Word: chairman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST' week, candidates for the office of Undergraduate Council chairman participated in' a debate sponsored by Phillips Brooks House. The debate represented an opportunity for undergraduates not on the council to hear what the candidates thought before one of them became chairman. Unfortunately, all we could do is listen...
...Undergraduate Council, which advocates a student voice in Harvard's administrative policy, doesn't follow its own advice when it comes time to elect a chairman...
...last night's meeting, the council picked the chairman by majority vote of its members, after five-minute speeches and a question-and-answer session. This process would be fine if the council was simply an extracurricular activity...
...council chairman is the de facto leader of the student body. In the past he has been called upon to encapsulate student input for President Bok, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence. When administrators need someone to call on for student opinion, they call the chairman...
That would be fair if students were sure that the chairman represented their thinking. But with the internal election procedures and secret ballot process, candidates for chairman rarely have to formulate a platform to appeal to the student body at large and council members never have to answer to their constituents about their choice...