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Varughese said the IRC sponsors speakers, films and radio programs with council profits. A scholarship program is forthcoming, he said...
George Varughese '77, president of the International Relations Council (IRC), which sponsors the program, said yesterday the model U.N. attempts to develop debating skills, personal diplomacy, and an understanding of the international system in participants...
...what does Mr. Lemann base these charges? Perhaps on his two quotes out of context from an internal report that the IRC Board of Directors has not yet approved? And where does the figure of $5000 "for their Harvard undergraduate staff" come from? The figures The Crimson has so far published do not add up to that sum, nor do the Harvard Model United Nations books support such a statement unless one in unscrupulous enough to include in this figure such items as speakers" travel expenses, the costs of the faculty receptions, cash refunds to high schools who overpaid their...
...will ignore Mr. Lemann's other "factual" statements since he is not basically concerned about facts. However, I am amazed at the slant of his column. Why does he make it seem that Mather 311 is the center of the IRC's "power structure"? Why is it objectionable that our "leaders" are "above all, smooth and in control"? Why are they blamed for dressing well, or for the names of the Sheraton-Boston's conference rooms? Why are they blamed for their home towns? Why does Mr. Lemann extol slickness and worldy wisdom? Why is not cutting corners on quality...
...short, reading the column by The Crimson's president have given me an insight into The Crimson's reputation for journalism. Daniel Tinkelman Harvard Model U.N. Bookkeeper Member, IRC Board of Directors