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...first year to both the College and the Undergraduate Council, I feel compelled to respond to the charges in Rodolfo Fernandez's feature ("How Does the Council Measure Up" November 2) condemning the council. In the course of establishing an argument for structural reform in the council, Fernandez took plenty of potshots but offered no practical plan to replace the effective standing structure. Indeed, I find it difficult to believe that anyone could take this diatribe seriously after comparing it to plain common sense...
...other schools, the author seemed to find some correlation between the income of elected officials and resultant productivity of the council. He reminded us that the four council presidents at Stanford each receive $4100 a year. The independent commissioner who supervises Stanford's elections is paid $2000. And Fernandez sniffs, Stanford's budget is about $300,000 per annum, while Harvard's council has a "relatively meager" $120,000. Is the author suggesting we pay the members of the council for their time as a means of improving ethics and efficacy? In addition, particularly in this economic climate where cuts...
After noting that members of the University of Miami campaign heavily (and therefore get to know the issues and the people they represent) Fernandez returns to Stanford, citing the university's student body motion last year "to clear accused representatives only through clear and convincing evidence" and not just evidence "beyond a reasonable doubt." In his view, being innocent before proven guilty seems to be a trivial notion in describing the judicial process that we might institute for accused council members. And as for earnest campaigning, ask anyone who made a bid for the council this year, and they...
...Fernandez further argues that at Stanford the students are in touch with the issues: their college newspaper does in depth stories, the radio station stages debates, etc. I believe I speak for the council when I say we would be thrilled with such coverage. Such offers, however, are few and far between. In the meantime, the recent introduction of a council newsletter, the availability of minutes, and the open nature of the general meetings account for how many students learn about the council. We do all we can to encourage dissemination of information. We always encourage students to read...
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Ursula Nadasdy de Gallo, Andrea Dorfman, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Jane Van Tassel (Department Heads); Bernard Baumohl, David Bjerklie, Mary McC. Fernandez, Georgia Harbison, Ratu Kamlani, Sue Raffety, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph...