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...Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR) moves into phase two—formulating plans to implement the broad concepts outlined in the spring—it is vital that Harvard remain committed to the review’s purpose. Last week, after the University announced the Faculty appointments to HCCR committees, Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 called for “adequate discussion” fearing that the deans behind the review “already know what they want to get out of it.” We share Mahan’s concern...
Harvard in 2004 has a lot to gain and little to lose from being less like Philadelphia in 1787. While the framers of the U.S. Constitution held meetings in secret to deal with the pressure of stabilizing a nation, the Curricular Review would be well served by initiating a substantive dialogue about the details and finer points of proposals with a broader audience. Presenting the community with specific plans and putting them up for discussion might help transform what has thus far been a relatively legless and rather visionless operation. When audiences are part of an ongoing dialogue and informed...
...privileged to attend Harvard at a time of great transition. Between the curricular review and Allston planning, this year holds more potential for broad change, both positive and negative, than any year since the Undergraduate Council was founded in 1982. Harvard may never again have the opportunity to expand its campus as it does now, and the curriculum will not be dramatically overhauled again for at least a couple of decades. This year a number of momentous decisions will be made—with or without the active participation of the student body—and I expect the council...
...despite all of this activity, I want to return to the primacy of the curricular review, Allston and the other policy issues on the table. Advocacy work is inherently difficult because the council has a limited arsenal of effective bargaining tools, the process is slow and cumbersome and many students take little interest in the issues. These challenges must not dissuade us, however; we have to remember that even those issues that do not immediately have an impact on campus will have ongoing ramifications for years to come. Individually, we only spend four years at Harvard?...
...students think the [council] is just a monkey with a blockbuster card,” Terry said. “But with Allston and the curricular review, this is not a joke anymore...