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Election Sweep

Students may have seemed apathetic on the
'playing fields' but elections pointed to an
indication that the students wanted a change in
Council government. Following a sweeping
Jefferson Party victory in the spring, students
voted predominantly for the Virginia
Progressive Party in two fall elections. Out of
eight seats up for grabs in both the Council and
the Judiciary Committee, VPP candidates were
elected to seven.

Differentiated from the problems in the
changing profile of the freshman class and
counter-reaction from last spring's strike, other
important events changed the University in
various ways.