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...Lakhdhir says she sees inherent problemsinterfering with the council's goals. "Every yeartwo-thirds of the council is new," she says."These people don't know anything. Theirperceptions and knowledge are very small. It'svery difficult to get things moving...
...more liberal," Lakhdhir says ofthe council in its first year. "There was more ofan activist sense on council." One of thehighlights of Lakhdhir's sophomore spring, shesays, was the establishment of the Endowment forDivestiture (E4D), an alternative to the SeniorClass Gift that holds contributions in escrowuntil Harvard divests of its $416 million in SouthAfrica-related investments. Lakhdhir acted asco-president of E4D this spring...
...Lakhdhir, who has served on the academics andsocial committees of the council, has spoken outin protest of sexism and council faux pas.After she had resigned, Lakhdhir attended a weeklycouncil meeting to denounce a council forumadverisment that read, "Come Bitch at Us." Shecalled it sexist and offensive and demanded anapology, which she received...
Earlier in the term, Lakhdhir made a motion tochange the name of the Adams House Raft Race. Thecouncil had decided to take charge of the annualevent, calling it the Harvard Adams House RaftRace. Lakhdhir asserted that the name should bethe Harvard-Radcliffe Adams House Raft Race togive women equal billing...
...Lakhdhir remembers a similar incident in thecouncil's first year at its bylaws meeting, whichlasted until 12:30 a.m. "One of the big fights waswhether we'd have to write his andher. There were enough women in the roomthat...