Knowledge of Own Candidacy Apparently Unnecessary for Brown Elections
As if Brown student elections weren't absurd enough already, the Brown Daily Herald gifted us yesterday with this delightful lede:
Eric Mukherjee '09, the candidate for president of the Undergraduate Council of Students who was disqualified early Tuesday morning by UCS elections board, was drafted into the race by his friends and was initially unaware that he was running, the one-time candidate told The Herald.
Yup. He didn't even know he was in the race.
Ben Struhl '09, who said he was responsible for much of Mukherjee's campaign - and who represented Mukherjee in Friday's candidates debate at the Sharpe Refectory - said a "Draft Mukherjee" campaign began as something of a joke and involved about 30 of Mukherjee's friends.
"Everyone except me," Mukherjee said.
It's a shame this guy didn't stay in the race. We would have endorsed him in a second.
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April 20th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
as far as I know, he was disqualified from the race by the UCS board and had no choice about staying in the race, even if he ahd wanted to
April 20th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
You missed the part about his platform, which was to completely dissolve UCS
April 20th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
b08 is right, you missed the good part of the story. downwithucs.blogspot.com has more on the intrigue behind the whole thing. enjoy.
April 21st, 2007 at 8:47 am
The real question, is whether Mukherjee will be cast in Aquaman 2 or Medellin…
April 27th, 2007 at 3:14 am
He is teh sex