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Barclays will assume all marketing responsibilities for the card, and will offer applications at Harvard Clubs, around campus, and through direct mail...
Yesterday’s meeting did not address the controversial bill to provide for direct elections that has provoked a heated debate on the UC’s open list and even drew a guest speaker at the beginning of the meeting...
...Direct elections would allow candidates to run for one of three of the UC’s committees, instead of the UC as a whole. Though the motion to reconsider the failed bill was hotly contested, it did not to garner the two-thirds vote necessary to pass...
...pleased that columnist Joe Klein mentioned BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman in his article on Tony Blair's election campaign [May 2]. Paxman's pointed questioning of Blair about the Iraq war is exactly the kind of journalism that politicians hate: relentless pressure for direct answers. Over the years several interviewees have actually walked out of sessions because of Paxman's rigorous approach--the kind of tough-style journalism that the U.S. media need to adopt. They are far too deferential to U.S. politicians and let them get away with misleading answers. It would be a joy to see Paxman grill...
...must pass this reform. If need be, the proposal could be modified to allow representatives to run for two committees instead of one. While far from ideal, any amount of change towards direct elections will dramatically improve the council’s effectiveness. If even this compromise won’t move bill opponents to change their votes, the UC must submit the question to a student referendum. With enough outreach and publicity, Harvard students can be educated about the pros and cons of this important reform. And with their wisdom behind the vote, untainted by the self-interest...