Yale Student Election Candidates Punished

The AP reports:

Yale University, where presidential hopefuls have been groomed for generations, held an election for student body president Tuesday in which all five candidates were cited for campaign violations.

The candidates were punished for breaking regulations that limit how and when they campaign. One improperly sent a mass e-mail to 600 students. Another put up a Web site too early. Others violated advertising rules.

Yale, which has had an alumnus in every presidential or vice-presidential race since 1972, counts President Bush, his father and President Clinton among its alumni.

"We had to stop some things that were getting out of hand," said student Marissa Brittenham, who leads the school's election committee, which voted Monday night to punish the candidates by barring them from doing such things as sending campaign e-mails or distributing fliers.

America's future leaders learn that politics isn't about justice or fairness.