“We’re not trying to distance ourselves,” says Capp. “We’re just trying to make them understand the distance that was already there.”
THE ONLINE RACE
Glazer and Capp say they have focused on getting their message out—not only through personal campaigning, but online.
This year, the campaign battleground has extended to the internet, where all three tickets have established websites and formed groups on thefacebook.com. On the facebook, the Glazer-Capp group had 410 members as of yesterday afternoon, placing them second behind Moore and Nichols in terms of online fans.
“There’s sort of competition about the group membership,” Capp says with a shrug. “A lot of the groups have dual membership. I feel like if you get invited to join a group, you don’t want to say no.”
Dual membership refers to students who support more than one ticket on the facebook.
But the internet has also caused some problems for the group. Glazer and Capp’s campaign was fined a total of $30 following last night’s Election Commission meeting—$25 of that was for a link on the campaign website to a video that a campaign member shot of last Thursday’s presidential debate. The video was filmed using an unexpensed camcorder. “We don’t feel a camcorder is available to every student. The $25 expenditure of renting a camcorder for a day needs to be listed as an expense,” says Election Commission Chair Jon D. Einkhauf ’06.
But Glazer says his campaign will contest the ruling. “We will appeal to them [Election Commission] immediately and explain why this good is freely available,” Glazer says. “We’ve been very good at budgeting, so we do have a ot of money left, but we would want to use this money.”
Personal facts about Glazer’s haircare and Capp’s eating contest victory are also documented—along with their platform—on the ticket’s website, www.glazercapp.com, which they encourage all students to visit. Even with the website, Glazer and Capp bemoan not being able to reach to everyone.
When asked what is the one thing they wish they could do, but can’t, Capp replies, “I’d say talk to every single person and we’re trying, but to reach 6,500 students in 10 days is not feasible.”