A Natural Pairing

At a meeting last week with the Black Men’s Forum, Mahan criticized himself for heading the only ticket consisting of two white men.

Mahan and Blickstead’s campaign manager, Charles M.G. Moore ’04, was president of the Black Students Association, although that group did not endorse a candidate this year.

Should Mahan and Blickstead win, this would mark the first time an all-male ticket has won since popular elections for council presidents began in 1995.

But Mahan and Blickstead hope to turn their pairing into an asset.

Blickstead is the ideal candidate, Mahan says, because of his experience with student services, such as organizing shuttles to Logan airport and New York City and planning the annual Springfest celebration in the Malkin Athletic Center Quad.

Both say that Blickstead’s Canadian roots establish them as the only international ticket running this year, with Mahan hailing from Watonsville, California.

“Now I feel like I’m married to—or at least dating—this guy,” says Mahan as the two hug. “There is no one else I’d like to run with.”