Word: counciler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...council's statements, though not always sweeping or conclusive (and never unanimous), did precisely what a representative body should do: survey, distill and forcefully present what students feel...
...ultimate test, the council appears to have made gains where few would have predicted: This fall, the body has forced students to have a stake in their government. A rise in candicacy declarations and voter turn-out clearly testifies to students' support of an active council, if not indeed an activist...
POTENTIAL pitfalls lie in two attitudes that demonstrably bore constituents and damage the council's credibility: precocity and parochialism. For example, one campaigner from Leverett House this fall promises a hot tub in every room. Another vows a condom should be placed on every doorstep...
...order to preserve its gains, the council must hit the ground running. To begin with, few actions could do more to underscore the continuity--really, legitimacy--of the council than to restate its opinion on final clubs, minority and women faculty hiring and security...
...pressing ahead, does the council dare address racial issues? Although racial tensions at Harvard have not reached the pitch of say, UMass or Stanford, race relations are arguably the greatest challenge before the student body. Witness last spring's unjustified seizure and search of two Black students by Cambridge police...