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Before the announcement was made, student groups such as the Institute of Politics and the Phillips Brooks House Association had articulated a desire to organize their own events during J-Term. The Undergraduate Council had also released a January Term position paper in February advocating student group-initiated programming, which included detailed proposals for structured activities from approximately 30 student groups...
Since Hysen and UC President Johnny F. Bowman ’11 took office in December, the Council has introduced four new Web initiatives: UC Rooms, Crimsonlist, Crimson Forum, and a Harvard for Haiti donation site...
...Council also voted in March to fund an online study guide library, but ultimately put the project on hold pending a more thorough investigation of academic and ethical implications, according to Bowman...
...February, the Council passed legislation to fund the creation of a study guide library‑only to suspend the effort a week later...
...This coincided with growing distress in Kyrgyzstan over the continued American presence in the country. In early March, a member of the country's influential Council of Elders, Omurbek Umetaliev, said many of Kyrgyzstan's political troubles have resulted from the fact that the country is host to two military bases - one American, the other Russian. "We believe it is unacceptable to allow the existence on this limited territory of military bases from two leading world powers, which have conflicting positions on many issues of international politics," said Umetaliev, who also heads the opposition Pensioners' Party of Kyrgyzstan. "Although...