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...security rules. These regulations mandate that the University give preference to laid-off employees when filling new job openings. According to the union’s leadership, the contract also guarantees workers steady wage increases over the next three years, which would accumulate approximately to a 12-percent hike by the end of fiscal year...
...same inaugural speech in which Mahan called for a termbill fee hike contained a list of four new positions he wanted to create in the council. Aside from the constitutionally mandated secretary and treasurer, and the already-existing parliamentarian and First-Year Social Committee liaison, Mahan decided to create a press secretary, a City of Cambridge liaison, a student organization liaison and a sustainability liaison...
...April 7 debate on the termbill fee hike, Mahan expressed his frustration with council members’ incessant motions to adjourn and demands for roll-call votes on nearly every amendment—even though, in his inaugural address, Mahan suggested that the council consider mandating roll-call votes universally...
Initial talks of a Student Activities Fee hike drew a small but vocal opposition on the Undergraduate Council (UC), launching over a month of heated discussion that some council members say forced them to reconsider the structure and role of the student government. The hike’s successful passage in a student referendum led two council members to resign their positions...
Virtually all students “Believe in a Better Harvard,” as the fee-hike proponents’ campy campaign urged. From more student group funding to more elaborate social events, undergraduates all believe in a fun, dynamic and eventful Harvard experience. However, a sudden and excessive increase in the council’s budget is not the way to achieve this, and we are worried that the council may have done more to hurt its financial situation than it has helped...