Jon Wu ’11 defeated Ryan Beauchamp ’10 to claim the Yale College Council presidency on Tuesday, winning 54.9 percent of the vote to Beauchamp’s 45.1 percent.
Wu, the YCC treasurer and a former Freshman Class Council chair and Saybrook College YCC representative, ran on a platform of continued advocacy for issues taken on by the YCC this year, including academic minors, financial aid reform and gender-neutral housing. He also pledged to reform the council’s internal workings, especially its record-keeping and its method of selecting students for University standing committees.
“I’m just very excited about this election,” said Wu, who was ...
his picture = true shock.
"I can't believe my campaign worked!"
Sheesh, I feel like I'm in high school again.
congratulations jon!
We voted. They won. Shut up, or run yourself.
That is a happy Wu.
i second that #1.
Seriously? Jon Wu? Mathilde Williams?
Thank god we didn't elect Brian Levin though... and we might elect Colin Adamo?
The YCC will likely not have any money anyways, based on how Wu operates... also, Spring Fling '10 is going to blow.
While visiting my room to promote his campaign, Yanni said he would not address Adamo's policies becasue he was a "joke" and a "fraud." Now he wants Adamo to win?!? Sounds like a sore loser to me.
Congratulations Jon! A well-deserved win.
i second that #8.
So the joke candidate won the YCC Presidency... if Adamo wins, the E-Board we be, at the very least, cohesive.
I don't understand why white males even bother running for office at Yale. They will never get more than 10% of the minority vote so they stand no chance of winning a majority overall (since white people don't vote based on race).
I'm a bit annoyed by all the e-board bashing in the comments - and in the YDN endorsements. If you think you can do better, run yourself. If not, shut up.
I want Adamo to win because he represents the popular will. In my campaign, I vowed to represent and ask for student opinion and do what the majority wanted.
So in a weird extension of my idealism, I want to represent the majority: I want Adamo to win.
--Yanni
Wow, what a picture! Excuse me, how old is this Wu? I'm sure he's a great guy, but he looks like some sort of laughing lunatic calling to ask for a date from Britney Spears or some other adolescent freakjob. I mean this in the best way, but it's only a useless Yale presidency, so take a cold shower already!
I really don't care much about either candidate. But the problem that I have with John Wu is that he's a populist. Come on, supporting Adamo as if he were a serious candidate is a mere ploy in search for acceptance. He is trying to appease 'the masses' and doesn't want to look bad when he knows Adamo is not fit for office.
Adamo's 40% popularity in the vote is apparently intimidating for Wu, intimidating enough for him not to say what he really believes.
Keep in mind that for Adamo, his campaign was an idea of a joke, not a strategy to win.
And the fact that Adamo got so many votes is a testament of what people think of the YCC, that it is nothing more than a joke that doesn't really effect change on campus. I mean, if any candidate stood for something different than the other candidate, maybe they would care a bit more about how they voted.
bring on trolls and self-posters, but i'll be the first to say it: with the exception of maybe one or two, this is a terribly talentless group.