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...Blickstead ’05—a former member of the Campus Life Committee (CLC)—they were mistaken. The difference in backgrounds between Blickstead and Nichols—Nichols had been elevated to VP from his position as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee (FiCom)—meant that the two differed widely in their specialties and their basic understandings of the role of the UC Vice President...
Nichols’ more fiscally conservative perspective could have been a valuable, balancing addition to the leadership of the UC. Indeed, when we endorsed him last December for Vice President, we believed that the unique skill set he brought to the table might help reform the FiCom grants process and empower UC representatives to be more responsible with students’ money. Nichols’ conflict with the rest of the Executive Board was to be expected to some extent. But Nichols widened this conflict through his own actions. He failed to communicate effectively or forge common ground with...
...suggestions included making three vice-chairs for the Student Affairs Committee (SAC), giving the Financial Committee (FiCom) more control over its weekly grants packages, and reforming the role of the Treasurer to be more autonomous and work with three “mini-treasurers” on each committee...
...grant for $209 to the Harvard Republican Club was sent back to FiCom for reconsideration. The grant to fund fliers about Social Security was objected to on the grounds that the UC as a non-profit organization is not allowed to fund explicitly partisan events...
...College Dean’s Office (which assigns classroom space) to decide whether a coalition-sponsored event is really as advertised. In the UC’s case, current, ongoing reforms will hopefully lead to more specific definitions about what the UC will and will not fund. Until FiCom meshes its group-based discrimination clause with its project-based funding architecture, there will be no lasting solution. The Dean’s Office must also develop its own, clearly-explicated policies, so that coalition-sponsored events of the future do not overlook cheaper, higher capacity venues out of past experience...