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...close their doors at one ever since the infamously-overcrowded Mather Lather party in April of 2003 convinced the Cambridge Licensing Commission (CLC) to rescind the permit. But after much effort and hard work from Harvard administrators and Special Assistant to the Dean of Social Planning Zachary A. Corker ’04, the CLC recently reinstituted the permit. Although this victory may seem small, it is indicative of Harvard’s increasing effectiveness in advocating on behalf of students with Cambridge authorities...
...Corker was co-president of the Mather House Committee when the aforementioned Mather Lather took place, but he was able to redeem this event’s unfortunate consequences on Harvard social life by helping to convince the CLC to change the party hours. Along with Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, Associate Dean of the College Judith H. Kidd, and Mather House Master Sandra Nadaff, he presented a proposal last month addressing the reforms that the Commission demanded if party hours were to be regained. All potential rooms where campus-wide parties would take place needed...
...that women trailed men in innate ability in mathematics and science. That evening, controversial Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly took on another Harvard news item—the College’s hiring of a so-called “fun czar,” Zac Corker ’04. Corker’s hiring made belated headlines early in the New Year when a Reuters story on his appointment was picked up by major networks months after his hiring and the story’s deserved shelf-life. O’Reilly, who holds...
...long belated reporting of Corker’s appointment is sloppy journalism, reflecting just how eager media outlets are to perpetuate stereotypes of Harvard students that are utterly untrue in the name of filling space on a slow news day. The truth of the matter is that Corker fills the role of event consultant and coordinator. His job is to help students who have event plans make their visions come to fruition, not to teach Harvardians to do keg-stands...
McLoughlin and Corker both insist that the media attention will not change the function of the job. Corker said he declined all requests for interviews, and has already scheduled a number of events for February including concerts in Loker Commons, a roller skating party “in the Van Wilder vein” and busses to the Beanpot tournament...