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...competition with comparable universities should not motivate Harvard’s action, the investment of each of these institutions certainly points to a broad recognition in the greater academic community that this region deserves our attention and study. That attention should take the form of broader course offerings, more grant money for research and study-abroad initiatives, an increase in the number tenured faculty, and the hiring of more visiting and non-tenured professors. Currently, FAS offers roughly 15 courses that cover regional studies of South Asia, many of which fall under the auspices of the Core Curriculum. The only...
...almost exclusively interested in advocating for a better student life. Less than 30 percent of your UC representatives who won first place in their House elections choose to serve on the UC’s finance committee (FiCom). This is the case because the administration of finances and grants is not what motivated most of them to be on the UC—advocacy is. We shouldn’t have hard working advocates where they do not belong—managing a nearly half-million dollar grant process, providing student services, or planning important social events...
Citizens of Harvard College—let’s be honest. Do you wonder what, exactly, it is that the Undergraduate Council (UC) does? Do you find yourself struggling to care what it does? Have you been swindled by a random, inefficient, and unaccountable student group grant system...
...because of the fact that the UC doesn’t broadly represent anything at all. Currently, it is the preserve of a particular class of student: those who enjoy politics for the sake of practice, marathon meetings with small stakes, and the power to give or take away grant money. And the weak turnout seen in countless UC representative elections clearly demonstrates that this tiny community of people has seized the mantle of authority over the direction of student life at Harvard without any real mandate. Still more galling, it has made a figurehead of itself, making it seem...
Second, all party grant money will be given to the House Committees (HoCos) to distribute. It is unclear how such a small body as the UC would know what parties are worth funding on any given weekend. They feel this leads to inequitable distributions of party grant money. For example, last school year only one in 45 UC super party grants was given to an all-female suite, according to an analysis by The Crimson in April. Tim and Alex firmly believe that the HoCos, who are far closer to the student body, would just be plain better at distributing...