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...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 on campus on the topic of Harvard’s endowment and budget, realizing that top-down budget cuts would hurt students and workers alike. He organized the Responsible Endowment Conference and proposed the Idea Bank, which gave the Harvard community an unprecedented opportunity to share ideas for the second round of budget cuts...
...that Johnny and Eric will be effective advocates for student groups not only as part of the UC budgeting process, but also with respect to Harvard’s administration as a whole. Effective interaction with the administration is an especially important attribute for student groups, as organizations across campus increasingly find themselves pursuing causes from preventing layoffs to reinstating ROTC that require administrative action...
...many students in attendance, Gandy’s discussion filled a void in the Harvard community. “Multi-issue advocacy is sparse on this campus,” said Ridhi Kashyap ’10. “It’s through dialogues such as these that plural advocacy can be fostered...
...obscenity code represents a violation of free-speech protections and would likely incur an expensive lawsuit. The Jefferson Center concluded that, had the University of Maryland adopted the policy, it would have been alone among the nation’s colleges in banning public viewing of porn on campus. The move, moreover, would likely have drawn a costly and drawn-out court case. Civil-liberty disputes are often watched carefully by individuals and groups who are not directly affected by the policy in question. This makes it likely that, even had a low-level court found the policy constitutional...
...staffers said that the UC needs to prioritize realistic goals—a recognition that serves as a key difference between Long-Johnson and the other campaigns. Campaign members said they view the election as an opportunity to change students’ perception of the UC on campus and thereby increase its popularity and effectiveness...