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...Additionally, the council will have to undertake serious structural reforms to accommodate this increase,” Nicolais said. “With all the talent and dedicated council members we have, I'm optimistic that we'll earn this increase??we just have to be committed to doing it right...
...increase in the student fees the council currently receives. The second question asks voters to make this fee which students can currently opt out of, mandatory. Students should vote “no” on both questions. The fee hike represents an unjustifiably large, and poorly thought-out, increase??one which the council is not institutionally equipped to handle and, we fear, might be squandered on projects Harvard students aren’t truly interested...
...presidency of Paul A. Gusmorino ’02, did the council begin a reform which transformed it from a joke to a serious student advocacy group. It has gradually rebuilt its reputation and legitimacy. If it desires extra funding, it should have asked students for a modest increase??perhaps enough to account for inflation and a few, earmarked increases in services and grants. But this immense increase, which only recently appeared on the council scene publicly, is ill-conceived and sweeping...
Even if students vote down the increase??a vote that the council has, in a recent reversal, promised to take as binding—representatives will still have the option of increasing fees in a much more responsible way, to account for past years’ inflation. The architect of the amendment that made the present referendum binding, Joshua A. Barro ’05, estimates that a fee increase to account for past years’ inflation would represent a justifiable and modest 12 percent increase, to about $42. This is exactly the type of modest increase...
Councillor Marjorie C. Decker said she had noticed a “visible increase?? in police patrols of the Harvard Square area since the crime wave. She also praised the increased use of escort services on the campus...