Word: galanek
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Dates: during 1993-1993
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This letter comes in response to last week's decision of the Winthrop House Committee not to provide 30 dollars for a house Hanukkah party requested by students while funding a hundred-dollar Christmas tree. When asked for explanation, the newly elected committee co-chair, Kristen Galanek, said the committee made a distinction between the Hanukkah party, which "had the explicit purpose of being a religious party," and the Christmas tree, which was "kind of secular" and had "no religious element about...
...Galanek and newly elected House Treasurer Arzhang Kamarei said that the new policy at Winthrop will be to consider funding for any event proposed to the committee, regardless of religious affiliation. We applaud this change in House behavior. We only regret that this change came too late for the Jewish students in Winthrop House. Jeremy Dauber, Chair Elie Kaunfer, Chair-Elect Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel Sarvar Khobaib Vice-President Harvard Islamic Society
Kristin M. Galanek '95, the newly elected committee co-chair, defended the tree as a holiday symbol. "From my point of view, the Hanukkah party had the explicit purpose of being a religious party," she said. "The tree was kind of secular. There is no religious element about...
...Everyone expected [their departure] whether or not it would be this soon," said Kristen M. Galanek...