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Certain inaccuracies in The Crimson's February 28 article on Undergraduate Council grant allocations came as quite a surprise to members of both Padan Aram: The Harvard Literary Review, and to the Council itself. While it is true that Padan Aram did not receive Council funds this term, the terms cited in The Crimson are not only injurious to the publication's solid reputation, they are, quite simply, false...
...unfortunate that the Council did not see fit to support Harvard-Radcliffe's only publication devoted exclusively to fiction and poetry. However, such a decision, according to Council Treasurer Peter Smith, had nothing whatsoever to do with "poor organization" or unreliable financial projections but, rather, the belief that Padan Aram should publish an, issue in its new format before the Council would "invest" in the Review's future...
Critical success, a sense of responsibility to the Harvard-Radcliffe community and grass roots support enable Padan Aram to respond to both the need and desire for a publication highlighting the work of undergraduate writers...
Elizabeth A. Frost '85, a poetry editor for the review, said that Padan Aram was meant to be an alternative to The Advocate. "We want to take good writing and rid it of any type of pretentions that cling to projects such as these," she added...
Deborah S. Rosenblum, an editor for The Advocate, said that there are major differences between the two publications. She said that though Padan Aram could be innovative it lacks any consistent format, while The Advocate has a very organized structure because it has "a great sense of tradition...