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...Josh Liston might be King of the Hill now, but as we begin a new era at the council., it would be both instructive and humbling to examine the real state of Harvard's student government and the challenges which perpetually face it. In brief, the council suffers from two fundamental handicaps: a lack of institutionalized power and a lack of good people...
...presidential favorite Randy Fine, in a vaguelyphrased "The 'Stones are Coming" tone, promised "a major musical act." It is clear that aside from our love of raft races and the Rolling Stones, the council has no directly relevant link to the undergraduate populace. In fact, earlier this year Liston lost to write-in candidate Pathik P. Patel '97 in his own House election and only regained his seat after Patel was kicked off the council for poor attendance. Perhaps that's why less than 20 percent of all undergraduates bother to vote in council elections. They're simply not worth...
...help but get the sense that council members are spawned in a culture of backstabbing and almost surreal stupidity. President Liston, in an attempt to qualify himself during campaign, boasted that the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) Guide's average difficulty level of his spring term courses would be 2.1. It seems odd that "I'm not doing any work in class" has become a selling point for public office. Further, the efforts to establish a more direct link to students--like Liston's murder of a small forest and salesman-like visitations to every undergraduate room on campus...
...implore President Liston to add these two points to his agenda in the coming year: First, clean up your act. Make your presidency answerable to your predecessor's "No Scandal Guarantee." Gain some legitimacy in the eyes of your constituents so that maybe you can do more than throw dances and squeak at meetings of the Committee on House Life...
...accordance with his campaign promise to bring the council closer to the students, Undergraduate Council president Joshua D. Liston '95 introduced a bill last night requiring council members to spend their office hours in their houses rather than in the council's office...