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Opponents of a referendum believe that the student body would not take the question seriously and that turnout would be low. People are not going to give this careful consideration," said Quincy representative Alexis B. Karteron '01. This is the council's self-importance at its worst. Harvard students are perfectly capable of making an informed decision on how to spend the money. The potential benefits of the windfall are not lost on us; we have a vested interest in seeing the money--our money--spent well. Council members, by assuming--and actually saying--that students are too dumb...
...turnout argument--that so few students would vote the results would be illegitimate, so the decision should be left to the council--is even more foolish. The council members who worry that a referendum will draw a low turnout should remember that they themselves were elected by only 18 percent of the student body. Many of their races were uncontested. How can the council claim any decision it makes is somehow more representative than a campus-wide referendum, even if the turnout were low? If anything, a referendum would likely draw a higher turnout than uncontested council races (witness...
...wood floors and veneer were harvested from sustainable forests. Not a single California live oak was cut down during construction, and a stand of the ancient trees rises in a dark elegance just beyond a piazza. Huge atriums carry daylight deep into the building, paints and adhesives are low toxicity, the place is 30% more energy efficient than state law requires...
...normal streets--would not only cost the city less to build and maintain but would give off less heat in the summer. They convinced the police department that putting sidewalks behind the homes rather than in front and eliminating throughways would make residents safer, and Village Homes' low crime rate has proved the point...
...professor who once specialized in nuclear energy and now prefers the solar kind. There are schoolteachers and state-government employees (Sacramento is 15 miles away), young couples and retirees. Although the houses grew as large as 3,000 sq. ft., Corbett built several 1,000-sq.-ft. units for low-income residents...