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...Matt Bakal has chosen, as we have seen from his comments in The Crimson earlier this week, some interesting perspectives to improve the "daily qualities of life for the student." One of Bakal's main interests and projects, if elected, would be to tackle the issue of advising at Harvard. I happen to have a big problem with the advising system at this school: It sucks...
...Bakal is ready to admit that the advising system is completely inadequate, but it is not irreparable. With the establishment of a strong advising system the daily operations of being a student are made easier and more comprehensible. This issue has been too big for the ever seemingly powerful and intelligent but really useless and retarded Council to handle before Bakal...
...produces an actual advising system for the students at Harvard, many more issues which are serious concerns for students could be addressed in a friendly and more comfortable setting. For example, the eternal and yet most annoying debates on randomization and the Core could then be dealt with. Bakal recognizes that an advising system is the foundation of a higher quality of life in the University, a realization no one has had before...
Most unique about Bakal is that he aims big but he also aims small. Attempting to deal with the advising issue is a formidable challenge for a Council president (one must admire Bakal's courage). Bakal understands that the problem of advising may not see large change and solution immediately. But he is refreshingly okay with that...
...outsider's insider. I've thought a lot about the UC--I'm pissed. I've got bitterness," said Bakal...