Darling's experience is in fact often turned against him. Darling, Redmond says, is simply the heir to a conservative legacy on the council--
Darling was Seton's campaign manager when he was a sophomore, and worked for the campaign of former conservative council President Beth A. Stewart '00 when he was a first-year.
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Both Redmond, who is a liberal, and Liebert, who is a conservative, predict that the council under Darling will remain much the same as it has been for the past few years. And, with few undergraduates saying the council is relevant to their lives at Harvard, criticisms like Redmond and Liebert's may sting.
"Do we want an Undergraduate Council president, or do we want a student body president?" Redmond asked.