Word: counciler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actuality, at the very least, the appearance of impropriety is present in the subtle influence that a person holding public office can have on board members, particularly since board members are appointed by the City Manager, who in turn is hired by members of the City Council...
...completion of the three-year capital drive will mark the end of several years of financial setbacks for the student-run public service organization. The difficulties peaked last year when PBHA requested $18,000--its largest grant ever--from the Undergraduate Council, and had to cut back program budgets by 30 percent, according to former PBHA President Van L. Truong...
...similarity to former president Reagan's amnesia defense is disturbing. After The Independent quoted Lee as saying he "wasn't aware," I asked him how he expected anyone to believe him. He insisted that the heated discussion of ROTC's anti-gay discrimination never penetrated his skull during the council debate. Just as with Reagan, I don't know which would be worse: if he was lying or telling the truth...
Actually, I do want to drag his name through the mud. Harvard students should not have to take the statements of their student leaders with a pillar of salt. Lee and any other council members who approved of the misleading statements in their ad have abused the confidence invested in them by the students they represent. A bit of righteous indignation is perfectly appropriate here...
Battatt suggested that the council's publicity should be "honest with the student body about the things we do well and the things we don't do well...