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Facebook election campaigns
land candidates in trouble
Jennie Ulissner
(U. PENN) DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
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PHILADELPHIA — Freshman
student-government candidates
thought that popular networking
site facebook.com would be a
good campaigning tool.
However, some students’ use of it
led to the highest number of
election-cycle violation charges in
the past four years.
At the close of voting
Thursday, Colleen Donovan, the
grievance officer for the
Nominations and Elections
Committee, brought 18
violations against 14 students for
campaigning before Sept. 20, the
first day it was permitted.
Every violation was, attributed
to either a group or a message on
the Facebook.
NEC Vice Chairman of
Elections and college senior Eli
Hoffman said Donovan, a
college sophomore, “has a
reasonable belief that a violation
may have occurred and that the
decision should be left up to the
NEC as a whole,” at a 4 p.m.
Sunday hearing in Logan Hall.
Candidates and NEC
members alerted Donovan to the
alleged violations. , -
Although the NEC’s Fair
Practices Code does not mention
the Facebook explicitly, it forbids
early campaigning.
The code says that “only
during (the official campaigning
period) may candidates and their
surrogates actively promote their
candidacies by campaigning.
Any act, process, or publication
which may solicit votes is
considered campaigning.”
Given this definition, some
candidates feel the NEC is
justified in charging them with
violations.
“It was an innocent error.... If
they want to disqualify me, I’d
understand. It is said you can’t
get your name out there early,”
class president candidate and
college freshman Steve Martucci
said.
Martucci was charged with a
violation for creating a Facebook
group entitled “I am voting for
Steve Martucci and Ricky
Walters for Freshman Class
Boards.”
College freshman Dan
Tavana, also running for class
president, said he felt the NEC
was only doing its job by
watching the election closely.
“But bringing up 18
violations for such a ridiculous
thing, it’s out of control,” Tavana
said.
Tavana was charged with two
violations: one for a Facebook
group he says was created by his
friend called “Dan Tavana for
class of 2009 president” and
another for a Facebook message
posted by a friend.
He said his friend created the
group without his knowledge.
The NEC charged college
freshman Wilson Tong with a
violation for a supportive
message as well.
“It’s not actively campaigning.
I didn’t tell the person to do it,”
Tong said.
He said he feels confident he
will have a compelling argument
to defend himself because, he
said, he did not actively
campaign before the legal date.
Despite the charges, Hoffman
said more than 1,600 freshmen
voted, amounting to 62 percent
of the freshman class — a record
number for the last decade.
During Sundays hearing,
Donovan will present the
charges, and candidates will have
the chance to defend themselves.
Then, the parties involved will
answer questions posed by the
NEC and the general public.
PILATES • COUTinUCD PROID 5
movements haphazardly. Finally,
all movements must have
fluidity. The human body rarely
ever moves in static,
independent movements, so
Pilates discourages taut motion
and embraces smooth, flowing
movement.
All Pilates movements
originate from the body’s center.
Because of Pilates’ focus on the
core posterior muscles, the
method is said to be especially
beneficial for alleviating back
pain. The method concentrates
on the spine and surrounding
muscles while teaching
participants an awareness of
balance.
Pilates often appeals to people
who want to be healthy without
running long miles or lifting
weights.
Kristen Rizzo, a first-year
international business student,
does Pilates because “it is a very
low-impact activity. I know that
I’ve worked my muscles because
I always feel sore the next day,
but it is easy. I don’t feel
completely exhausted after a
class.”
Pilates can also appeal to those
with stressful lives.
“It is a relaxation method. It’s
really good when I’m stressed out
about homework and classes”
Rizzo said.
With the recent popularity of
the fitness method, many
trainers are teaching Pilates
without certification or formal
training. Organizations such as
the Pilates Method Alliance
worry the physical standards set
by Joseph Pilates will recede,
making way for improper forms
of the activity. The biggest
problem with diluting Pilates’
original rules is that improper
teaching can lead to injury, or
poor results.
The Strom Thurmond
Wellness & Fitness Center offers
group Pilates classes Mondays
and Wednesdays 5:30 p.m.-6:30
p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays
4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m., and
Fridays at 1:05 p.m.
Columbia also offers
opportunities to participate in
Pilates. New Life Fitness World
offers Pilates classes at two
locations: St. Andrews Road
(call 803-732-9000 for more
information) and Two Notch
Road (803-726-9000).
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technology being used by
Apple for the new iPod
Nano.
For MIT’s laptop, flash
memory will be used to
conserve space and reduce
power consumption. The
current plans have the
memory placed at 1 gigabyte
— a perfect amount for
saving small documents and
homework.
Speed is also an issue for
many computer users. While
many computer
manufacturers are praising
desktops equipped with 3.5
gigahertz processors, MIT is
taking a more modest
approach. The current
processor is 500 megahertz,
which might seem laughable
but is a fair amount
considering the target
audience isn’t going to be
playing any graphically
intensive games on these
machines.
Researchers have chosen
Linux as the operating
system. Linux takes less
power and memory to run
than the well-known
Windows. Linux is also
open-source, meaning the
software can be modified
without violating copyright
laws. In theory, the Linux
software on this machine can
be modified for specific
classes, schools and countries.
Power is also another issue
developers have considered,
given mat many children in
developing countries do not
have access to a steady supply
of electricity. The developers
might have solved the power
problem by designing the
laptop to include a hand
crank. Cranking the handle
for one minute will supply
the laptop with 10 minutes
of power, hopefully enough
time to complete and save
that important paper before
the power runs out again.
Researchers have come up
with a solution to this
problem: a method they have
termed “mesh networking.”
The concept behind mesh
networking is that a group of
people in the same area can
work together and share the
same Internet connection
with each other. The laptop is
designed for WiFi and is also
cell-phone-enabled, meaning
users can get quick access to
the Internet with their cell
phones if they re not in range
of a wireless signal.
Developers plan to unveil
a prototype of the machine
next month at the World
Summit on the Information
Society conference in Tunis.f
Many countries around the
world have already shown
interest in distributing the
machine to their
schoolchildren. Among the
first countries expected to
purchase this machine are
China, Brazil, Egypt, South
Africa and Thailand.
Massachusetts also has plans
to offer the laptops to
children.
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