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...Harvard Union of Student Officers (HUSO) welcome all discussions of our purpose. However, we were disappointed to find grave misinterpretations in a staff editorial on April 20. Perhaps we have not made our goals clear...
...HUSO is not, as the editorial suggests, an alternative legislature trying to compete with the Undergraduate Council. Rather, we seek to foster communication among student groups, and to secure fair treatment for organizations from the administration. In the future, we will probably lend our voice to the Undergraduate Council's on selected issues. But our roles will be those of lobbyists, coordinators and researchers promoting the interests of student organization--for example, by increasing U.C. grants...
...Crimson staff editorial suggests that Harvard's student groups may have little in common beyond the student center issue. We beg to differ. HUSO probably won't address such broader issues as divestment or campus security. Those issues are for the Undergraduate Council. But there are many problems the student officers can try to solve together, such as racism and sexism within organizations, or management-related issues such as volunteer burnout and the high rate of leadership turnover common to college groups...
...organization of student officers is open to charges of elitism. However, if we wish to help student groups communicate, it appears sensible and most effective to start by getting leaders in touch. Student officers do not represent their groups' members; rather, they join HUSO to gain assistance from those who face similar challenges. This, we believe, can help promote cohesion on a traditionally fragmented campus...
...students are to gain any real leverage with the Harvard administration they must pool their efforts, not waste them on competition. We have 40 members now, and we hope to bring together the heads of all student organizations. HUSO plans to unify and strengthen, not divide and conquer. Van Truong Moderator, HUSO Alex Acosta Martha Bridegam Adam Cohen Anthony Romano Founding Members, HUSO...