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Students have a real choice in this election. We can opt for more of the same, or elect leaders of a student government of which we can all be proud. Unlike the other candidates, Magnus and Tom have five specific pledges to change fundamentally the UC’s role on campus...
...student groups are under-funded. They do some of the most admirable work on campus, but often on a shoe-string budget. The small grants from the UC Finance Committee don’t go far, meaning that there is little, if any, sizable funding available for student groups. Magnus and Tom’s goal is for the UC itself to raise one million dollars from alumni, which would be matched by the College. Such an endowment would generate approximately $150,000 per year to further support student groups on campus...
...make coursepacks available online for free, goes beyond recognizing that coursepacks are too expensive and actually suggests a solution. It’s not unusual for coursepacks to cost over $100 largely because the Coop, Gnomon Copy, and XanEdu have a monopoly on the printing and distribution of coursepacks. Magnus and Tom pledge to make coursepacks available for download as PDF files so that students can print relevant articles on their own printers...
Third, they want to engage students in shaping the spending priorities of the College by developing a student-led $10-million investment plan. Harvard’s endowment grew by 19.2 percent last year, bringing the endowment’s overall value to $25.9 billion. Tom and Magnus want Harvard to invest in undergraduates. Their vision is for students and student groups to identify spending priorities—such as a student center or bike lanes in the Yard—and present a comprehensive investment plan to the College administration. As a community, we could change the campus forever...
Their fourth pledge is to increase party and House Committee (HoCo) funding. This is Magnus and Tom’s answer to the question of how to approach social planning. The UC’s party fund is a popular initiative, but demand far outstrips supply. Since the introduction of the super parties, many Houses no longer have a weekly UC party. The first-come-first-serve funding model for parties is ludicrous, and UC-funded parties are generally very poorly advertised. Magnus and Tom think the UC should decentralize social planning and support House life by providing more funding...