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...Harvard College Democrats (HCD) have also responded to the sudden changes in the gubernatorial race, saying the changes may hurt the Democratic Party’s chances...
Following spring break, HCD will initiate a “Mitt Romney education campaign,” designed to challenge Romney’s platform...
...recent pre-election controversy, the Harvard College Democrats (HCD) confronted a tough issue: the freedom of association. On one hand, no group wants a reputation for “discriminating” against people by restricting membership based on political affiliation. On the other, they recognize the importance of supporting the mission of their association, the reason they came together in the first place...
...Crimson article showed that the Harvard College Democrats blatantly discriminate in their membership. The Crimson quoted last year’s HCD President Marcie B. Bianco ’02 as saying, “You must be a Democrat—a dues-paying one—to vote.” Her successor Sonia H. Kastner ’03, agrees: “Non-Democrats are not free to join the club.” In these strong and sober statements, they seem to take themselves a bit too seriously, as if membership in their campus club...
...HCD should not be ashamed to be one of only a few campus clubs that does not welcome all students as members. It would be ridiculous for Harvard to force HCD to allow communists and anarchists to run for office in their club. In this sense, discrimination can be good, and even necessary for the survival of a political association. We should allow campus groups to selectively deny membership or voting status to some students in order to maintain the group’s unity and mission—for example, if an anti-Semite applied for a leadership position...