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...prevent these scenarios from seriously disrupting the council’s operations, members of the council must make a concerted effort to convince as many students as possible to pay the new fee. In other words, although the campaign to convince students to approve the termbill increase is over, the campaign to win the hearts and dollars of students has just begun. The student body has retained the ability to keep the council honest and responsive. The council must recognize the stakes involved and work even harder to be fiscally responsible and to hold events that students actually want...
...also feel that the “opt-out” system must be replaced by two check boxes: one for opting-in and one for opting-out. Thanks to the termbill referendum, many more students now know about their right to opt-out of paying the Student Activities Fee that funds the council. Nevertheless, the 65 percent of Harvard students who did not vote in the referendum deserve to exert the same discretion. The clear vote against changing the fee to mandatory implies that the student body values its ability to choose to support council activities. A two-check...
...More students will be inspired to pay $75 on next year’s termbill for an Outkast concert and weekend buses to New York than will be for a “better” Harvard. Sure, the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club endorsed the fee increase, but what do students with no club affiliations have to look forward...
What the council cannot afford is to brush off its responsibility to justify the fee increase in hopes that students will forget to opt-out next year. Although it means more work for the embattled organization, the outcome of this referendum also presents a tremendous opportunity for the council. On its shoulders rests the responsibility to prove to students that it deserves more money. If the council is successful, then students will be better served, and the council will be able to state more confidently that it has widespread support for all the activities it organizes. That kind of legitimacy...
...packet also offers the option of targeted advertising. For a higher fee, advertisers would be able to target ads to certain members based on 16 different parameters, including college, age, political views, sexual orientation and others...