Word: melendez
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...houses have six or more candidates running this year. Last year Adams House, Dudley House and Kirkland House had only five candidates and so had "no race," said Vice Chairman Brian Melendez...
Both Lyss and Melendez said they have received numerous phone calls from students thinking of running but getting discouraged by the large number of students running in some areas
Undergraduate Council Vice-Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86, who authored a 120-page report last spring on free speech which was delivered to top University officials, including Bok, says, "I'm happy about the letter. I'm not surprised by it." Although Melendez says he was originally concerned that Bok would ignore some of the arguments for heckling--"hecklers have certain rights as well, and those rights should be protected"--he feels that "President Bok's position is actually much closer to the Council's than most undergraduates might like to admit. I hope a lot of people read...
...negative repercussion of the council's new thoroughness is that the time commitment involved precludes council members from participating equally, Melendez says, "Twenty people are doing about 90 percent of the work...
...touch with the rest of the body, inactive members neglect meetings, and the whole body loses touch with constituents in the Houses. "A lot of people on the council get into the thinking they are doing the things they are doing for the council, [not for the students]," Melendez acknowledges...