Having had the opportunity to sit in the past two Young Trustee selection processes, I can say that this year's process was much more appropriate than last year's. Sophomore Jordan Giordano, vice president of community interaction, showed great integrity, and improvements were largely a result of his careful handling of the process. The process gave adequate voting power to student leaders depending on how much they were exposed to the candidates in the selection process. Most importantly, Giordano made sure that there was no commentary from student leaders about aspects of the candidates learned outside of the selection process. This was a big problem in the past, as student leaders would promote their friends.
With a selection that has so much weight, it is difficult to find a perfect procedure devoid of criticism, but this year's was close to it.
Ivan Mothershead
Trinity '07
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