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There are several ways in which this misfortune could have been avoided. The first place to start is within the UC itself. As it stands, the council??€™s bylaws limit it to allocating funds on a semester-by-semester basis; the council cannot set aside money to be saved for future semesters for fear of infringing on the autonomy of subsequent councils. But while there is logic in wanting to allow for the greatest possible council flexibility, this system precludes the UC from allocating funds for a springtime concert in the fall—at a time when...
...admonished former UC President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 for his zealous attempts to raise students’ annual termbill fee 114 percent on the grounds that the UC had yet to prove the need or the capacity to warrant such a considerable hike in the council??€™s budget. But, we were hesitantly optimistic. Our words: “A substantial increase in the council??€™s budget might be warranted. More money would allow the council to organize bigger and better campus-wide events, bring top name bands to perform more frequently and further...
Given that the council emphasized that the fee hike was warranted because it would allow them to bring big-name bands to campus, securing a great show for Springfest should have been of utmost concern to the UC. Whereas the council??€™s other notable achievements this year seem to have entailed much forethought and planning, this is a case in which it unfortunately failed to do so. We hope members of the UC realize the significance of this disappointment and work to ensure that it does not happen again...
Aaron D. Chadbourne ’06, the chair of the Undergraduate Council??€™s Student Affairs Committee, said that bus shelters might be added at both stops...
...learned German theologian in his youth, Benedict was instrumental in one of the great reforms of the Catholic Church, the Second Vatican Council??€”the reform movement that decisively brought the Church into the modern age. During this council, Benedict was a key progressive voice arguing in favor of reuniting the clergy with the laypeople and emphasizing the Vatican’s role in working with the faithful rather than its authority over them. He has remained consistent in this belief and others, though the ideological label applied to him has changed drastically over the years. His recent remark...