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Marked by hostility and childish antics, recent meetings of the Undergraduate Council have left an unsettling impression of the council’s capacity to maturely deliberate issues of great importance to students—namely, the proposed termbill hike that would raise the current optional fee of $35 to a compulsory (and revised figure of) $75. To be fair, the decorum at last night’s meeting returned to normal. But before the student body votes on the fee hike in a referendum later this semester, the council should consider whether its recent behavior imparts confidence...
...have effectively handicapped the council by not ever allowing for a termbill increase to compensate for inflation. However, it seems that the only thing draconian about the current legislation is its insistence on disregarding the wishes of the student body. The council has already tried to ram through the fee hike, which was initially an increase from $35 to $100, without ever holding a referendum—a measure that would have severely delegitimized the efforts of the council...
...weeks ago, Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 issued an ambitious statement regarding the fee hike: “I think this provides us with an excellent opportunity to show our constituents what we do and how we can do more.” Yet, he and the council have not done so thus far. The continued divisiveness in the council leaves us wondering if the benefits are that clear, after all. If the council cannot convince its own rank and file, we find it increasingly difficult to believe that the hike is such a necessity...
...fair, Mahan has done some active campaigning for the fee hike using House lists as one avenue of advertisement. Yet, there still remains much to do in the way of persuasion. We are still open to admitting that the hike is a good idea—and one that will prove beneficial to the student body at large—but until the council refrains from aggressive and immature behavior in its meetings and provides us with more substantive reasons for the hike, we withhold our endorsement...
...Cope With Death,” “Mama I’m a Thug” and “The Big Abandoned Refrigerator Adventure.” Approach with caution and a strong stomach; once you’ve paid the admission fee, you’ll feel obligated to sit through even the most shudder-inducing clips. Tickets $9. Fridays and Saturdays, midnight. Runs through May 22. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline...