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...That the Ad Board, in this disciplinary proceeding, chose to consider Harvard's sole recognized student government as a mere extracurricular activity shows how little respect Harvard administrators have for the council's role as representative of students' interests. Being an Undergraduate Council representative is not just "a sort of recognition or honor" like any other activity; it involves responsibility to constituents and their interests. That responsibility can only be given or withdrawn by students, not by the University administration as deus ex machina...
...removing an elected student representative by administrative fiat the Ad Board undermined the council's integrity and legitimacy as a representative body. Regardless of widespread ambivalence about the council's effectiveness and accountability, such complete disregard for the body's role as an organization of and for students is indefensible...
...justifying the Ad Board's decision, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 undercut his own view of the council as just one of many extracurricular activities on campus. He claimed that it would be "unbecoming" for the prankster to serve as a student leader on the council. But decorum is hardly a reason to invade the relationship between students and their elected representatives. Its use here as justification is a symptom of the administration's narrow vision of the purpose of student government. The Undergraduate Council's own past conduct may be partly to blame for that narrow...
...said he will run for the council next term if there is an opening and if he can get Ad Board approval. Otherwise, he said he will run next fall when he no longer is on disciplinary probation...
...course, 1986 wasn't the first year of the negative ad. But it was the year that saw the medium reach new nadirs. In Wisconsin incumbent Bob Kasten suggested that his opponent Ed Garvey, former president of the National Football League Players Association, had misused over $750,000 in association funds. Kasten admitted that the ads implied things about Garvey which were untrue, yet he let the ads...