Word: cabinets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nothing could be said of politics or war; instead the conversation was deliberately turned to gossip, funny stories or reminiscences. Only Eleanor was allowed to bring up serious subjects, to talk of civil rights or slum clearance. Roosevelt spent untold hours sorting his stamp collection, playing poker with his Cabinet members, watching mystery movies. Only when Eleanor chose the movies did he agree to sit through serious pictures--The Grapes of Wrath or a documentary on civil rights...
...Bryan: How many of you have been to a cabinet meeting...
They rule your section, they interrupt your professors, they answer questions you didn't ask. They live to pow-wow through Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) cabinet meetings, posture in Undergraduate Council focus groups and recite the Saturday morning Crimson Key tour. They are the bull-horn-toting-riot-causing ring leaders, the creme de la creme of undergraduate pseudo-intellectual literati, the "Dan Lungren's new best friend" gov jocks. Join us for an evening chat with Harvard's 15 biggest mouths...
...Bryan: My point is that, nobody in the organization wanted to represent an organization at any retreat at any cabinet meeting because it was way too much bureaucracy to wade through; there was quorum this and I hereby second the third motion to consider the fifty-fifth motion of sub-section 47b. And also there were all sorts of enforced meetings at times when nobody really wanted to have meetings for the sake of having a meeting and having an itinerary and free pizza. It was so stupid. The organization should be streamlined in every program...
...larger campus community can be alleviated. The Student Group-House Affiliation proposal which is presently being brought to the Masters asks that each House donate one room as a student group office. In order to operate, many student group leaders say that their organization needs only a filing cabinet, a phone line and a computer. By outfitting the student group offices with these amenities, resources could be shared among the groups, helping to ensure the survival of many valuable undergraduate organizations...