Fourth candidate joins campus presidential race

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

At a hearing of the Student Senate elections commission Tuesday, the committee decided in a 3-1 vote to allow Tutu Lee to run for student body president.

Lee, Manhattan senior, who announced his bid for the presidency in a YouTube video March 24, appealed a previous decision that prevented him from running on the grounds that he had not turned in his forms on time and that his was not a registered student organization.

“We made a good-faith effort to turn everything in on time,” Lee said in the hearing. “The only thing really in disruption was the fact we didn’t know exactly where to turn it in, which is probably the reason why it wasn’t assessed on time.”

The committee agreed that Lee had made an effort to acquire the 500 signatures needed for candidacy, which was enough to override the committee’s concerns about deadlines.

“The committee felt that even if he didn’t get the forms in on time he at least made a fair attempt to and thus should be allowed to run,” said Alex Herman, hearing board chair and Hays second year law student. “Not allowing him to run for president would be too harsh of a punishment.”

Lee said he was surprised by the committee’s decision, but declined to answer further questions about the hearing.

When asked for a comment Lee said, “Happy trees, mother fucker.”

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Yours in cleanliness, Tutu Lee