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...when newly inducted members of final clubs besiege the campus in vulgar outfits, and a crop of would-be politicians try their luck at student government—the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) has introduced a new element of farce: The group wants students to endorse a detailed ballot initiative whose potentially huge cost it is unable to even estimate...
...Alongside the ballot for the Undergraduate Council’s (UC) presidential election, students will be asked to decide whether or not they “call on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a level 11% below total emissions in 1990 by the year 2020.” The non-binding measure is a symbolic gesture that depends on the idea that students are making a “sacrifice” for the environment, but, because it does not give information about the scale of the sacrifice (i.e. the cost...
...relevant cost information. The only reasonable option for those who both care about the environment and about sensible college finances is abstention. It should be noted that the result will inevitably be skewed by the fact that yesterday—the first day of voting—online ballots did not allow students to abstain from the EAC referendum if they chose to vote in the UC Presidential election. In response to a complaint, the Election Commission has now addressed the problem, though the ballot still carries a biased paragraph of information that never touches the real issue in implementing...
...same time, he had people who would never under any circumstances support him.” In the final vote, Ignatieff garnered just 45.3 percent of the 4,605 delegates’ votes—even though he held a lead over the other eight candidates in the first ballot results. “My education, my politics, my basic view of the world is Canadian,” Ignatieff told The Crimson last year. “I’ve been out of the country a while, and it seemed time to put something back...
...year 2020.” We encourage students to vote “yes” on the measure as a symbolic gesture in support of the worthy end of greenhouse gas reduction. We were, admittedly, initially opposed to the placement of the initiative on this years ballot, and we maintain our reservations regarding its specificity. The EAC’s proposal backing this initiative lacks crucial details about financing that give us pause. In particular, the report lacks any concrete estimates for how much this initiative will cost. Moreover, we stand by the principle that Harvard?...