YCSC to Hold Freshman and Sophomore Class Elections

September 12 marks the official beginning of permitted campaigning for the freshman and sophomore class elections. Preliminary electioneering, including submissions declaring intended candidacy is already under way. To date, according to Canvassing Committee officials, the process has proceeded without a hitch.

Presently, the candidates are involved in garnering signatures. Each candidate is required to submit a petition with the signatures of no less than one third of their class prior to midnight on Thursday, September 10. Canvassing Committee officials will then check that the background of each candidate satisfies the signature requirement in an effort to verify each candidate's eligibility for the position for which he is running. Every candidate who receives this clearance, as well as the clearance of the Dean of Students, will then be placed on the ballot for the election slated to take place on Thursday, September 17.

Candidates are permitted to begin placing campaign posters around campus at midnight, Saturday night, September 12. All signs must be approved and stamped before being copied and displayed. Additionally, in order to minimize the clutter that is concomitant with any election, candidates are limited to placing no more than one sign (8 1/2 by 11 inches) per floor and that sign may only be hung on bulletin boards or on friends' doors. There is also a $100 cap on election expenses per candidate.

Yeshiva College Student Council President, Dror Barber, a veteran of YC elections, commented, "I'm looking forward to a clean and fair election and to working with the incoming freshman and sophomore representatives." Due to the fact that the election rules are explicit in the delineation of the conduct required of a candidate, that should not be a problem. Candidates are held responsible for the behavior of their friends, family members, campaign supporters, and anyone deemed to be acting on the candidates' behalf. Violation of any election rules will result in a warning to the candidate. Second offenses will result in possible disqualification. Disciplinary matters will be handled by YCSC in conjunction with the Student Court.

As with all elections on campus, the Canvassing Committee is handling the bulk of the task. The Canvassing Committee, ably headed by Michael Ausubel who is assisted by Moishe Singer and Donny Rose, expects the elections to continue in a timely fashion. This would contrast with last year's elections when the Office of the Registrar implemented a new computer system, delaying the completion of the official class rosters. This caused the elections to be postponed for several weeks. The rosters are used for the determination of the official class of each candidate, as well as the tally of the official class number and all class members eligible to vote in a particular race.

Although official clearance is still pending, a tentative list has been compiled.

Freshman class presidential candidates: Eric Gutman, Shneur M. Bielak, Steven I. Weiss, Richard Woolf, and Alain Zeytouneh. Vice presidential candidates: Farzin Baroukh Rahmanou, Nachman Shafar, and Nathan Siegel. Secretary-treasurer candidate: Natanel Barookhian. Sophomore class presidential candidates: Jason Cyrulnik, Brian Glass, Joseph Meyer, Raymond Sultan, Joel Fogel, and Tamir Nachum Vice presidential candidates: Monty Stechler, Daniel Simons, Michael Silverberg, Menachem Feit, Moshe Baron, Joshua Rosman, Eric Distenfeld, Uriel Weisz. Secretary-treasurer candidates: Jason Berrebi, Aryeh Goldberg, David Shor, and Franky Ehrenberg.

The time, date and location of the elections have yet to be announced. Any questions regarding the elections should be addressed to the chairman of the Canvassing Committee, Michael Ausubel.