Word: acsr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear that the pattern which has developed concerning student influence on administration decisions and policy has been one of frustration. At least, in the cases of the CRR and now the ACSR, students are resisting co-optation by boycott. But as I said before, the committee system is not the only problem. We lack experience, ideas and inspiration--more than this, we lack any sense of unity...
...ACSR is a purely advisory body. Any of its recommendations can be ignored or altered. I am afraid that these conditions have rendered the ACSR largely ineffective...
Last year, after considerable discussion, the ACSR recommended that the corporation vote Harvard's shares in favor of some resolutions favoring modified withdrawal of some companies. The Corporation abstained on them, the reason being that there was no time to meet beforehand. This problem should have been anticipated by Mr. Stevens. In any case, it seems quite suspicious to me that the corporation should negate the ACSR on one of the most important set of decisions it made. I imagine there was some relation to the fact that those decisions were some of the largest steps toward supporting withdrawal that...
...cannot continue to legitimize the ACSR in the eyes of undergraduates. It may seem strange that the undergraduate, the only elected representative, would be the first one to leave, but I feel it is appropriate. I hope other members of the ACSR will consider their functions and work for the reform of the committee. As of now I cannot see returning to the ACSR unless its composition is altered to include some workers and members from a fairer distribution of specialties. Democratic election of all representatives is necessary. Then the committee should be invested with the power to make decisions...
Julie Fouquet '80 resigned last week as the undergraduate representative to Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility [ACSR], and the above article is excerpted from her letter of resignation...