Overall, leaders, delegates, and graduate students who sat in on the elections agreed that the controversies had created unprecedented room for discussion.
“This meeting has done more to advance the GSC’s cause representing grad students than any other meeting this year,” said Michael A. Cox, publicity manager for the GSC.
—Staff writer Laya Anasu can be reached at layaanasu@college.harvard.edu.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: April 11
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that incumbent candidates won all six contested races in the Graduate Student Council elections. In fact, Steven Lydon, a challenger involved in the Occupy Harvard movement, won the position of at-large representative for humanities.