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Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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YCC Secretary: Victoria Gilcrease ’12

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, April 10, 2009

Although she is new to student politics, Victoria Gilcrease ’12, a candidate for Yale College Council secretary, believes her outsider perspective is part of why she will be more than a glorified minutes-taker.

“It gives me an Obama-like aura of being an underdog,” she said. “I think my candidacy might be a breath of fresh air.”

A Houston, Texas, native, Gilcrease feels the YCC has the potential to positively affect the community, and she wants to be a part of it.

Though Gilcrease has never run for a student government position before attending Yale, she is...

#1 By Greg Steinman 4:52p.m. on April 11, 2009

Victoria is literally the hardest working people I know. She doesn't half-ass anything, and would take this job very seriously.

#2 By (Anonymous) 5:39p.m. on April 11, 2009

Victoria's exactly the kind of person that needs to be on YCC- she's enthusiastic, inventive, and ridiculously hardworking. and gorgeous. I can't imagine anyone doing a better job as YCC secretary.

#3 By (Anonymous) 12:50a.m. on April 12, 2009

This girl's ad campaign is ridiculous: "Freshmen do it better"? Running on the basis of "I'm sexy, so vote for me!" may work in high school, but at Yale, it's not only pathetic, it's also kinda anti-feminist.

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