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Jack P. McCambridge ’06, chair of the council??€™s Campus Life Committee and Justin H. Haan ’05, director of the Harvard Concert Commission, confirmed that the contract has been completely finalized and given the green light by both parties...
...grants awarded this year, the Undergraduate Council??€™s recent grant to H Bomb has drawn by far the most controversy and received the most publicity. Many students have questioned how the council??€™s grant process approved this funding for the proposed magazine on sex and sexuality at Harvard. But a more complete understanding of the grant process is critical to assess the validity of a grant like the one H Bomb received...
Council grants help fund hundreds of Harvard’s student groups. The Council??€™s Finance Committee (FiCom) never loses sight of the fact that every year students contribute $35 each through their student activities fee each to the collective pot. So when reviewing a grant application, FiCom bases its decision on both the impact the project will have on those directly participating and the impact it will have on the rest of the student body—because ultimately, both groups are paying for the project...
...consider campus impact with added scrutiny. And regardless of how individuals feel about its projected content, there is little question that H Bomb is going to be read, discussed and debated by a significant segment of the campus much like the large projects listed above. Given these postulates, the council??€™s estimate of 4,000 students reading H Bomb’s first issue is not only reasonable—it is probably conservative. Based on this, the council agreed to contribute slightly less than $0.50 per student reader—after taking into consideration the impact...
...Nicolais ’06, an economics concentrator in Lowell House, is the chair of the Undergraduate Council??€™s Finance Committee...