The News and Observer reports that The Pirate Captain won with 59% of the student vote, in a runoff election. The best quote is
“He doesn’t really have any issues,” said senior Alissa Tompkins, who voted for Quick [the opponent]. “All his quotes in the paper were in pirate language that doesn’t make any sense.”
The fact that it doesn’t make sense is really most of the point. Truth bae told, the Pirate Captain does have some good issues in his Plank, though:
- Expand The Cargo Lines (buses)
- Create a Crew of all 5 Colleges in Raleigh (I wanted to do this in 2000)
- Foster Our Ways (if anyone can create some traditions it will be someone as well-publicized as the Pirate Captain)
- scholarship essay about pirates (because that is just awesome)
You can bet the Pirate Captain is not going to hang out in 6 hour long Student Senate meetings, and the Pirate Captain is not going to parrot (har, har) the administration’s positions.