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Pandora’sBox
07
StudentPresidential
ElectionsLackSignificance
By BaekSong-hyun
Editorof CampusSection
T
he student presidential election has just ended at both
Neglecting the student president election is not new among
campuses.However,theelectionsufferedfromverypoor
university students and HUFS is no exception. With a view to
turnout.LowvoterturnoutattheSeoulCampusforcedthe
wooing HUFSans to the election, the GSC had to plan on doing
GeneralStudentCouncil(GSC)toextendtheelectionbyoneday
someeventsonthepollingday.Lastyear,theGSCgaveoutUSBs
to meet the minimum number of votes. According to GSC
to students to encourage them to vote. As a result, voter turnout
regulations, the vote requires a quorum of more than half of all
roseto79percent,whichhadnothappenedinalongtime.Forthis
HUFSans in order to make the election be truly representative of
year’s election, the Yongin Campus GSC was handing out small
HUFSans with the participation of a majority of students.
hand-sized heating patches to the students for the cold weather.
Unfortunately, because of the students’ poor participation in the
Unfortunately,thestudentsarevotingnottochangetheschoolbut
elections, the Council had to extend the voting hours from 5:00
justtogetthegift.Thetruemeaningofvotingforthenewstudent
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in order to get enough students to vote. The
presidentistohaveachancetoenactchangeforHUFSans.Thisis
numberofvotesnarrowlyscrapedoverthefiftypercentmark.
madeintoajokebytheofferingatriflinggift.
However, the story was worse at the Yongin Campus. The
Therealproblem,however,lieswiththecandidates.Becausethe
campushadonlyonecandidatestandingforoffice.Perhapsforthis
YonginCampushadonlyonecandidateanditiscertainthathewill
reason the election campaign wasn’t that active compared to
bethenextstudentpresident,thecandidate’sactionswerelacking,
previousyearsandtotheSeoulCampus’electioncampaign.Even
tosaytheleast.Actually,theYonginCampusalmostdidnothave
thoughthevotingdategotcloserbytheday,thecampaigndidn’t
any candidates for this year’s election. The dates for applying for
take any particular steps towards earning the critical number of
candidacy had been extended because no one applied. Students
student votes. Although the Seoul Campus candidates had a thick
havecomplainedthattheuniversityisnotmakinganychangesfor
bookletlayingouttheircampaignpledgesthoroughlyandclearly,
thesakeofHUFSans,andsincethestudentscan’ttalkdirectlyto
with additional explanations for the students, the Yongin Campus
theuniversity,thestudentpresidentisthereforthem.However,no
candidateonlyputupafewflyerswithhiscampaignpledgesstated
onewaswillingtorepresentHUFSansandnowonlyonecandidate
in very few words. The candidate had been given a week to start
applied.
thecampaignbutmoststudentshadseenlittlemorethanapolitical
TomaketheelectionviableforelectingtheleaderofHUFSans,
poster.Whyarethisyear’sstudentpresidentelectionssolameand
more than half of the students should take part in the vote. Fifty
lacking energy? The Yongin Campus’ candidate’s slogan is
percent is not just a number without any meaning. Above fifty
“energy”butironicallytherehasn’tbeenanythingclosetothekind
percentandamajorityofthestudentsparticipate,butattheYongin
ofenergeticactionthatmightattractstudentvotes.
Campus,thenewregulationstatedthataquorumoffortypercentis
Before the actual vote, the candidates must make campaign
enough for the election. How is this possible? Not even half the
speechesinfrontofthestudents.FortheSeoulCampus,theGSC
students voted, and among that vote not everyone was satisfied
had arranged an election address hosted by the student president
with the choice. Also, without campaign pledges made so all the
and HUFS’ news organizations?The Argus, FBS, and
students can see them, the students have no idea what the
Oedaehakbo. However, at the Yongin Campus, the candidate had
candidatesarewillingtodo.
prepared for the speech but because of the lack of student
HereisaquestionforbothHUFSansandmembersoftheGSC.
participation, he stopped the speech before he finished. He did
Are you really trying to make changes or avoiding making
continue the speech after a week, just the day before the polling
changes?
day.Still,theelectionaddressdidnotmakethelistforthisyear’s
studentpresidentelection.
song958@hufs.ac.kr
DECEMBER 2008

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