Word: maines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wall was the primary division between East and West Germany, and its opening removes the main obstacle to reunification. Some well-stacked bricks with electrified wire (and a few well-placed sharpshooters) doesn't constitute a wide enough chasm to keep apart the two halves of a once-mighty European nation. The gulf which separated the Germanies--and still separates them--is membership in their respective economic and military alliances, treaties more permanent than a stack of bricks...
Kenneth A. Katz '93 implied that the council was ignoring the students' views. On the contrary, our main problem (if you want to call this a problem) has been trying to listen to students' views too much. Although most freshmen are against randomization, there are many upperclassmen who would favor it. Trying to come up with a consensus proposal has been very difficult, and we have not come to a consensus even after two month of debate. As little as Ken might like it, the council's job is to represent all of the students, not just the freshmen...
...main thing that Katz fails to remember, though, is that Harvard is not a democracy. Although it would be nice if the Undergraduate Council had the power to decide what housing system Harvard should use, the decision will be made by Dean Jewett with advice from the house masters. I have talked to Jewett and most of the house masters about the issue, and there seems to be a consensus that Harvard needs to change its housing policy...
What the UC can do, though, is try to convince the house masters to make a smaller change. I think that non-ordered choice would be preferable to what seems to be the main alternative, 100 percent randomization. Many of the house masters have said that they are interested in finding an agreeable middle ground. The way for the UC to do that is to endorse a consensus proposal and call for the house masters to choose it instead of 100 percent randomization. James M. Harmon...
...Allen says the investigation is not yet concluded. And she adds that state budget cuts have had some effect on the speed of the decision, but have not been the main factor for the delay in the Fly Club case...