The Importance of Experience
All the presidential candidates except for Todd E. Plants '01 support a move to downsize the council, in an effort to make elections for its seats more competitive.
In addition, because the next president will answer to an electorate largely disenchanted with council politics, council experience may prove to be a double-edged sword in the upcoming election.
Darling is the prototypical council insider. He is currently the council's treasurer, has been a representative since he was a first-year, and has the support of the council's conservative leadership.
"I'm a supporter of Sterling's, but I'm not going to make an official endorsement yet," says Seton.
Darling, on his part, is hedging that his experience on the council will pay off in the election.
"Only someone who knows the current status of the Council and the College can effectively work to make the changes that everyone believes are so important," he wrote in an e-mail message.
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