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...basis of this restriction, the UC has occasionally denied funding to officially recognized Harvard student organizations, most notably the Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF), which requires its officers to be Christians, and single-sex a cappella singing groups, which require their members to be of a particular sex. Even though these organizations have passed muster with University Hall’s Committee on College Life (CCL), which vets student groups for official College recognition, the UC has sometimes insisted that they not be funded because of the discrimination written into their constitutions...
This situation is untenable since the UC has not stuck to its regulations in the past. Last November, for example, the UC suspended its bylaws to fund an AACF study break. Three months later, it made the opposite decision in considering another AACF application. Why the inconsistency? I don’t have the answer, and I don’t think the UC’s leaders do, either. But while no one wants to see the status quo survive, the UC has proven itself unable to decide how to fix the problem...
...viable because it ignores the actual impact that UC funding has on student life. The wording of an organization’s constitution is surely secondary to the nature, audience, and impact of the events it puts on, and if the entire campus stands to benefit from an AACF event, the UC should fund it. Supporters of this option respond that money is fungible and that funding an individual event frees up an organization’s resources for other, more exclusive, and more sinister activities. Fine. But frankly, if UC support would make an event bigger and better...
...money.Under the current standards, some groups that are recognized by the CCL may not qualify for UC funding. And that’s the way it should be. Last November, the UC suspended its bylaws in order to fund a study break, thrown by the Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF), that was open to all students. According to the constitution of the AACF’s parent organization, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, officers of the group must “subscribe without reserve” to articles of Christian faith, although any student can join the group...
...Sync, dumplings, and God: just three highlights of a Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF) event Friday in Ticknor Lounge. The pious party, dubbed “I’m So Sick of Love Songs: A Christian Perspective on Loneliness,” featured dinner, heartfelt testimonials, and copious Backstreet Boys references, suggesting that knowing all the lyrics to “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” really does bring you closer to God. AACF kicked off the program’s “preaching to the choir” section with...