Word: hdns
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University officials will meet Thursday with University auditors who have been reviewing the financial records of Harvard Delivery News Service (HDNS) to discuss their findings and to set final details for the proposed takeover of the newspaper delivery service by Harvard Student Agencies (HSA), Martha Coburn, associate dean of the College said yesterday...
Dean Fox, Archie C. Epps III, dean of students, and Coburn will meet with the auditors to "get a sense of the underlying business" of HDNS and work out any obstacles which might hamper an HSA takeover, Coburn said. Also under discussion will be the use of College discretionary funds to aid HDNS and student organizations...
This statement is revealing not only as a testament to Epps' continuous reaction to the situation as dean of students, but also to his basic lack of knowledge about HDNS's affairs during Olive's tenure as manager. Epps says he decided to use College money in mid-April because "he hadn't really gotten an accurate notion of what was going on." While it is possible--and even tempting--to explain Epps' actions on the basis of his compassion for Olive or his concern for students in general, his ignorance is inexcusable...
...DESPITE HDNS's consistently poor track record since its birth in 1975, Epps refused early this fall to terminate HDNS, to find a way to bring it legally under Harvard's jurisdiction, or to allow an independent student organization to take over the delivery route. Having ironed out some of its early-semester delivery problems, HDNS admittedly could pull itself out of the mire, despite a poor reputation and an outstanding $5000 debt to Cambridge Trust. On the other hand, Epps has not proved that he is willing to keep himself up-to-date about HDNS...
...says, "I made some very bad mistakes, and I'm not trying to defend myself." Epps has yet to publicly convey either of those sentiments. As dean of students, he can be forgiven for concerning himself with the personal problems of one of his charges. But as overseer of HDNS, Epps still has almost 1000 subscribers to answer...