Word: goode
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This is not to say that these individuals will not do a good job on the committee. Many of the students might be extremely experienced or otherwise qualified for the position. Still, the fact that there has been no open application process for the positions, nor any real disclosure about how exactly the Trust will be run, is deeply troubling. Will these handpicked student representatives be voting members of the committee with equal status to the other members? Who will preside over the committee? What kind of criteria will they employ for dispensing funds...
Unfortunately, it is human nature for people to think of their own self-interest first. It is a rare individual indeed who will eschew his or her own concerns in favor of the greater good. The blatantly self-promoting actions of Massachusetts legislative leaders is another example of how such altruism is in critically short supply...
...these events provide a striking case study of legislative manipulation, the most pressing problem is neither the senate president nor the campaign system in Massachusetts. Rather, the most disturbing aspect of the entire debacle is the willingness of politicians to subordinate the will of the people and the common good to their own personal ambitions and preferences...
...that the end justifies the means, that they are so productive and beneficial to society that any action is justified if it keeps them in power. Other politicians may feel that each action is a trade-off, that as long as they make some decisions that benefit the common good they have the right to make some decisions to help themselves...
...poor reputation of today's council comes from a mismatch between what it calls itself and what it actually does. Many current council members do a good job trying to make the campus a better place. But it's a joke to say they "govern." Scrap these farcical elections and pretensions of democracy, and the council will have a clearer role on campus and the flexibility to accomplish more...