The distinctions between the candidates are too blurry, their ideas too hazy or unrealistic, to justify a concrete Crimson endorsement. Even after weeks of Crimson coverage, it is hard to see just how any of the candidates plans to build a student center, take back Agassiz Theater or get more student involvement in University policy-making. We encourage you to vote--to downsize the council to streamline its inefficent proceedings and to raise the term bill to afford the council more concrete opportunities but also to consider how your favorite candidate will get his or her ideas accomplished before you exit ucvote.

--Andrew K. Mandel '00,

J. Hal Simon '00

DISSENT: Vote Leonard/Tenney

The Crimson Staff fails to recognize that the election of Frank X. Leonard '01 and Katie E. Tenney '01 would enable the reform of the Undergraduate council's mission and purpose that The Crimson has so consistently clamored for. As new members of the council, they represent a break from the status quo which none of the other candidates can offer. Together they have promised to improve the council's credibility with the student body and the administration--and we believe that they are committed to this mission.

Both Leonard and Tenney are the only candidates who have the charisma and leadership necessary to galvanize the campus and bring respectability back to the council.

--Jenny E. Heller '01,

Christian H. Lange '01,

James L. Platts '01,

Sarah E. Reckhow '02,

Alixandra E. Smith '02