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...under the skillful leadership of Paul A. Gusmorino ’02, the council??s focus mercifully shifted to student services. Last year’s council brought Dispatch, the Roots and the Black-Eyed Peas to sold-out campus shows. It launched the student events fund, which gives free tickets to campus events for students on financial aid. The council continued valuable services like UC Boxes and UC Books, and it convinced the administration to extend both party hours and universal keycard access...
...Lee’s credit, she has said she intends to focus on political issues that relate to Harvard—ROTC, grade inflation and the Summers/West controversy, to name a few. But addresssing those issues risks diluting the council??s power by alienating both students and administrators, and it remains unlikely that the council would be able to make a significant difference. Worse, addressing these controversial issues would jeopardize the council??s ability to make tangible improvements in the quality of life of undergraduates. Part of Gusmorino’s success lay in the trust...
...only would it be unhelpful for Lee to shift the council??s focus to political issues, it would also be disingenuous. She and the other candidates ran on platforms consisting mostly of improving student services, not on their political views. Students voted for Lee because they felt she could best resolve some of the problems that undergraduates face...
More importantly, Chopra says, Gusmorino has left such a positive legacy in the area of student services that Lee has the luxury to ponder more broadly the council??s place in the University...
...kind of a political thing, but it affects students’ lives,” Fernandez says. But council member Brian R. Smith ‘02 says Lee and Fernandez should focus on continuing Gusmorino’s student services success rather than working to expand the council??s scope...