Undergraduate Council
Three Defeated Candidates Remain Uncertain About Plans for Internal UC Vice Presidential Election
C.C. Gong ’15, Sietse K. Goffard ’15, and Chika-Dike O. Nwokike ’15, all of whom lost their presidential or vice presidential bids last month, say they have not decided whether they will run for UC vice president when Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 assumes the UC presidency.
In Reversal, UC VP-Elect Says He Will Not Resign, Is Expected To Assume UC Presidency
Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15, the Undergraduate Council Vice President-Elect, will not resign as previously planned, he said late Monday night, a move that is expected to elevate him to the UC presidency.
UC Approves Bylaws Change in Preparation for Potential President- and VP-Elect Vacancies
Just hours before the Undergraduate Council Vice President-Elect told The Crimson that he no longer plans to step down, the UC met to approve a change to the bylaws designed to prepare for potential vacancies in the President and Vice President-Elect positions.
'You Could Do Worse'
Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15, front, stands alongside his running mate Sam B. Clark ’15 in the UC presidential debate last month. The duo was elected as UC vice president and president, respectively, in the Nov. 18-21 election.
You Could Still Do Worse: A Follow Up Interview with Clark and Mayopoulos
Following an unprecedented series of events culminating with joke ticket candidates Samuel B. Clark ’15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 winning and immediately announcing plans for resignation from the positions of Undergraduate Council president and vice president, Flyby returns with another interview with these two rising politicians.
Reactions to UC Campaign
On Nov. 22, Undergraduate Council joke candidates Sam Clark '15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 won the UC presidential election. After the announcement Clark and Mayopoulos announced they will immediately resign after instated into their new positions. Perhaps students could have done worse?
Catching Up With Clark
From winning the UC election to becoming an instant YouTube celebrity, last week was a big one for Samuel B. Clark '15. Here, Flyby presents the untold story of Clark’s sensational triumph.
Joke Ticket’s Victory Prompts Students To Wonder If Harvard Could Really ‘Do Worse’
In a year when students elected a ticket running under the slogan “You could do worse,” undergraduates reflected on what the first-ever-winning joke ticket means for student government at Harvard.
Clark and Mayopoulos Win UC Election But Will Resign
After winning the Undergraduate Council presidential election with a plurality of votes on Thursday night, Samuel B. Clark ’15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 said they will resign from their positions immediately after they are instated as UC president and vice president, respectively.
UC Debate 2013
The three UC tickets faced off in a presidential debate on Monday night. Watch to see highlights from the issues raised by tickets—C.C. Gong '15 and Sietse K. Goffard '15 and D.K. Nwokike '15 and Una Kim '15—and the jokes made by candidates Sam B. Clark '15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos '15 Voting ends Nov. 21.
Jukebox: Harvard-Yale Edition
Come next weekend, hundreds of Harvard students will be piling into buses to make the famed pilgrimage to the rough and tumble streets of New Haven, home of the number one safety school. To pass the travel time as Harvard prepares for its seventh consecutive win, take a listen to these classics:
Video: UC Presidential Debate Highlights
The three UC tickets faced off in a presidential debate on Monday night. Watch to see highlights from the issues raised by tickets C.C. Gong '15 and Sietse K. Goffard '15 and Chika-Dike O. Nwokike '15 and Una Kim '15 and the jokes made by candidates Sam B. Clark '15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos '15.
UC Election
C.C. Gong and Sietse Goffard, one of three tickets running for the Undergraduate Council election, stand outside the Science Center Tuesday afternoon to campaign.
Endorsements of Gong-Goffard Double Total of Both Nwokike-Kim and Clark-Mayopoulous
Since voting opened for the Undergraduate Council elections on Monday, the C.C. Gong ’15 and Sietse K. Goffard ’15 campaign has earned more endorsement from student groups than the other two tickets--Chika-Dike Nwokike ’15 and Una Kim ’15 and Samuel B. Clark ’15 and Gus A. Mayopoulous ’15--combined.
UC Election Commission Error Forces Switch In Counting Method
The Undergraduate Council Election Commission confirmed Tuesday night that it will change the voting system for the ongoing UC election from the traditional Hare-Clark method to a plurality method after the Commission inadvertently violated election rules by disallowing voters from ranking all three tickets.
Fist-Bumping with Faust: An Interview with UC President and Vice President Candidates Nwokike and Kim
Amidst all the posting of flyers and the creation of facebook prof pic templates, it may seem hard for UC presidential candidates to take a moment to laugh. But in order to understand the candidates better, we at Flyby think it's important to get a better sense of their pop culture prefernces and hear more about their daily lives. Flyby sat down with Chika-Dike O. Nwokike '15 and Una Kim '15 to do just that.
You Could Do Worse: An Interview with UC President and Vice President Candidates Clark and Mayopoulos
Samuel B. Clark ’15 and Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 promise a new era of leadership and ambition, fueled by an unorthodox approach that threatens to challenge our notions of student-led politics. Here they are, in their own words.
Three Tickets Face Off in UC Presidential Debate
With the voting period for the Undergraduate Council elections underway, the three pairs of candidates vying to become the Council’s next president and vice president faced off in a debate at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum on Monday night.
The Presidential Candidates
The three UC Presidential tickets, from left to right: Chika-Dike O. Nwokike ’15 and Una Kim ’15, C.C. Gong ’15 and Sietse K. Goffard ’15, Sam B. Clark ’15/Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15. The Presidential debate, hosted by the Institute of Politics, took place on Monday evening in the JFK Jr. Forum.
6 Questions That Should Be On The UC Ballot
We at Flyby think the ballot is missing a few things. Here are some proposals that are almost as important to Harvard student life.
PSA: Voting Now Open for UC Presidential and Referendum Elections!
The voting window has opened for the UC Presidential and Referendum Elections.
UC Voting Website Links to...Madonna?
While we at Flyby certainly applaud the UC’s choice in music, we question whether the Council might have better served us as voters by linking to candidate platforms, referenda questions, or heck, even the UC website.