous presidents Hanselman and Mike P.Beys '94, both of whom were less active in thesemester before their victories.

In other Council elections, Justin C. Label '97defeated impromptu candidate Paul K. Kim '96 inthe vice presidential election; David S. Goodman'97 defeated Jason E. Schmitt '98 and Kim forsecretary; Brian R. Blais '97 won the spot oftreasurer in an uncontested race.

Label said that he was grateful for theopportunity to get his message out during hiscampaign for the vice presidency.

"I appreciated Paul's candidacy," Label said."There were several things I wanted to speak to.It's better that the council know who it'selecting than just voting by acclimation.