Cochran Uncontested For Election To Presidency of Radcliffe Dorm

David Cochran '70, uncontested candidate for Briggs Hall president, worried that "a lot of people are complaining that I'm going to get first choice of rooms for next year." No one cares enough to oppose his candidacy--Briggsites apparently lack ambition with regard to the dorm power structure. One Cliflie said of Cochran, "He's a sucker."

No one knows quite why Cochran is running, but he has the support of outgoing president Barbara E. Rose '70. He has no specific plans or promises, but does want to change the "when you've seen one dorm you've seen them all" syndrome at Radcliffe.

Cochran also hopes to substitute champagne and caviar for the proverbial Saturday night milk and cookies, although the thirty-six dollar balance in the dorm treasury might force economy moves.

Cochran is familiar with dorm problems, since he has spent most of his waking hours there for the past three years. There is no stipulation in Radcliffe's Redbook about sexual or residential requirements for dorm officers.

Non-Resident President

Any problems caused by a non-resident president would be handled by an executive secretary, a newly-invented post that will go to a Briggs Hall resident. The candidates for that office are Jill Curtis '71, and Luey D. Freedman '70. Miss Freedman regularly signs Cochran's interhouse slips. She hopes that being executive secretary will offer her "a new frontier to explore," because it is a brand new position.

Postponement

Elections will be held next Monday. They were canceled Wednesday because of a conflict with South House elections, and in the hopes of finding more candidates. Julia C. Merrick '71 is also running unopposed, for work chairman.

Cochran's election will be a first in co-educational government at Harvard and Radcliffe. Faye Levine '65 ran for Harvard Class Marshall, but only came in second on a write-in ballot.