Yale Index

1.	Number of Yale College Council (YCC) President candidates on the ballot	2
2.	Number of past successful candidates for YCC President who stood on a platform of toilet paper	1
3.	Number of current candidates who claim the election will be won "at the urinals"	1
4.	Number of times YCC presidents have ideas, fecal or otherwise, annually	1
5.	Number of resolutions concerning United States foreign policy passed by the YCC this year	1
6.	Number of things meaningful to Yale students accomplished by the YCC this year	0
7.	Approximate number of election-related teasers, table tents, and posters produced by candidates for YCC executive board	7,000
8.	Weight of one ream of standard copier paper, in pounds	5.7
9.	Approximate weight of paper used to promote candidates for YCC executive board, in pounds	80
10.	Number of candidates for said positions	11
11.	Approximate weight of YCC election materials per candidate, in pounds	7
12.	Approximate average weight of Yale College undergraduates, the pool of individuals from which YCC officers are drawn, in pounds	150
13.	Approximate savings from allowing the posters to occupy the YCC officer positions rather than the candidates, in pounds per position	143
14.	Approximate distance senior Sumit De, SY '99, will be from campus next year, in miles	700
15.	Number of reasons there were to write in "Sumit De" for YCC President	700

--Compiled by Dave Oppenheim

Sources: 1,10) Pantheon; 2,3) YCC Campaign Literature; 4-6) Common knowledge; 7) YCC election guidelines; 8) The bathroom scale; 9,11,13,15) Math courtesy Carl "Hyphen" Bialik; 12) Yahoo! Health; 14) Yahoo! Maps.

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