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None has been more vocal in the access effort so far than Leverett council representative Neeraj “Richie” Banerji ’06. Under the guidance of president-elect Matthew J. Glazer ’06, he embarked on a late-night swiping mission to identify every house entryway that restricted keycard access to its residents only. He found that along with the total lockout at the Lowell main gate, Dunster allows nonresident access only to its courtyard and dining hall during later hours—strange since the latter connects to all entries through...
Progressives generally want to use the power of government to help the powerless. This focus has led many progressives into electoral politics. But good elected officials and good policies only happen when the people demand them. As the labor movement has declined, the working poor have lost the organ that allowed them to express their voice. They have been unable to elect progressive politicians, and they have been unable to hold politicians accountable. While corporations hire more lobbyists to represent them, a smaller and smaller slice of working Americans have any organized body representing their interests...
...raise awareness of the fact that Harvard students will forevermore be deprived of their right to share in this long-established tradition. Student outcry over this outrage was even acknowledged by each of the Undergraduate Council presidential nominees leading up to last week’s election, with president-elect Matthew J. Glazer ’06 lamenting in an e-mail posted on several House lists, “Lobster Night is an institution. Without it, are we really at Harvard?” A valid question, indeed...
Council President-elect Matthew J. Glazer ’06 of Winthrop House failed to capture a second victory for the week when his team lost in the first round to Dunster...
...problem is that for most voters, the question they were posed at the polls did not extend much further than “to elect or not elect”—to no fault of their own. Bush did not campaign on any substantive platform. He vowed to “revamp” the tax code and make it simpler and more efficient. He vowed to “finish the job” in Iraq. He vowed to stand for good ol’ American values. But unfortunately none of those things give Bush license...