election

In a small victory for presidential contender Alidad Damooei’s camp, the Columbia College Student Council elections board ruled around 4:30 p.m. Saturday that Adil Ahmed, CC ’09 and candidate for vice president for policy on a competing ticket, violated elections rules against premature campaigning when he sent an email out to student leaders early Tuesday. The board will deduct 10 percent of the 1,000 posters allotted to Ahmed’s Experience Columbia party.

Photos from the New York, South Carolina and New Hampshire primaries.

(Congratulations/condolences)! Your candidate, (name of candidate), (may/may not) have (won/lost) on Super Tuesday, but it’s really your devotion to (his/her) cause of (your favorite form of “change,” i.e., “change we can believe in,” “change to experience we can count on,” or “loose change” for Ron Paul) that’s heartening to the democratic process in this country.

This year’s presidential campaign trails feature the “Straight Talk Express,” promises of change, and Chuck Norris. Columbians, too, are along for the ride.

Kamal Yechoor of the Fu-Tang Clan was announced president of the SEAS class of 2011 after a day’s delay last Friday night.

General and self-appointed President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan currently faces his stiffest opposition—from the public, Islamists, and elites alike—since taking office after a coup . The next few weeks will mark the return of two ex-premiers to Pakistan to challenge his military regime in upcoming elections, the results of which will have important consequences on domestic stability and relations with the U.S.