Word: conventioneers
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The convention set the needed vote total for the Constitution's ratification at half the number of undergraduates--over 3100 votes--to ensure that any government will have broad-based support. We urge every student to vote in the election. Collective action depends on compromise--without it you get a...
The Crimson's reporting of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gay Students' Association's and the Harvard Republican Club's policy statements regarding the Constitutional Convention is deplorable and demands clarification.
The Harvard Republican Club does not, as implied by Friday's Crimson, withdraw its observation that a student government will likely result in a term-bill charge. The fact remains that the Constitutional Convention early in deliberations studied student organizations at other schools and discovered that the most effective student...
It is unfortunate that The Crimson's articles should deflect attention from the more important issue: quotas in elected office. The Convention officers claim the reserved seats are in accordance with Department of HEW guidelines, yet HEW guidelines would also allow special representation for handicapped and older people, both of...
The Harvard-Radcliffe Gay Students Association does not condemn the constitution simply because lesbians and gay men were denied representation. The Association objects to the failure of the Convention to establish explicit criteria for determining what groups qualify for special representation. The Association believes that the Convention debate was conducted...