Word: ficom
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...Rieder, and Wimberley—are not current or former UC members. Including Goldenberg and Gillis, who joined the UC this semester, more than half of all presidential candidates have less than one semester’s experience serving in the Council. Noticeably absent from the UC tickets are FiCom chair Lori M. Adelman ’08 and SAC vice chair Matthew R. Greenfield ’08, both of whom have been active members of the UC since their freshman years. Adelman’s absence reduces the number of female candidates on this year?...
...Haddock and Riley’s term rather than call for an overhaul of the Council, according to Greenfield.A CROWDED SLATEThough the Petersen-Sundquist and Hadfield-Goldenberg pairings have come to the forefront most quickly, other candidates are also in a position to pursue the top posts.Finance Committee (FiCom) Chair and Dunster resident Lori M. Adelman ’08 says that she is “giving serious consideration to a run for UC president.”Adelman’s term as FiCom chair has been productive, notably in May when FiCom moved to grant student groups...
...after months of tumult, the Council decided in June to decrease its size and membership by a third, eliminating the Campus Life Committee (CLC) and retaining its two historically successful branches: the Student Advocacy Committee (SAC) and the Finance Committee (FiCom). Two, rather than three, elected representatives per house means a more selective and passionate membership is serving the 25th Undergraduate Council—Mather House even held a debate for its leading candidates. And, probably most importantly, with approximately $30,000 freed from CLC expenditures that the Council will no longer provide, FiCom will theoretically be able to increase...
...entrepreneurs who want to personally contribute to the campus; students can opt in or opt out of the fee depending on their whims or financial status, but none will be turned away from a UC-funded event because of that fact. The termination or even the minimization of FiCom would threaten the variety and multitude of activities that makes Harvard what it is; the growth of FiCom’s budget can only improve on the status...
...second annual attempt to help them make sense of the mad dash that is the UC elections. The UC has two primary functions: divvying up money for student groups and lobbying the administration for improvements in student life. To do this, the UC has two committees: the Finance Committee (FiCom) and the Student Affairs Committee (SAC). Each house or “yard” (as the four subdivisions of the freshman class are known) elects two representatives, and the top vote-getter gets their choice of committee. Those of you who remember the UC’s attempts...