"I'm going to provide shuttles to athletic events so students support their teams. That makes communities. You don't need to talk about vision to go out and get it done," he said.
Sterling P. A. Darling '01 said he and his running mate, Nehal S. Patel '02, would try to get the administration to focus more on the lives of College students.
"What Nehal and I are really looking to do is focus the U.C., and the College, on undergraduates," he said.
Todd E. Plants '01 said a cornerstone of his campaign and that of his running mate Benjamin E. Wikler '03 is ending the "sink or swim" method of advising at Harvard.
"It could mean something as simple as a telephone call from your adviser every two weeks, checking to make sure that everything was okay," he said.
Outgoing council Vice President Kamil E. Redmond '00 asked the presidential candidates how they planned to lead the student body, not just the council.
Darling responded that he would change the structure of council debate to allow the president to take strong stands on issues during council meetings.
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