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...this annual period of lunacy at Harvard—when newly inducted members of final clubs besiege the campus in vulgar outfits, and a crop of would-be politicians try their luck at student government—the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) has introduced a new element of farce: The group wants students to endorse a detailed ballot initiative whose potentially huge cost it is unable to even estimate...
...those who both care about the environment and about sensible college finances is abstention. It should be noted that the result will inevitably be skewed by the fact that yesterday—the first day of voting—online ballots did not allow students to abstain from the EAC referendum if they chose to vote in the UC Presidential election. In response to a complaint, the Election Commission has now addressed the problem, though the ballot still carries a biased paragraph of information that never touches the real issue in implementing the EAC’s planned reforms: cost...
...onto their computers to vote in the Undergraduate Council (UC) election next week, their votes could have impact much further reaching than simply a handful of candidates for 2007. Students will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum co-sponsored by the UC and the Environmental Action Committee (EAC). The referendum calls on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) “to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to a level 11 percent below total emissions in 1990 by the year 2020.” We encourage students to vote “yes?...
Henry M. Cowles ’08, a Crimson arts editor, is an environmental science and public policy concentrator in Kirkland House and events coordinator of the EAC. Tom D. Hadfield ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a government concentrator in Eliot House and the UC liaison to the EAC. Jake C. Levine ’06-’07, a Crimson photography editor, is a history and literature concentrator in Leverett House and co-chair of the EAC...
...keep these considerations in mind is foolhardy. Nevertheless, I do not believe that your editorial accurately connects the reality that costs should be considered with your final conclusion that the emissions reduction ballot initiative is unwarranted. It is not necessarily the responsibility of the Environmental Action Committee (EAC) to come up with an accurate final cost for this project, because the emission goals are set 14 years into the future. The EAC has done a good job of suggesting ways to reduce emissions, but in the end, it will be the University that decides the cheapest ways to reduce emissions...