TO THE EDITOR:
As this year’s election cycle finally draws to a close, we should look to the past to learn more about the present. The real winner of this election may actually be someone who ran last year on a farcical platform with a semi-mythical mascot. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we are talking about Nash Keune.
Sure, he was an endearing ginger with a staggering 690-page platform and a hastily constructed fortress that appeared overnight to loom over the quad. But Nash’s satirically fueled campaign was more than that. He was out to highlight the silly extremes our student body president election season often reaches.
Though less comical this year, this election cycle has sustained Keune’s point exactly. This year’s batch of candidates has bullied, yelled and quibbled through all sorts of media — equine or otherwise. Was Keune’s 2010 campaign just for parody or eerily prophetic?
No matter the winner, we should use this year’s election as a lesson for the future. We may never have another “Elect Yourself” campaign, but it should be remembered as a humorous caution for elections to come.
Anna Eusebio
Junior
Public Relations and Environmental Studies
