Word: budget-cutting
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...have attended countless meetings with administrators discussing student dissatisfaction on this issue, but each conversation comes back to the question of why students care so much. What I finally realized is that hot breakfast symbolizes much more than food. The frustration is indicative of a greater misunderstanding about the budget-cut process—and a greater distrust about what steps have been taken since hot breakfast was removed...
...Idea Bank is an important step in the budget-cut process and one that should be further utilized. Dean Smith and Dean Hammonds responded to student complaints and created an online forum that is meant to guide and influence the recommendations of the working groups on Student Life and Education. Eight students serve on these committees, and as one of those representatives, I can testify how seriously the Idea Bank is taken every week in our discussions...
...this outlet is only as effective as students make it. In the past month, submissions have dropped, and we have found ourselves once again without concrete community input in the budget process. Students have asked for transparency and inclusion in the budget-cut process, but even when Dean Hammonds and the working groups ask for input, students have not participated...
Johnny and Eric have been leaders in the fight for an inclusive and transparent budget-cut process since the beginning. On the UC, Eric helped organize the “We Are Harvard” rally last May, which helped convince Harvard deans to reverse cuts in shuttle service to the Quad. As the chair of the Budget Cuts Task Force, Johnny is continuing the work he did last year as a member of the Student Labor Action Movement. When the decline in Harvard’s endowment was first announced, Johnny dedicated himself to becoming the most knowledgeable student...
Bowman, a Pforzheimer House resident, has been one of the most prominent student advocates in budget-cut related issues over the last year, involved with groups ranging from the Student Labor Action Movement to the Restructuring Student Life student-faculty working group...